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Linux News for Aug 27, 2002
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ZDNet: Mozilla Upgrade Sees Need for Speed (Aug 27, 2002, 23:00)
More information on today's release of Mozilla 1.1: "Some users
may want to stick to version 1.0, however, which the organization
still flags as its most stable release. A few users have reported
bugs persisting in version 1.1, some of which were ironed out of
version 1.0 when that software was being finalized..."
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Tonight Live: Caldera Speaks Out (oh hold it a minute) I mean SCO Speaks Out (oh wait...) (Aug 27, 2002, 22:00)
"Tonight Jeff will be sitting in the press room of the MGM Grand
on the Las Vegas Strip. He will be calling in LIVE with Opinder
Bawa the new Senoir VP of technology from Caldera/SCO..."
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Salon.com [Premium]: Buy Linux. It's the Law (Aug 27, 2002, 22:00)
A San Diego lawyer says California's state government should be
forced to dump Microsoft in favor of open-source alternatives. But
can free software get into politics without getting dirty?
[Editor's Note: This is a pay-to-view article. See note within.
-ed.]
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Update: Netscape 7.0 for Linux Available for Download (Aug 27, 2002, 21:51)
A special bulletin from one of our readers: Netscape 7.0 for
Linux appears to be available for download. [The link has been
shut down by Netscape. -ed.]
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IDG.net: Linux on a Mainframe Is Hardly a 'No-Cost Scenario' (Aug 27, 2002, 20:30)
"Linux may be free, but users shouldn't overlook the costs
associated with bringing it to the mainframe..."
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Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.5.32 (Aug 27, 2002, 20:02)
Changelog, link within.
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Mandrake Linux Advisory: xinetd (Aug 27, 2002, 20:01)
"A vulnerability was discovered by Solar Designer in xinetd.
File descriptors for the signal pipe that were introduced in
version 2.3.4 are leaked into services started by xinetd, which can
then be used to talk to xinetd, resulting in a crash of
xinetd..."
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Two on the "New" SCO Group (Aug 27, 2002, 19:00)
Two articles within that go into a bit more depth regarding
Caldera's announcement yesterday of its name change to the SCO
Group. Some overlap is present, naturally, but some different takes
on the decision can also be found.
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LinuxPlanet: Remote Administration of Linux Systems (Aug 27, 2002, 17:30)
One of the best advantages of using Linux is the ability to
quickly and (if done correctly) safely logon to and administer
another machine from across the room or across the planet. All you
need are the right tools, a little paranoia, and just a little
time, as Alexander Prohorenko details in this tutorial.
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Update: eWEEK: Red Hat: Next Redmond? (Aug 27, 2002, 17:00)
"Red Hat's dominance is worrisome to some industry players, who
say the Raleigh, N.C., company needs effective competition to
prevent it from becoming a Microsoft Corp. among Linux vendors and
to ensure the operating system continues to develop in an open
way..." [A rebuttal to this piece has now been linked.
-ed.]
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Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: gaim (Aug 27, 2002, 15:39)
"The developers of Gaim, an instant messenger client that
combines several different networks, found a vulnerability in the
hyperlink handling code..."
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Mozilla.org: Mozilla 1.1 Released (Aug 27, 2002, 14:30)
The latest release of Mozilla has been announced today. Release
notes excerpts, links within.
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Linux Journal: Getting Started with Java on Linux (Aug 27, 2002, 13:00)
"This article gets you started with Java on Linux by showing you
how to get the Java Compiler and Virtual Machine installed so you
can run core Java programs...
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ZDNet: Going Overboard on Open Source? (Aug 27, 2002, 11:30)
"Free software, however, is only a problem if you sell software.
Free certainly won't cause complaints from consumers. Although free
might lead to fewer competitors, as there will be less profits to
go around..."
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Kernel Traffic #181 by Zack Brown (Aug 27, 2002, 10:00)
The latest message traffic from the Linux kernel mailing
list.
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AbiWord Weekly News #106 by Eric A. Zen (Aug 27, 2002, 08:30)
"An interesting week for AbiDevelopment, particularly in our own
Mark Gilbert, who, on top of squashing four bugs, has also brought
about the long awaited, 'Dom owes donuts.' MG made a noticeable
commit to HEAD that was meant to clean up a few things for various
operating systems--'misfeatures' caused by Dom..."
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Tcl-URL! Weekly Tcl News and Links (August 26) (Aug 27, 2002, 07:00)
All the latest news from the Tcl world.
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Release Digest: GNOME, August 26, 2002 (Aug 27, 2002, 05:00)
Today's GNOME apps: gcompressor 1.2-1, gnome-mlview 0.0.2, and
ggv 1.99.90.
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LinuxWorld: An Unauthorized Biography of RMS [Book Review] (Aug 27, 2002, 03:00)
"Sam Williams filled in a few missing tiles on the mosaic of the
history of Richard Stallman and the free software movement with his
unauthorized biography of Richard Stallman with his book Free
as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free
Software..."
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ZDNet: The Perfect Linux Desktop [Mini-series] (Aug 27, 2002, 01:00)
"Fueled in part by Microsoft's grip on the desktop market,
corporate interest in Linux as a desktop alternative continues to
gain momentum. Though there are still hurdles to face for corporate
adoption, products such as Ximian Evolution and StarOffice are
helping to make the Linux desktop a corporate reality..."
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