Linux News for Aug 30, 1999

• LinuxPPC posts newer version of ProFTPd (Aug 30, 1999, 23:10)
  "... fixes the potential overflow exploit. The company will be releasing wu-ftpd and beroftpd upgrades in the very near future.


• LinuxPR: On Target Systems Announces Dual Celeron Linux Server (Aug 30, 1999, 22:37)
  "New Dual Celeron Linux Server. Complete System Priced Under 1,900 Euro."


• LinuxPR: Aspen Systems Ships Twin Peaks® II Dual 667MHz Alpha 64-Bit (Aug 30, 1999, 22:36)
  "Wheat Ridge, Colorado, August 23, 1999 - Aspen Systems, Inc., a leading high-performance computer designer and integrator, has commenced shipping its Twin Peaks® II line of 667MHz, 64-bit dual-Alpha 21264 processor workstation, server, and cluster solutions."


• Linuxcare: Giving Windows The Dual Boot (Aug 30, 1999, 22:35)
  "This week Lina helps a Linux convert dual boot back into Windows (she'll explain), and then guides a reader through X in a successful attempt to configure keycodes."


• InfoWorld: Nicholas Petreley: Lotus and HP preview wares for the open-source platform at LinuxWorld (Aug 30, 1999, 21:12)
  "A few weeks ago I set forth my hopes for the August LinuxWorld Expo...The top three items I hoped to hear more about were enterprise directory services based on Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), fail-over clustering, and Lotus Notes."


• GNOME Summary, August 22-30, 1999 (Aug 30, 1999, 20:46)
  


• PRNewswire: Advanced Management Solutions Announces...Enterprise Project Management Suite for Linux (Aug 30, 1999, 19:26)
  "Availability of Market-Leading Suite of Applications Reinforces Emergence Of Linux as New Enterprise Platform."


• Benjamin Cox speaks out on the LinuxFund.org Project (Aug 30, 1999, 19:21)
  In this audio broadcast, LinuxFund.org CEO Benjamin Cox and Dave Whitinger discuss the LinuxFund.org project.


• PRNewswire: Timpanogas Research Group Announces Open Source...NDS-Compliant Directory on...Linux (Aug 30, 1999, 19:19)
  "...this directory will bring the superior performance and management capabilities of Novell's NDS to Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Linux."


• osOpinion: Thinking about Linux (Aug 30, 1999, 17:49)
  "It seems like someone goes out, comes up with a good story idea, only to be quickly copied by dozens of other writers. Leaving we readers with a slew of stories, basically restating the same set of facts."


• BW: CynApps C++ Hardware Design Library Now Freely Available Through Open-source Licensing Program (Aug 30, 1999, 17:33)
  "Company Moves to Make Cynlib Industry Standard Through Open-Source Licensing."


• TechWeek: Major PC Players Tout New Linux Products (Aug 30, 1999, 16:35)
  "Some major players in the computer industry got behind Linux in a big way at LinuxWorld. The Trillian project team, consisting of IBM, Intel, SGI, Hewlett-Packard, VA Linux Systems and Cygnus, announced a port of Linux to Intel's much-anticipated Merced (IA-64) processor."


• Sun.com: Is Bill Gates the Ginger Rogers of the computer industry? (Aug 30, 1999, 16:24)
  "As a visionary, Bill Gates is a pretty good dancer. He brings to mind not Fred Astaire, probably the most famous and most watched dancer of all time, but his frequent partner, Ginger Rogers."


• BW: Andover.Net Announces Techmailings; Leading Source of Mailings for the Linux And IT Communities (Aug 30, 1999, 16:19)
  "Leading Site Offers Comprehensive Directory of Over 3,900 Free Technology Newsletters and Discussion Lists"


• BW: AIS Ships XESS 4.1 Enterprise Spreadsheet for Linux, UNIX, OpenVMS, and Windows NT (Aug 30, 1999, 16:17)
  "Applied Information Systems (AIS) announced today that it has begun the general release of XESS 4.1, a major revision of the popular spreadsheet and related development tools for Linux, UNIX, OpenVMS, and Windows NT systems."


• Byte: Exploring Zope (Aug 30, 1999, 16:13)
  "An Open Source Application Server And Portal toolkit used for building high-performance, dynamic Web sites."


• CNN: Web site provided access to millions of Hotmail messages (Aug 30, 1999, 16:10)
  "Millions of free Internet e-mail accounts provided by Microsoft's Hotmail service were susceptible to a major security breach that allowed access Monday to users' accounts."


• Reuters: Linux hype sends Corel on tear (Aug 30, 1999, 16:07)
  "Linux fervor continued to fuel massive gains for Corel Corp. on Monday as the software developer basked in spillover from a U.S. rush for firms associated with the operating system."


• Reuters: Applix shares continue to soar on Linux hopes (Aug 30, 1999, 16:07)
  "Shares of Applix Inc., a maker of Java-based business software, soared for a second straight trading session Monday amid Internet chat-room speculation that the company is poised to become a darling of the trendy Linux software movement, analysts said."


• News.Tucows.Com: FreeBSD: Linux's Close Cousin (Aug 30, 1999, 16:02)
  "FreeBSD has its roots way back to 1977 when UC Berkeley sought to create the world's first Free Unix system. Back then Unix was so expensive that unless you were willing to shell out thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars you would be stuck with a huge paperweight."


• Debian releases updated cron (Aug 30, 1999, 15:44)
  "fixes possible root exploit"


• Linux Orbit: First look at SuSE 6.2 (Aug 30, 1999, 15:41)
  "I installed SuSE 6.2 two ways. First I did a New Installation writing over everything that was already installed. The second time, I first reinstalled SuSE 6.1 and then did an UPGRADE to SuSE 6.2."


• Security Portal: Why did we say MS Linux? (Aug 30, 1999, 14:51)
  "What were we thinking, how does this relate to security and have we received medical attention? The most common comments about our MS Linux prediction were:"


• 3rd State of the Perl Onion (Aug 30, 1999, 14:40)
  "Larry Wall has made available a copy of his 3rd State of the Perl Onion which he recently delivered."


• Linux Today summary, August 23 - August 29 (Aug 30, 1999, 13:22)
  Here's a summary of the most popular stories posted to Linux Today during the last week.


• Yellow Dog Linux updates proftp, wu-ftp, and beroftp (Aug 30, 1999, 13:01)
  "The Yellow Dog Linux Security Team has just released three packages which fix recently discovered security vulnerabilities."


• Slackware releases updated wu.ftpd (Aug 30, 1999, 12:35)
  "It's been a busy weekend..." -- Patrick Volkerding


• SuSE releases updated cron (Aug 30, 1999, 12:32)
  "Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s)."


• LinuxPR: FirstLinux.com meta site opens (Aug 30, 1999, 12:26)
  "FirstLinux is a meta site designed as a one-stop solution to your Linux informational needs. FirstLinux is a gateway to Linux - the aim is to provide news, information, links and documentation all from one site."


• Largest Linux Installation Party in Europe? (Aug 30, 1999, 12:25)
  "On Friday, the largest Linux Installation I have ever seen took place in Austria, Europe. More than 800 people attended the party..."


• MozillaZine: Mozilla != Netscape (Aug 30, 1999, 12:21)
  "I highly recommend taking a look at the thread, and I especially recommend paying attention to some of the comments from developers not associated with Netscape or Mozilla.org, because the enthusiasm that they express is truly heartening."


• CPU Review: Debian 2.1r2: A First Look (Aug 30, 1999, 12:04)
  "Ever since I have been writing Linux reviews I have been receiving requests to review Debian. With each successive review, the requests have been getting more insistent; basically boiling down to 'hey, you are reviewing every major distribution except Debian, how about some equal coverage?'."


• Delphi for Linux Likely Says Borland Executive (Aug 30, 1999, 06:12)
  Michael Swindell, Senior Product Manager for Borland's Linux development, speaks candidly about his company's Linux plans.


• The Linux Today Phone Project (Aug 30, 1999, 04:01)
  "The program grabs Linux Today headlines and sends them to your cell phone or pager so that as news breaks for Linux, you can be kept abrest of it, no matter where you are."


• Freshmeat: Open Letter to Red Hat and Robert Young (Aug 30, 1999, 03:53)
  "I can not stress enough how important I think this is."


• Perl.org covers Perl Conference (Aug 30, 1999, 03:47)
  "Lots of people won lots of things at Perl Conference 3.0, and I am not talking about swag, like the cool knives given out by Sendmail, Inc., the excellent yo-yos from amazon.com, or the Mr. Bunny's Internet Startup Games from Borders. No, these prizes actually required skill of some sort."


• LinuxPR: Linux Update CD-ROM (Aug 30, 1999, 03:43)
  "The Linux Update CD-ROM contains current updates for RedHat, SuSe, Debian, Mandrake, Calderia OpenLinux, and Kernel Sources."


• Linux to power iLounge at 57th World Science Fiction Convention (Aug 30, 1999, 03:23)
  "This facility will be running on Linux servers and workstations, with support from Cybersource, a Melbourne based Linux services company."


• DaveNet: Windows NT setup Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Aug 30, 1999, 02:57)
  "Compared to this process, setting up Linux was a breeze."


• Boston Globe: FreeBSD, 'the other Linux,' takes a different approach to free software (Aug 30, 1999, 02:48)
  "... FreeBSD... has a strong reputation among people in the know.