Linux News for Jun 28, 1999

• HP OpenMail Beta Test Program (Jun 28, 1999, 23:54)
  This program is open to all and runs from 25 June through 30 July.


• SuSE Security Announcement: man-2.3.10-42 (Jun 28, 1999, 19:35)
  "... update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s)."


• SuSE Security Announcement: pine-4.X (Jun 28, 1999, 19:31)
  "... update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s)."


• PC Week: Rolling down the Linux highway [B.F. Goodrich deployment] (Jun 28, 1999, 19:10)
  "B.F. Goodrich expands open-source OS's role to Web server apps and beyond"


• E-Commerce Times: Is Microsoft Ready To Take the Gloves Off With Linux? (Jun 28, 1999, 17:44)
  "Even as Microsoft fights for its corporate life at its federal antitrust trial, some say it's switching into hyper-drive in a plan to combat the threat of the Linux operating system."


• CNET News.com: Intel to launch major ISP strategy (Jun 28, 1999, 17:40)
  "...ISPs will also become an important market for generic "white box" servers manufactured by Intel... servers will run Microsoft's Windows NT, but also Red Hat's Linux variant and Solaris..."


• LinuxPR: O'Reilly announces Keynote Speakers for Open Source Conference (Jun 28, 1999, 17:39)
  "O'Reilly & Associates announces the keynote speakers for the Open Source Software Convention, to be held in Monterey, CA, August 21-24."


• SRO: IBM Downplays Linux Desktops (Jun 28, 1999, 17:26)
  "When it comes to talking about Linux, IBM isn't pulling any punches. During last week's PC Expo, Big Blue stated exactly where it expects Linux to play..."


• Alan Cox updates Linux.org.uk (Jun 28, 1999, 16:52)
  The site is now more "portal-esque", and contains some new pictures of a recent Linux event.


• Caldera Systems introduces its new OpenLinux Developer Network (Jun 28, 1999, 16:24)
  "This program was created to provide developers with the tools and resources necessary to create powerful OpenLinux-based solutions."


• BW: BeOpen.com Releases World-Class Applications as Open Source (Jun 28, 1999, 16:18)
  "BeOpen.com's Advanced Software Development Tools Released as Open Source."


• ZDNet: Gumming up the Werks (Jun 28, 1999, 16:14)
  "Sometimes perception can be as important as reality."


• PR Newswire: IBM Downplays Linux Desktops, Reports Sm@rtReseller (Jun 28, 1999, 16:03)
  "While promising to support every major version of Linux, an IBM executive has downplayed the possibility of Linux becoming a true alternative to the Windows operating system, according to reporting in the June 28 issue of Sm@rtReseller."


• Eric Raymond -- Shut Up And Show Them The Code (Jun 28, 1999, 15:51)
  "So the next time RMS, or anybody else, urges you to 'talk about freedom', I urge you to reply 'Shut up and show them the code.'"


• Loki on "The Linux Show" on 6/29/99 (Jun 28, 1999, 15:44)
  Here's your chance to talk to Loki. Go ahead, ask us anything!


• Objective Reality announces 3D GUI for Linux (Jun 28, 1999, 13:30)
  Synapse is a totally new 3D interface.


• The Anatomy of a Frontal Assault on Apache: Microsoft's Web Server Strategy (Jun 28, 1999, 12:46)
  "It is our own fault if we do not offer enough features with our servers to justify their price. When it comes to hosting several sites on one server version, Apache is simply better. Windows 2000 will solve this problem." -- Steve Ballmer


• Salon: Walking the open-source walk (Jun 28, 1999, 12:27)
  "Eric Raymond incorporates reader insights into his essay on the open-source economy."


• LinuxPR: Alta Technology Enhances Linux Clusters (Jun 28, 1999, 12:26)
  "... uses standard PCI technology and the popular Linux operating system to provide supercomputer performance at a lower cost of ownership."


• VMware Security Alert (Jun 28, 1999, 12:24)
  "The security hole allows a buffer overrun attack against VMware for Linux to result in unprivileged root access to a machine. An updated version of VMware for Linux which fixes this problem is available now"


• Buffer overflow exploit: Xi Graphics Accelerated-X Server 4.x, 5.x (Jun 28, 1999, 12:16)
  "Local users can gain administrative privileges by exploiting multiple buffer overflows..."


• IT Week: Few takers for Win2000 beta (Jun 28, 1999, 11:27)
  "Dell is among the vendors shipping Windows 2000 beta 3 desktops this week to firms that want to try out Microsoft's operating system before its final release in the autumn."


• BW: XIOtech MAGNITUDE Supports Linux Operating System (Jun 28, 1999, 11:14)
  "The MAGNITUDE's virtualized storage structure and sophisticated set of data management and data movement tools makes it the perfect centralized storage companion for... Linux."


• BW: Vovida Networks Sponsors Seat for Linux Developers On the International Softswitch Consortium (Jun 28, 1999, 11:01)
  "Demonstrates Commitment to the Voice of Open Source."


• BW: Bull Supports Open Source Initiative with Source Code for Enterprise JavaBeans -EJB- Platform (Jun 28, 1999, 10:56)
  "... will make the source code of its implementation of Enterprise JavaBeans(tm) (EJB) specifications available using an open-source licensing model."


• c't: Linux and NT as Web Server on the Test Bed (Jun 28, 1999, 10:27)
  In these real-world benchmarks, Linux shows itself better than NT in several key performance tests.


• IT Week: Linux gathers momentum (Jun 28, 1999, 10:26)
  "IBM stepped up its commitment to the Linux operating system at the PC Expo show in New York last week."


• Byte.com: Thoughts On The Evolution Of Linux Culture (Jun 28, 1999, 10:21)
  "Fragmentation A Sign Of Success"


• Byte.com: Basic X Setup (Jun 28, 1999, 10:20)
  "Enough Information To Make It Run, Not Enough To Troubleshoot"


• PRNewswire: SGI Announces Linux Support for Silicon Graphics 1600SW Flat Panel Monitor (Jun 28, 1999, 09:32)
  "Linux drivers for the flat panel device were supplied by Number Nine... to Xfree..."


• KDE Applications update (Jun 28, 1999, 09:31)
  A whole slew of new KDE applications have been made available.


• What "Free software" really means... (Jun 28, 1999, 09:12)
  "Open source is not a new way of doing business, it is the foundation of the Internet itself."


• LinuxPower.org: Want to Know More About Making Movies in Linux (Jun 28, 1999, 08:45)
  The first of a series on Linux movie making giving a basic introduction to the technology and the tools available.


• PC Week: In Linus we (have no choice but to) trust (Jun 28, 1999, 08:34)
  "At any time, Linus Torvalds could take his kernel and go home. Copyright it. Join a vendor and throw his weight behind a particular Linux version. Any of those scenarios would be devastating to Linux as an open-source operating system. Very simply, Linus controls Linux."


• Upside: Limits of Linux Passion (Jun 28, 1999, 08:32)
  "... a couple of weeks back, I bought my first Windows machine. Of course, I bought it to run Linux."


• PC Week: Open source: Innocence lost? (Jun 28, 1999, 08:31)
  "At many corporations, open-source software products such as Linux have risen to strategic prominence with the speedy pace of a child prodigy entering college."


• Laptop-HOWTO v1.6 (Jun 28, 1999, 08:27)
  "Since the LINUX DOCUMENTATION PROJECT wasn't able to take the document in, though I sent them the SGML source since January 1999, you may find the document at my page"


• LinuxWorld: Rethinking Linux stereotypes (Jun 28, 1999, 08:15)
  "I'm using Caldera 2.2 with KDE as my client again today, as I have for the last several days. The week before last, I spent every day working with Red Hat 6.0 and GNOME. I can switch back and forth between these two clients easily because I've set everything up to be server-centric. Hey, I'm a geek. Geeks do things like that."


• LinuxPR: IndyBox announces dual Xeon XE Series of Linux systems (Jun 28, 1999, 08:09)
  "...with one of the many Linux distributions pre-installed. i.e., Caldera Open Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Mandrake Linux, Red Hat Linux, Slackware Linux, S.u.S.E. Linux, and Red Hat Linux."


• CRN: Tech Data expected to boost Linux movement -- Distributor's support center now open (Jun 28, 1999, 02:09)
  "Much of Atlanta-based Bay Data's Linux work has revolved around Internet-security tools, ISP services and E-business."


• Information Week: Linux Vs. NT: Head To Head -- Which Operating System Is Best? (Jun 28, 1999, 01:51)
  "Here's Our Unscientific But Real-World Evaluation."


• Internet Week: Sun-3Com Deal Signals Palm Platform Race (Jun 28, 1999, 01:41)
  "Give me a Linux with the application integration capabilities of NT without having to recompile to get SMP, and which is ready out of the box, and I will be more than happy to use it."


• Internet Week: Need Help Desk Support? Just Name Your Price (Jun 28, 1999, 01:31)
  "... many Linux gurus are not necessarily interested in joining a big corporation where they can sit by a phone bank and answer help desk calls all day. Might there be another way?"


• Windows Magazine: Windows 2000: A Space Odyssey (Jun 28, 1999, 01:20)
  "... behind that mask of simplicity lies a bloated, legacy-burdened OS... it'll take a couple of bug-fixing updates for the product to even approach the reliability of Linux..."


• Security Portal: Who Needs Virus Protection on Linux? (Jun 28, 1999, 00:37)
  "Maybe You"


• BW: Metrowerks to deliver CodeWarrior for SuSE Linux (Jun 28, 1999, 00:30)
  "CodeWarrior is the first widely used, commercially available Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to be ported to SuSE Linux."


• Microsoft Advertising for Linux? (Jun 28, 1999, 00:21)
  "Disraeli was pretty close: actually, there are Lies, Damn lies, Statistics, Benchmarks, and Delivery dates."


• LinuxPR: Linux Consultants' Support and Resource Center Appoints Co-Moderator (Jun 28, 1999, 00:18)
  "Veteran Open Systems Professional Adds Another Dimension to the Consultancy Project"


• Mindcraft Retest Shows Linux Progress (Jun 28, 1999, 00:14)
  Dan Kegel has updated his Mindcraft tests writeup to reflect the latest tests.


• Detroit Free Press: Can Linux crash Windows? (Jun 28, 1999, 00:14)
  "That's the goal of the upstart operating system. Installing it, however, is just too difficult for most of us"


• Windows Magazine: Whatever Happened to UNIX? (Jun 28, 1999, 00:11)
  "Recently, I attended the first eBusines Expo show, in San Jose, CA."


• Kernel Cousin gimp-devel #3 Is Out (Jun 28, 1999, 00:10)