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Infrastructure Linux News for Sep 21, 2001
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LinuxJournal: Nimda, Other Worms and Life on the Internet
(Sep 21, 2001, 22:34)
"The other reason Linux, Apache and *BSD have a big advantage is
the code is open for peer review. While the marketing departments
of large proprietary software companies keeps telling the world
that this is bad because a potential cracker can see how to break
the code, the reality is that pride of ownership seems to far
outweigh this potential problem."
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The Register: Why Microsoft's Open HailStorm promises flatter to deceive
(Sep 21, 2001, 19:01)
"In short, it's hard to do authorization between a Windows
server and a non-Windows server, and that seems to be the way
Redmond likes it. Nothing in today's announcements changes this in
any way, in fact it confirms the Redmond-centric way of doing
business on .NET."
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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory: uucp (Sep 21, 2001, 18:27)
"Zen Parse discovered that an argument handling problem that
exists in the uucp package can allow a local attacker to gain
access to the uucp user or group."
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ZDNet: Linux desktop KDE 2.2.1 rivals Windows (Sep 21, 2001, 16:59)
"Touted as a powerful, yet easy-to-use Internet-enabled desktop,
KDE 2.2.1 lives up to all expectations. Despite appearances,
version 2.2.1 is much more than a simple dot upgrade from its
previous manifestation, KDE 2.1. Numerous bug fixes have been
incorporated into the product, and many enhancements have been
made."
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PCWorld.com: Tablet PC Makes Its Way to the Masses
(Sep 21, 2001, 15:55)
"Based on Transmeta's Crusoe microprocessor , the AquaPad tablet
PC will be available in two versions: one running Microsoft's
Windows CE and one running the Midori Linux operating system, says
Allen Chen, a sales account manager for FIC speaking at the World
PC Expo exhibition, which is currently running just outside of
Tokyo."
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The Inquirer: Linux on Alpha heads for the gulag (Sep 21, 2001, 13:04)
"Folks on the mailing list for SuSE Linux on Alpha processors
have just received an ominous email from SuSE's Stefan Reinauer
that seems to point to the end of Linux support on the Alpha
platform."
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Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter -- Special Edition (Sep 21, 2001, 03:22)
"The final version of the upcoming Mandrake Linux 8.1 will
become available early next week; then the boxed versions of
Mandrake Linux 8.1 will hit the retail stores in several weeks. But
would you like to shorten the delay?"
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