News Linux News for Feb 05, 2003:

LinuxWorld.au: Standards Muddy 'Open' Waters
(2003-02-05 01:00:18)
"Amid the convergence of technologies across the IT stack, a host of products emerging from the world of open source, XML, and Web services are challenging traditional notions of open solutions..."

KernelTrap: Panicking In Morse Code Redux
(2003-02-05 03:00:01)
"Last July, Andrew Rodland added logic to make a server's LED's blink in morse code following a kernel panic, in response to comments he read in the function 'panic_blink'. Tomas Szepe has dusted of this code and ported it to the 2.5 development kernel, receiving a mixed reaction..."

Computerworld.NZ: Security Spotlight Falls on Open Source OS
(2003-02-05 08:00:21)
"On the first anniversary of Microsoft's 'trustworthy computing' initiative, the spotlight has gone on security of open source software..."

ExtremeTech: SuSE Linux Office Desktop 8.1
(2003-02-05 11:00:16)
"Well it had to happen--yet another Linux distro is now making a concerted effort to go after the mainstream desktop. This time it's SuSE, one of the largest and most popular distros around..."

Release Digest: GNOME, February 4, 2003
(2003-02-05 05:00:00)
Today's GNOME apps: FieryFilter 0.2, GNOME Clipboard Manager 2.0.4, VLC 0.5.0, Hardware Monitor 0.2, GGV 1.99.98, Background Buddy 1.0, and GTetrinet 0.6.0.

Release Digest: KDE, February 4, 2003
(2003-02-05 05:00:30)
Today's KDE apps: KBarcode 1.1.4, KDirStat 2.3.6, Design Recovery Tool 0.2.4, and LinPoch 0.1.0.

CNET News: South Africa Embraces Open Source
(2003-02-05 14:30:21)
"Joining a lengthening list of governments, South Africa adopted an official policy promoting the use of open-source software--but stopped short of jettisoning proprietary applications...:

eWeek: Linux Report: The Year in Review
(2003-02-05 16:00:16)
"By 2007, we said one year ago, 'No one will be fired for recommending Linux.' Shortening our own timeline by four years, we suggest that an IT buyer might already be fired today for failing to consider Linux..."

NewsFactor: The State of Samba
(2003-02-05 17:30:43)
"According to IBM's Sam Ruby, an admin need not be a Unix guru to work with Samba, so long as he or she at least understands Microsoft networking..."

Enterprise Linux Today: IBM's Introduces New Enterprise Storage Server Standards
(2003-02-05 19:00:36)
"IBM is also expanding storage support for mainframe customers running the open Linux platform, one of the fastest growing customer segments..."

Sun.com: StarOffice 6.1 Beta Program Announced
(2003-02-05 23:30:59)
Sun will be starting its next StarOffice beta program early next month. Details within.

The Register: Safari, So Good: Browser and Bluetooth Boost OS X
(2003-02-05 23:30:57)
"And Chimera developer Mike Pinkerton who had done more than anyone to make OS X browsing tolerable--with the Cocoa browser based on Mozilla code--'fessed to wondering whether it was worth carrying on..."

Gentoo Linux Advisory: bladeenc
(2003-02-05 20:17:26)
"A wave file let the attacker to execute all the code he want[s] on the victim"

Conectiva Linux Advisory: mcrypt
(2003-02-05 19:40:07)
"Ilia Alshanetsky found several buffer overflows vulnerabilities in libmcrypt..."

Mandrake Linux Advisory: kernel
(2003-02-05 20:29:58)
"An updated kernel for 9.0 is available with a number of bug fixes..."

GNOME.org: GNOME 2.2.0 Desktop and Developer Platform Released
(2003-02-05 20:30:51)
"Today, we bring you the fruits of our first six-month-turnaround release! Not content with mere success, we've managed to squeeze the six month process into five..."

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