News Linux News for Jan 02, 2003:

Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO Updated
(2003-01-02 01:00:18)
The popular HOWTO has been recently updated. Details within.

developerWorks: SimPy Simplifies Complex Models
(2003-01-02 03:00:35)
"The stochastic behavior of real-world systems is often difficult to understand or predict. Sometimes it is possible rigorously to demonstrate statistical properties of systems, such as average, worst-case, and best-case performance features. But at other times, pitfalls of concrete designs only become evident when you actually run (or simulate) a system..."

LinuxWorld: Getting Started with IRC
(2003-01-02 07:00:33)
"IRC is that information dirt road for hackers, right? Well, yes and no. It's a whole lot more. Here are the basics to getting started with IRC..."

NewsForge: The Most Popular Linux Article Ever?
(2003-01-02 11:00:18)
The story of how one AP story about Linux has gotten a lot of ink (real and virtual) at media outlets all over the planet.

Linux Journal: Bootable Business Card Nears 2.0 Release
(2003-01-02 13:00:32)
"Had this been an actual Linux emergency, you could really use the LNX-BBC rescue disk right now. Here's how to test the new release and make sure this mini-distribution has what it needs to rescue your system in the future..."

Release Digest: GNOME, January 1, 2003
(2003-01-02 05:00:00)
Today's GNOME apps: gtkmm 2.1.2 and gtkmm 2.1.3; gcompris 2.0.0; and Bug Buddy 2.2.100.

Release Digest: KDE, January 1, 2003
(2003-01-02 05:00:30)
Today's KDE apps: Kydpdict 0.3.1, NokiaCmoN 0.0.0pre6, qVoc 0.2.1, LibChipCard :: KDE 0.7beta4, Scribus 0.9.5, KMameleon 0.4, Eric3 3.0.1, KTagebuch 0.6, Cow 0.1.0, KSambaPlugin 0.4b, Kydpdict 0.3.1, and NokiaCmoN 0.0.0pre6.

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.5.54
(2003-01-02 13:47:27)
"Happy new year to you all, hopefully most of you are back from the dead and the hangovers are all long gone. And if not, I'm told reading a large kernel patch is just the medication for whatever ails you..." Changelog, links within.

SuSE Linux Advisories: fetchmail, cups
(2003-01-02 13:47:10)
Two security advisories from SuSE Linux.

The Financial Express: HP Bundles AMD-Linux For Presario At Desi Price
(2003-01-02 14:30:58)
"Hewlett-Packard is slashing the price of its Compaq Presario home PC using a combination of AMD processors and Linux operating system (OS), thus also striking another blow at the dominance of Wintel in the Indian market..."

CIO: Linux Scales New Heights
(2003-01-02 16:00:42)
Number 16 in CIO Magazine's "Big [And Not So Big] Ideas For 2003" series is their look at Open Source's near future.

Python 2.3a1 Released
(2003-01-02 17:30:50)
An alpha release of Python 2.3 is out and about.

Xbox Linux Project: Award Deadline Reached
(2003-01-02 19:00:36)
"The donor can now be revealed as Michael Robertson, who is the man behind the Lindows OS--which you may have heard recently had some conflict with Microsoft..."

LinuxPlanet: Admin Digest: Setting Up Your Own Web Server
(2003-01-02 20:30:36)
"Not happy with your ISP? Think you can can share information within your organization better? Setting up your own Web server isn't as hard as some may think, thanks to the ease of use of Linux and Apache..."

Linux Magazine: Getting a Handle on Traffic
(2003-01-02 22:00:09)
"Or, you can turn to LAMP. By combining Linux, Apache (and mod_log_sql), MySQL, and PHP, you can build a customized logging and reporting system without a lot of effort. This month, let's look at how to set up logging..."

OfB.biz: The State of GNU/Linux in 2002: It was Good
(2003-01-02 23:30:37)
"This year has proven most interesting for GNU/Linux. While there were not any amazing surprises, there were numerous events that are noteworthy for review..."

SuSE Linux Advisory: mysql
(2003-01-02 17:25:18)
"Stefan Esser from e-matters reported various bugs in MySQL. Within the MySQL server the password checking and a signedness issue has been fixed..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: squirrelmail
(2003-01-02 17:27:01)
"A cross site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in squirrelmail, a feature-rich webmail package written in PHP4..."

Gentoo Linux Advisories: xpdf, leafnode
(2003-01-02 18:49:00)
Two security advisories from Gentoo Linux.

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