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Linux News for Jun 30, 2001
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LinuxDevices.com: Honey, I shrunk the Linux system! (in-depth with the
CerfCube) (Jun 30, 2001, 23:00)
The CerfCube is a small (3 inches on each side) cube that holds
a StrongARM-based single-board computer running Linux. It's built
as a blank slate for OEM's. This article offers some in-depth info
on the device.
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Linux Gazette: Making an X Terminal from a PC
(Jun 30, 2001, 22:00)
Here's a guide to creating an inexpensive X terminal from old PC
hardware.
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DukeOfURL: Pogo's Sub-$1000 Pentium 4 Linux Box (Jun 30, 2001, 20:00)
DukeOfURL looks at the Pogo Verona: a Pentium 4-based sub-$1000
machine that couldn't help but stir skepticism thanks to its low
price.
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LinuxPR: Unified Consulting extends Phorum with SOAP capabilities (Jun 30, 2001, 19:30)
"Unified Consulting, Inc., a leader in web technology
consulting, has released the first drop-in web messageboard based
on the Simple Object Access Protocol for business use. The message
board system, called SolidForum, was developed as part of Unified's
SolidArity suite of drop-in web components, which will allow users
to easily integrate features such as message boards, surveys, and
news articles into new or existing web sites."
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FreeOS: Freedom vs. Freedom (Jun 30, 2001, 19:00)
It's all good when it comes to licenses, says Mayank Sarup, as
he reviews some of the issues surrounding various Open Source/Free
Software licenses as of late.
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AbiWord Weekly News #50 by Jesper Skov (Jun 30, 2001, 18:26)
"Printing on UNIX has been improved this week and there's been
fixed quite a few crashers and other (less critical) bugs. Still on
the road to 0.9.0 -- no deadline given, no deadline missed :)"
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Community: It's Debian Expo and Conference Week! (Jun 30, 2001, 17:30)
Want to meet with members of the Debian Project? Here's your
chance as the Debian Project exhibits at trade shows and
conferences in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Mexico.
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Linux Gazette: Compiling and installing a Linux kernel (Jun 30, 2001, 17:00)
Back to the basics: Subhasish Ghosh describes how to install and
compile a kernel for Red Hat Linux.
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Akamba releases Web server on a card (Jun 30, 2001, 16:00)
Akamba Corporation today announced shipments of its Velobahn
card appliance. Velobahn expands Web server capacity by taking over
the HTTP transaction processing function -- and is the only
solution available to do so within the server. The Akamba solution
supports popular OS platforms including Linux.
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AP: Microsoft Rules Out Settlement (Jun 30, 2001, 15:35)
Contrary to what was reported yesterday, it doesn't appear that
Microsoft is terribly interested in a settlement -- leading at
least one state attorney general to call for a breakup of the
software giant.
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NYTimes: Microsoft Case Back in Play, and the Lobbying
Heats Up (Jun 30, 2001, 15:20)
Lest we forget that the case against Microsoft was made by other
large corporations and various government entities, here's a look
at how corporations like AOL Time Warner are continuing their
lobbying efforts against Microsoft.
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Globe and Mail: Look beyond your own battlefield (Jun 30, 2001, 15:00)
Business consultant Bolko von Oetinger, a student of military
and business strategy, says that business can learn a few lessons
from the principles of warfare -- most notably in the idea that
managers must be able to improvise in the face of changing
circumstances. He suggests that Linux is a prime model for how
business must reevaluate old practices.
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LinuxProgramming: Zope 2.4.0 beta 2 released (Jun 30, 2001, 14:52)
The second beta release addresses some WebDAV issues, as well as
some general bug fixes.
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DebianPlanet: HOWTO get your G400/450 singing and dancing (Jun 30, 2001, 14:00)
As the title promises, the article covers configuration of
Matrox G400/450 video cards, including X configuration, DRI
acceleration, dual-head support, anti-aliasing, and DVD playback.
There are some gory details to be found in this piece including a
visit to the kernel .config file to set an option you won't find in
the normal configuration tools.
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FreeOS.com: Abracadabra! The magic of Mandrake 8.0 (Jun 30, 2001, 12:00)
Kudos for Mandrake 8.0 in this brief piece from FreeOS.com,
which says the worst problems of the 7.2 release, a buggy and
inconsistent installation, have been largely overcome.
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Linux 2.4.6-pre7 and pre8 Are Out (Jun 30, 2001, 11:57)
Linux 2.4.6-pre7 and pre8 were released, the latest update early
this morning.
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