News Linux News for Jan 08, 2003:

eWeek: Linux Looms for Microsoft
(2003-01-08 01:00:48)
"Microsoft Corp. must learn to cooperate with Linux and open-source developers to ensure better interoperability, rather than porting its products to Linux, enterprise users say..."

First Monday: The Usability of Open Source Software
(2003-01-08 02:30:34)
"In this paper we review the existing evidence of the usability of open source software and discuss how the characteristics of open source development influence usability..."

Open Source Digest: User-mode Linux
(2003-01-08 04:00:06)
"User-mode Linux (UML) is the port of Linux that runs inside Linux. This provides a virtual Linux machine running on the physical Linux host..."

LinuxDevices.com: Introduction to the New Embedded Linux Platform Spec
(2003-01-08 05:30:41)
"The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) has just released the ELC Platform Specification (ELCPS). As an active member of the Embedded Linux Consortium's Platform Specification Working Group, I invite all interested to carefully study the specification..."

rediff.com: Music Lovers Find a New Hero in Ogg Vorbis
(2003-01-08 07:00:08)
"Under the awkward name of Ogg Vorbis (OV), this open standard music compression format is emerging as a major contender in the race. It is an open source system, supposedly superior to MP3s. What's more attractive is the fact that it has no associated licensing fee..."

Linux and Main: Questionable Linux Business Practice
(2003-01-08 08:30:38)
"Well, I recently had a Linux distribution recommended to me because this company had put together a brain-dead simple GUI tool for configuring it and it was specialized as a router (which I and several clients could use)...."

Help Net Security: Linux Security: Reflections on 2002
(2003-01-08 10:00:26)
"I think that the major change in 2002 over 2001 in Linux security was that major heavily-deployed subsystems continued to get more hardened..."

The Guardian: Are Our Schools Missing a Trick?
(2003-01-08 11:30:34)
"Free software that could give schools huge savings is being ignored in favour of paid-for alternatives. But things could change, says Phil Revell..."

eWeek: SCO Linux 4 Is Rough Around the Edges but Shows Promise
(2003-01-08 13:00:02)
"The SCO Group's SCO Linux 4 (brand-new, despite its enumeration) can provide companies with an effective path to such migrations, particularly at sites that are running SCO's UnixWare..."

Release Digest: GNOME, January 7, 2003
(2003-01-08 05:00:00)
Today's GNOME apps: GHex 2.0.0 and 2.2.0; gedit 2.1.6; gThumb 1.108; Gringotts 1.2.3; gtkmm 2.2.0; Dr. Genius 0.8.0; and orbitcpp 1.3.1.

Release Digest: GNU, January 7, 2003
(2003-01-08 05:00:20)
Today's GNU app: GNU Scientific Library (GSL) 1.3.

Release Digest: KDE, January 7, 2003
(2003-01-08 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: KsirK 1.1, XDrawChem 1.6.3, Typing Trainer :: Touch Typer 0.1, Typing Trainer 0.1, Qwt 20030106, KSocrat 3.0.3, KSocrat 2.1.1, KPreg 1.2, KVIrc 3.0.0beta2, and NokiaCmoN 0.0.0pre5.

Gentoo Linux Advisory: lcdproc
(2003-01-08 14:23:46)
"'The vulnerabilities in LCDproc allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code or cause the LCDproc server to crash...'"

ZDNet: Linux Jumps into Consumer Electronics
(2003-01-08 14:30:57)
"MontaVista Software will release on Wednesday a version of Linux for consumer-electronics devices, as the company seeks to have its software used in everything from karaoke machines to high-end television sets..."

IDG.com.sg: Vietnam Opens Up to Open Source
(2003-01-08 16:00:15)
"Greater use of open source software will help Vietnam build its own software industry more rapidly and promote creativity among local developers, delegates to a software seminar in Vietnam have concluded..."

Reuters: Linux Gears Up to Challenge Windows on Desktop
(2003-01-08 22:00:23)
"With better stability, security and pricing in a desktop operating system with a look-and-feel similar to Windows, Linux advocates say they are getting ready to take on Microsoft, which dominates the desktop market..."

Raleigh News & Observer: Red Hat Hire Announced
(2003-01-08 20:30:58)
To elaborate on the non-descript headline: "Red Hat will announce today the hire of a new executive to help the Linux company sell its wares to local, state, national and foreign governments..."

ZDNet: Linux on Government Servers
(2003-01-08 19:00:56)
The META Group's take on Linux in the public sector: "Several national governments (e.g., Singapore, Taiwan, and Germany) have stated their intent to move their server architectures to Linux from Windows..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: canna
(2003-01-08 17:27:50)
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in canna, a Japanese input system..."

Alan Cox: Linux 2.4.21-pre3-ac1
(2003-01-08 20:01:55)
Changelog, link within.

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