Linux News for Sep 29, 2000

• LinuxNews.com: Metrowerks Happily Honeymooning with Lineo (Sep 29, 2000, 23:59)
  "Metrowerks, the Motorola subsidiary that invested $22.5 million in their new embedded Linux partner Lineo on September 25, is happily settling into what the company hopes will be a long and lucrative relationship."


• Enterprise Linux Today: PentaSafe Security Ships Security Software With Red Hat Linux Version 7 (Sep 29, 2000, 23:56)
  "PentaSafe's 10 Point Security Check Up Report for Linux Quickly Checks Linux Systems for Frequently Overlooked Security Vulnerabilities."


• Enterprise Linux Today: CEI Wins $1.4-Million ASCI Contract to Apply Beowulf Cluster for Visualization (Sep 29, 2000, 23:53)
  "Results of research will be applicable to aerospace, automotive, chemical, scientific markets."


• Kernel Cousin Samba #26 (Sep 29, 2000, 23:49)
  Samba is an open source software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.


• LinuxPR: HIARC CAB Software Provides Linux Users with Online, Centralized Archiving and Backup (Sep 29, 2000, 23:47)
  "HIARC CAB provides businesses with an online central point of management for their data backup and retrieval needs."


• LinuxPR: OpenWatcom.org to Use Perforce the Fast Software Configuration Management System (Sep 29, 2000, 23:40)
  "The Open Watcom project requires an industrial strength source control system, that's why we selected Perforce for the job."


• LinuxPR: RadioWallStreet.com: The Linux League Friday Edition (Sep 29, 2000, 23:39)
  "Newly appointed Linux League Commissioner and weekly RadioWallStreet.com contributor, Francis Gaskins, will host a panel of guests to review Linux trends."


• LinuxPR: Quintalinux and Red Flag Software in Cooperative Marketing Agreement (Sep 29, 2000, 23:37)
  "Adding Red Flag to our line of Linux solutions further broadens our product line and enables us to serve the fast-growing market for Linux-based systems."


• DevShed.com: How To Build the Apache of Your Dreams (Sep 29, 2000, 21:41)
  "While it is a good starting point, the generic Apache configuration is probably not optimal for you. A little knowledge of the standard modules and what they do can make for a faster, more secure web server, simpler configuration files, and a host of new and exciting features."


• LinuxPR: Dell and Hewlett-Packard Join First-Ever Linux Plug Fest In Burlingame, CA October 22-26 (Sep 29, 2000, 21:11)
  "This event is being held to drive compatibility between the newest hardware and the latest Linux kernel implementations."


• Lotus.com: Eric Raymond replies to Charles Connell (Sep 29, 2000, 20:26)
  "Chuck Connell aims some mighty rhetorical blows at a set of propositions that he believes are premises or consequences of the open-source development model. He specifically quotes, and attempts to refute, my work in The Cathedral and the Bazaar and subsequent papers."


• MacSlash.com: Jason Haas speaks about LinuxPPC (Sep 29, 2000, 19:54)
  "The company's next version of their software, LinuxPPC 2000 Q3, can be described by the maxim: 'Evolution, not Revolution.'"


• Enterprise Linux Today: IDC outlines server market trends (Sep 29, 2000, 19:30)
  "A new power base in consumer markets, along with open source platforms and mass commoditisation, will drive the server market through the next decade."


• LinuxPR: Computer I/O Introduces Configurable Network Data Servers For OEMs And Systems Integrators (Sep 29, 2000, 16:43)
  "The DirectServer Series is easily configurable to meet a wide range of digital and analog I/O, and telecommunication data requirements."


• LinuxPR: "Professional Linux Programming" New from Wrox Press (Sep 29, 2000, 16:39)
  "Completely up to date and comprehensive, this book will allow existing Linux Programmers and aspiring developers alike to take advantage of the opportunities available in the open source field."


• OpenCascade.com: Open CASCADE Application Framework programming sample available (Sep 29, 2000, 15:41)
  "Following your numerous requests on the forum and in the mailing lists we have made available an OCAF sample for Open CASCADE version 3.0 which will help you to understand and use this powerful Open CASCADE functionality. ...runs on two Linux platforms: Red Hat 6.2 and Mandrake 7.1."


• ZDNet UK: Sun considers ditching Linux [on Cobalt server appliances] (Sep 29, 2000, 15:23)
  "...senior Sun executives... leaning toward replacing Linux with a version of Solaris that is optimised for appliances."


• Slashdot: Yup, Somebody Cracked Slashdot (Sep 29, 2000, 15:12)
  "As they say, the weakest link in any security system is human: on one of our test boxes, we had a "Clean" copy of Slashcode installed, with default data... including the temp admin password (God/Pete). It didn't take much after that to get into Slashdot itself."


• Linux Magazine: Linux Takes a Page from the PC [- IDC analyst] (Sep 29, 2000, 13:58)
  "While looking at recent studies on operating-system usage, it struck me that Linux bears an amazing similarity to another technology that was gradually picked up by corporate IT in the 1980s: the personal computer. Although the technology itself is different, the issues and obstacles are still the same."


• KBasic: A VB-Like Rad/IDE For KDE Is Under Development (Sep 29, 2000, 13:41)
  "KBasic is a programming language which brings a complete BASIC to KDE. It will include a great IDE with a form designer and a complete binding to KDE like controls (CommandButton, TextBox, ComboBox, Image, Html) and the other KDE features."


• LinuxPlanet: DistributionWatch Review: SuSE Linux 7.0 Personal/Professional (Sep 29, 2000, 13:38)
  "In all, I found SuSE to be among the most user-friendly of the Linux distributions I have seen to date and it is likely going to stay on my desktop for some time to come. This ease of use is exactly what SuSE is aiming for, as I learned in an interview with Volker Wiegand, President of SuSE Inc., the U.S. division of SuSE."


• Salon: The Gnutella paradox (Sep 29, 2000, 13:09)
  "But according to critics, Gnutella is hardly ready for prime time -- and is facing dilemmas almost as worrisome as the Napster lawsuit. Over the last month, users of the system have noticed a dramatic slowdown in responsiveness, and a number of reports have revealed serious instabilities in the Gnutella network. The open-source software developers who nabbed the program after America Online forced its programmers to abandon it are still striving to learn how to work together. And Gnutella's legal status is also murky: The RIAA is already hinting that it may be preparing a strategy to attack Gnutella."


• AllLinuxDevices: Analysis: Sun sees a future in server appliances (Sep 29, 2000, 12:54)
  "But Cobalt represents a notable change of tack for Sun on other fronts, too. Its hardware is based around Intel-compatible AMD processors, a first for a vendor that has always relied on the mettle of its own Sparc technology. Furthermore, Cobalt is a big Linux supporter, a Unix variant that Sun has hitherto eschewed in favour of its own more mature Solaris operating system."


• The Register: IBM, Toshiba team on Linux cluster systems (Sep 29, 2000, 12:02)
  "IBM and Toshiba are to co-operate on the promotion of Linux cluster systems, the duo announced today."


• KDE.com: Report from first KDE documentation and localization meeting (Sep 29, 2000, 08:12)
  "This success demonstrates that there are strong energies willing to bring Unix Operating Systems and Free Software to the citizen with a documented, easy-to-use graphical interface, in their own language."


• Linux.com: Gimp vs. Photoshop: An Amateur Artist's View (Sep 29, 2000, 07:59)
  "A Photoshop user dropped in front of a Linux desktop running Gimp will find that most of the menu layout is similar to that of Photoshop. In terms of tools, the Gimp matches tool for tool against the most current version of Photoshop."


• Linux.com: Your "Old" 486 & LINUX (Sep 29, 2000, 07:50)
  "The 486 makes a perfect firewall/router/IP-masquerading machine. The Linux Router Project (LRP) has created a GNU/Linux distribution that runs from a single floppy."


• LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Advisory Watch, September 29th 2000 (Sep 29, 2000, 07:24)
  "Perhaps one of the more serious advisories released this week is the LPRng format string vulnerability outlined by Caldera."


• osOpinion: What Every American Should Know About Copyright (Sep 29, 2000, 07:20)
  "Due to Napster and DeCSS, copyright has found its way into the spotlight, at least in some Internet circles. Unfortunately, this has happened almost 25 years after the major portion of the damage was done."


• LinuxLookup.com: Mandrake 7.2 Beta [Review] (Sep 29, 2000, 07:12)
  "Mandrake's primary aim seems to be combating the difficulty of installation/use complaints that have plagued Linux. These guys are up to the challenge."


• Slashdot Database Compromised by 'White Hat' Hackers (Sep 29, 2000, 03:15)
  Visitors to Slashdot this evening were greeted by a story announcing that the popular site's database had been compromised. [ Ed. Note: Contains a sizable screenshot ]


• Upside: Red Hat struggles to be seen in embedded space (Sep 29, 2000, 03:14)
  "Ten months after the merger, however, the integration of the two companies seems a bit awkward. Despite the outwardly can't-miss combination of Cygnus' engineering talent and Red Hat's marketing savvy, the company has spent almost the entire year watching a host of competitors sprint past it in hopes of becoming the world's top supplier of embedded Gnu/Linux software and services."


• LinuxPR: Magic Software Partner, e-Carisma, To Provide Magic eService To Satyam Europe (Sep 29, 2000, 00:55)
  "Web-Based CRM Solution To Support Expanding European Office."


• LinuxPR: Jupiter Systems Announces Linux support for the Jupiter 870 series display wall controller (Sep 29, 2000, 00:51)
  "With expansion capability to 124 screens and support for both live video input and analog RGB input, the Jupiter 870 display wall controller takes the Linux operating system to new heights of visual performance."


• BSDToday: FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE is now available (Sep 29, 2000, 00:33)
  "The 4.1.1-RELEASE enhanced with cryptographic code and other new features."


• Upside: The Great Open Source Debate wages on (Sep 29, 2000, 00:21)
  "The debate... began with Red Hat's Tiemann describing the open source development process as "revolutionary" and irreversible. ... Sticking up for the proprietary side was Wind River's Fogelin, who described open source as less cause and more symptom of the changes gripping the embedded systems market."


• CNET News.com: VA Linux trying to make inroads into Japan (Sep 29, 2000, 00:04)
  "VA Linux Systems and Sumitomo have created a subsidiary to help VA establish a toehold in the notoriously hard-to-enter Japanese market. ... NTT Communicationware, NEC and Toshiba Engineering also have agreed to invest in the VA subsidiary, but completion of those deals awaits regulatory approval from the Japanese and U.S. governments..."