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Infrastructure Linux News for Oct 31, 2001
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Red Hat: White Paper: Red Hat's New Journaling File System: ext3
(Oct 31, 2001, 22:51)
Michael Johnson wrote in to let us know that he's updated Red
Hat's white paper on the use of ext3: "There is a lot more
information in this new version, and that information should answer
questions that were posted in talkbacks and such, so I am guessing
it would be interesting to your readers."
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The Register: Red Hat Hell Continued (Oct 31, 2001, 19:47)
"...today I returned to my retailer and exchanged the Red Hat
package for a replacement. And lo and behold, the new install CD
started without trouble. Immediately encouraged, I anticipated a
sweet time getting 7.2 running, but unfortunately that was not to
be."
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Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #17 (Oct 31, 2001, 17:07)
This Week's Summary: Mandrake Linux 8.1 boxes soon in a Store
near you; The release candidate of Mandrake Linux 8.1 for Itanium
architecture; Mandrake in the News; What's cooking at
MandrakeSoft?; Business case of the week; This Week's Online Poll;
Security-related Software Updates; Headlines from
MandrakeForum.
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Linux Journal: Linuxchix, Govt. Officials and Pianolas--They Don't Call him maddog for Nothin'
(Oct 31, 2001, 15:10)
"One of maddog's talks was on why Linux is like a pianola
(player piano), explaining that both benefit from open standards. I
snatched about 15 minutes with maddog on the final day of the
cruise to discuss with him his exploits with Linux International
and his fascination with player pianos."
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ComputerWorld: IBM Roils Linux Waters (Oct 31, 2001, 12:58)
"If IBM gets its way, users will soon be thinking about
operating systems the way investors view pork bellies: as mere
commodities. The instrument the company will use to make this sea
change in IT? Linux. The implications of IBM's strategy for
corporate IT planners are enormous. It affects everything from
in-house development projects to server deployments. And the impact
on IBM's competitors could be even more dramatic, say analysts and
users."
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Debian Weekly News - October 30th, 2001 (Oct 31, 2001, 07:42)
This week: MPEG in a Console, Linux Down Under, more from RMS
re: advertising non-Free software, LSB update, new Potato release
pending, more.
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