News Linux News for Jan 10, 2003:

Update: Mozilla, Mandrake Make Quiet Releases
(2003-01-10 16:00:05)
Two new software releases came out in the last couple of days, but thus far, there's been hardly a peep. We'll share what we have learned about the Mozilla 1.0.2 and Mandrake Linux 9.1 Beta 1. Update: MandrakeSoft has now officially announced the beta release.

InfoWorld: D-word Dissection
(2003-01-10 01:00:56)
"...[N]ow is a good time to consider the disruptive nature of open-source software. The subject is due for attention, given the recent comments I've received suggesting that open source is a form of 'antibusiness communism...'"

DesktopLinux: Yoper: 'Your Own Operating System' Revealed
(2003-01-10 03:00:30)
"DesktopLinux.com speaks with Andreas Girardet, Founder of Yoper, a New Zealand-based Linux distribution..."

FOSDEM.org: More FOSDEM Interviews Posted
(2003-01-10 08:00:31)
Links to interviews with Bruce Momjian, PostgreSQL Core Developer; David Axmark, MySQL developer; and Ann Harrison of Firebird within.

CrossNodes: Tonic for your Backup Woes: CD Backups In Linux
(2003-01-10 11:00:51)
"CD writers have dropped in price enough to make sense as CD-ROM drive replacements. Because restoring from a CD is fast and easy, I like using CD-R/RWs to backup server configurations and to backup the data of users with sensitive, mission-critical information..."

Release Digest: January 9, 2003
(2003-01-10 05:00:00)
Today's GNOME apps: fontilus-0.3, nautilus-rpm-0.1, and acme 2.0.

Release Digest: KDE, January 9, 2003
(2003-01-10 05:00:30)
Today's KDE apps: Konstruct 20030109, ShowImg 0.8beta1, imgSeek 0.4, KMyMoney2 0.5.1, KWiFiManager 1.0.1, KDevelop 3.0a3, KNUTClient 0.6.0, and Design Recovery Tool 0.2.2.

Mandrake Linux Advisories: cups, xpdf, dhcpcd
(2003-01-10 14:29:48)
Three security advisories from MandrakeSoft.

Red Hat Linux Advisory: ethereal
(2003-01-10 15:51:07)
"Several security issues have been found in the Ethereal packages distributed with Red Hat Linux versions 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: xpdf-i
(2003-01-10 15:52:18)
"iDEFENSE discovered an integer overflow in the pdftops filter from the xpdf and xpdf-i packages that can be exploited to gain the privileges of the target user..."

LinuxDevices: Embedded Linux Gets Digital Rights Management Support
(2003-01-10 16:00:14)
"Macrovision has ported its MacroSafe secure media Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution to MontaVista Linux and is in the process of porting it to newly launched MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition..."

PCWorld: Sony Sees TV at the Center of Networked Home
(2003-01-10 17:30:20)
"The TV will replace the PC as the source of online entertainment, and it will likely run Linux, company president says..."

CRN: Red Hat Linux 8.1 To Ship in April, Corporate Desktop Due In Late 2003
(2003-01-10 19:00:08)
"Linux software vendor Red Hat plans to fortify its desktop Linux lineup by shipping Red Hat Linux 8.1 in April, a 32-bit technical workstation this quarter and a full-fledged corporate desktop in the next six to 12 months, the company confirmed..."

Alan Cox: Linux 2.4.21-pre3-ac3
(2003-01-10 18:38:37)
Changelog, link within.

PR: TurboPower Discontinues Retail Business
(2003-01-10 22:00:50)
"As part of the move, TurboPower announces its intention to release their award winning component libraries as open source to the maximum extent possible..."

Release Digest: GNOME, January 10, 2003
(2003-01-10 23:30:20)
Today's GNOME apps: GTK-Lsof 0.9.13 and Bakery 1.3.7.

Release Digest: KDE, January 10, 2003
(2003-01-10 23:30:25)
Today's KDE apps: Licq 1.2.3, KMPlayer 0.6.1, KGamma 0.9.9, imgSeek 0.4.1, UserInfo 0.3, and Konstruct 20030109.

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.5.56
(2003-01-10 21:51:57)
Changelog, links within.

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