News Linux News for Nov 05, 2001:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r4 released
(2001-11-05 07:57:41)
"The fourth revision of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (codename `potato') has been released. This point release, revision 2.2r4, mostly includes security updates, along with a few corrections of serious bugs in the stable distribution."

CNET News.com: Red Hat Linux for mainframes imminent
(2001-11-05 11:57:32)
"Red Hat will release its version of Linux for IBM mainframes in the next 30 days, catching the company up to rivals who already have staked their claim in the niche market segment."

Advogato: Does GNU have a responsibility to educate GPL projects ?
(2001-11-05 13:03:28)
"While we strive totally to make sure that we push and promote GPL everywhere were possible and make our downloads free, complete with GPL compliant source - sometimes it sucks that... the key core management of FSF don't make themselves more available to help GPL projects remain clued up as to the direction of proceeding towards commerciality without screwing up a vital message."

First Monday: Management and Virtual Decentralised Networks: The Linux Project
(2001-11-05 14:07:28)
"This paper examines the latest of paradigms - the Virtual Network(ed) Organisation - and whether geographically dispersed knowledge workers can virtually collaborate for a project under no central planning. Co-ordination, management and the role of knowledge arise as the central areas of focus. The Linux Project and its development model are selected as a case of analysis and the critical success factors of this organisational design are identified. The study proceeds to the formulation of a framework that can be applied to all kinds of virtual decentralised work and concludes that value creation is maximized when there is intense interaction and uninhibited sharing of information between the organisation and the surrounding community. Therefore, the potential success or failure of this organisational paradigm depends on the degree of dedication and involvement by the surrounding community."

New Zealand PC World: XP vs Mac vs Linux
(2001-11-05 11:01:05)
"[WinXP] doesn't come out on top in every category, but you can't beat it as a general-purpose desktop OS. It's solid, it's fast, and does everything anyone could reasonably ask of it. Well, on new-ish hardware at least. For the anything-but-Microsoft crowd that's willing to put in some elbow grease to get things to work, Linux 2.4 with KDE 2 won't disappoint."

ReactiveLinux.com: Rune Review for Linux
(2001-11-05 15:04:52)
"So, when I first started playing Rune I had two initial problems -- One, I had a very hard time getting used to third-person views, and two, I didn't think that I'd get into the whole medieval thang. Ya know, I just didn't think that it would appeal to me. I was wrong."

Enterprise Linux Today: IBM Donates $40 Million of Software to Open Source Community
(2001-11-05 16:28:48)
"IBM today announced it is donating $40 million of software to a new independent open-source community. The Java-based open source software, code-named Eclipse, will enable developers to use software tools from multiple suppliers together, allowing developers to integrate business processes used to create e-business applications, such as those for Web services."

NYTimes: Some I.B.M. Software Tools to Be Put in Public Domain
(2001-11-05 17:15:08)
"Yet Eclipse, analysts say, is a break from the proprietary pattern, and it is coming at a crucial juncture for the industry. The Internet is evolving beyond a medium for viewing Web pages and downloading information and entertainment. Instead, the Internet is in effect becoming the equivalent of an operating system ? a technology "platform," on which programs can be run and built."

Gnumeric 0.75 Released
(2001-11-05 18:04:47)
"This will be the last release before we freeze the ui and user visible strings for the translators and documenters. The bug list is melting away and the tree is looking good. This release fixes a few small bugs and improves the usability of several components."

Kernel Traffic #140 by Zack Brown
(2001-11-05 18:35:58)
Mailing list threads from the Linux Kernel Development Team.

InfoWorld: IT manager's nightmare
(2001-11-05 19:56:41)
"The Nautilus product was an open-source project created by Eazel. It brought the promise of a slick new interface for the Gnome desktop. But when the dot-com bubble burst last year, Eazel found itself in financial hot water. After battling to stay alive, Eazel succumbed to market conditions, and on May 15 it closed its doors for good. If this were the world of closed-source software, this event would have been devastating to customers."

OSNews.com: Interview with KDE & TrollTech's Harri Porten
(2001-11-05 20:48:13)
"Harri Porten, TrollTech employee and also a KDE developer (mostly working on the javascript part on K Konqueror) answers some of our questions."

Open-source versus Commercial Shopping Carts Review
(2001-11-05 21:26:59)
"Many Open-source developers write code to solve problems and add features that interest them. With commercial projects, developers have vested interests in providing applications that comply with their client's requirements. So Open-Source projects are continually developing, are reliable and modular with great looking pages, but their commercial counterparts tend to be more stable and feature-rich, and are documented."

CodeWeavers Releases Demo Version of CrossOver Plugin
(2001-11-05 21:12:55)
"CodeWeavers makes a free downloadable version of CrossOver Plugin 1.0.1 for those users who wish to try our software before choosing to purchase it. This demonstration version will let you use all of the CrossOver functionality, except that from time to time, you will be given a reminder to purchase our product. Please remember that buying our product is one of the best ways to support the Wine project."

VMWare 3.0 Released
(2001-11-05 23:39:31)
VMWare 3.0 has been released. The new version includes support for Windows XP, USB, ISO CD-ROM images, and NAT.

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