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Linux News for Nov 04, 2002
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Linux and Main: The Linux Kernel as a Periodical Publication (Nov 04, 2002, 23:30)
"In this post, Rob Landley responded to a suggestion that the
kernel is like the Washington Monument, owned by the people, not by
those who maintain it. It's more like a publication, and Linus more
like an editor, he explains..."
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The Guardian (UK): Knowledge is Power (Nov 04, 2002, 22:00)
"When Sun Microsystems realised how much they were paying arch
rivals Microsoft for software, they set about creating a free,
downloadable office system. Ben Hammersley explains how they did
it..."
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CIN: IBM's Open Source Plan to "Eclipse" .Net (Nov 04, 2002, 21:00)
"Eclipse--the open source architecture for software development
launched by IBM earlier this year--is starting to gather
momentum..."
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Linux and Main: Eben Moglen on the Microsoft Decision and Its Ramifications (Nov 04, 2002, 20:00)
"Friday's ruling in U.S. v. Microsoft is not good news
for free software, according to Columbia Law School Profrssor Eben
Moglen, general counsel to the Free Software Foundation. In an
interview with Linux and Main, Moglen reacted to the
ruling, pointed out how it can hurt free software--and that the FSF
hopes to be able to do about it -- and even gave a glimpse into how
its having cleared the decks for proprietary protocols and 'trusted
computing' is likely to figure into the next major version of the
General Public License..."
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Sydney Morning Herald: Scratching an Itch: a KDE Developer Speaks (Nov 04, 2002, 19:00)
"Sirtaj Singh Kang is one of the many developers. Taj, as he is
better known, is one of two people who are nominated as official
KDE spokespeople in Australia..."
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Alan Cox: Linux 2.5.45-ac1 (Nov 04, 2002, 18:56)
Changelog, link within.
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Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: apache (Nov 04, 2002, 18:55)
"According to David Wagner, iDEFENSE and the Apache HTTP Server
Project, several remotely exploitable vulnerabilities have been
found in the Apache package, a commonly used webserver..."
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LinuxPlanet: Red Hat 8.0: Past the Hype and Under the Hood (Nov 04, 2002, 17:30)
We've all read the reviews about how nifty/weird/wonderful/bad
the new Red Hat desktop looks; we've all read about how well it
installs. But what's the distribution really like? Carla Schroder
has spent quite a bit of time actually using Red Hat 8, and files
this report on how an everyday Linux user reacts to the latest Red
Hat release.
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CNET News: Is Microsoft Losing Ground to Linux? (Nov 04, 2002, 16:00)
"Open-source software gave Microsoft a one-two punch this week,
with the European Union and an African nonprofit educational
organization showing preference for Linux systems..."
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Three on Friday's Microsoft Ruling (Nov 04, 2002, 14:30)
The Microsoft settlement ruling has certainly been plastered all
over the media outlets, so doubtless you've read or heard all about
it. But what does the ruling mean for Linux specifically? Three
analysis/opinion articles on how the ruling is bad--and perhaps
even good--for Linux are within.
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Washington Post: Europe's Microsoft Alternative (Nov 04, 2002, 13:00)
"Luis Millan Vazquez de Miguel, a college professor turned
politician, is succeeding where multibillion-dollar, multinational
corporations have failed. He is managing to unseat Microsoft Corp.
as the dominant player in the software industry, at least in his
little part of the world..."
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developerWorks: Introduction to EVMS (Nov 04, 2002, 11:00)
"In the multi-part 'Advanced filesystem implementor's guide',
Daniel Robbins shows you how to use the latest filesystem
technologies in Linux 2.4. Along the way, he shares valuable
practical implementation advice, performance information, and
important technical notes so that your new filesystem experience is
as pleasant as possible. In this article, Daniel introduces the
Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) for Linux. He explains
what EVMS is, why it is so desperately needed, and why it will very
likely transform the way storage is managed on Linux
systems..."
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LinuxSecurity.com: Remote Syslogging - A Primer (Nov 04, 2002, 09:00)
"The syslog daemon is a very versatile tool that should never be
overlooked under any circumstances. The facility itself provides a
wealth of information regarding the local system that it
monitors..."
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Computerworld.NZ: BMC Looks at Easing Linux Migrations (Nov 04, 2002, 07:00)
"BMC Software's Calvin Guidry expects to see Linux running
mission-critical applications sooner rather than later..."
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Release Digest: KDE, November 3, 2002 (Nov 04, 2002, 05:00)
Today's KDE apps: Psi :: QSSL Plugin 1.0, Psi 0.8.7, KuickShow
0.8.4, Video4Linux Grab 0.2.1, KBiff 3.6.2, KickPIM 0.3.3,
KMyFirewall 0.9.4, and KDown 0.2.0.
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Release Digest: GNOME, November 3, 2002 (Nov 04, 2002, 05:00)
This weekend's GNOME apps: gob2 2.0.3, Gnumeric 1.1.11, Genius
0.5.0, Gnome Media 2.2.1, gnome-vfs-2.1.3, intltool 0.23, orbitcpp,
libzvtmm 2.0.0, GTK+-2.1.2, Pango-1.1.3, gjots 0.4, apotheke 0.2,
gnome-applets 2.1.1, and gnome-vfs-extras 0.99.6.
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Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter--Issue #66 (Nov 04, 2002, 03:00)
Community Roundup: This Week's Summary: What's
Cookin' at MandrakeSoft?; 9.0 Documentation Now Online;
MandrakeClub Transgaming Discounts; Mandrake in the News; Spotlight
on the OpenRouter Project; Website Watch; Mandrake Linux Users
Survey; more.
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Debian Weekly News - October 29th, 2002 (Nov 04, 2002, 01:00)
Community Roundup: The latest news from the
Debian Project.
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