News Linux News for Feb 07, 2003:

PCWorld: Is Microsoft Afraid of Open Source?
(2003-02-07 01:00:01)
"Software giant says the open-source movement may force it to lower prices, but not everyone is convinced..."

Wired: Doctoring an IPod to Run on Linux
(2003-02-07 03:00:29)
"After four months of stout effort, programmer Bernard Leach has managed to get Linux running on his iPod..."

FOSDEM.org: Final FOSDEM Interviews Posted
(2003-02-07 07:00:23)
"The FOSDEM team has published the last interviews of his speakers before the event..."

PR: PC-to-Phone Service Now Available In Linux
(2003-02-07 08:30:43)
"Quicknet Technologies has announced the first Linux commercial PC-to-Phone supported service for Linux users in concert with GnomeMeeting.Org..." Press release within.

InfoWorld: Mandrake's Woes Aren't Users' Woes
(2003-02-07 10:00:50)
"Here's today's quiz: You have just installed Mandrake Linux on your desktop systems when you hear the news: 'MandrakeSoft is going through the French equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.' What should you do...?"

NewsForge: SPI Working on Elections, Welcoming Perens Back to the Fold
(2003-02-07 11:30:22)
"Software in the Public Interest (SPI), the entity that owns the Debian trademark, is holding elections and working to generate enough interest in said elections to actually elect some new board members..."

DesktopLinux.com: Peace, Love... and Lycoris
(2003-02-07 13:00:01)
"'Flower Power' was the mantra of a generation in the 1960s. That metaphor takes on a whole new meaning as DesktopLinux.com interviews Lycoris executives, CTO Joseph Cheek and marketing guru Jason Spisak about Lycoris' Linux desktop..."

Release Digest: GNOME, February 6, 2003
(2003-02-07 05:00:00)
Today's GNOME apps: FieryFilter 0.3, Pluggable Image Generator 0.2.1, gcompris 2.1, and bonobo-activation-2.2.1.

Release Digest: GNU, February 6, 2003
(2003-02-07 05:00:20)
Today's GNU apps: Guile 1.6.3, Jwhois 3.2.1, and texinfo 4.5.

Release Digest: KDE, February 6, 2003
(2003-02-07 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: Gwenview 0.16.1, MosfetImagePart 0.1pre, KPovModeler 1.0, and KKeyled 0.8.5.

ZDNet: Gnome 2.2 Cleans Up the Linux Desktop
(2003-02-07 16:30:35)
"The launch of the latest edition of the Gnome desktop software for Linux and Unix operating systems marks a new attitude among its developers: Integration is key..."

Two on Vector Linux 3.2 Release
(2003-02-07 17:30:58)
"Vector Linux has released version 3.2 of their Linux distribution. This release marks the complete conversion to a Slackware-based system and is mostly LSB compliant..." Press release, link to MadPenguin.org's mini-review within.

Greensboro News & Record: Red Hat to Train Students in Linux Operating System
(2003-02-07 19:00:54)
A follow-up piece to the Red Hat Academy program announced earlier this week that features a school system's reaction to joining the program: "Guilford County Schools has formed a first-of-its-kind partnership with Red Hat to train students to use the company's computer operating system..."

IDG.net: Linux Upsets Unix home
(2003-02-07 20:30:48)
"Linux clusters born in the world of academia are sprouting legs and appear ready to march right into the enterprise, despite the growing pains facing the emerging technology..."

developerWorks: Knoppix Gives Bootable, One-Disk Linux
(2003-02-07 22:00:55)
"If you've ever needed a functional Linux setup that is portable and runs the same way on any hardware, read on. Knoppix packages a specialized and highly useful Linux distribution on a single, bootable CD-ROM..."

Red Hat Linux Advisory: w3m
(2003-02-07 17:21:57)
"New w3m packages are available that fix two cross-site scripting issues..."

Release Digest: GNOME, February 7, 2003
(2003-02-07 23:30:20)
Today's GNOME apps: gconfmm 2.0.1 and libgnomeuimm 1.3.14.

Release Digest: General, February 7, 2003
(2003-02-07 23:30:00)
Today's general app: LyX 1.3.0.

Release Digest: KDE, February 7, 2003
(2003-02-07 23:30:40)
Today's KDE apps: KDbg 1.2.7, KLog 0.1alpha, LyX 1.3.0, XPix 0.1pre, KBarcode 1.1.5, and CalcChecksum 1.2.

Red Hat Linux Advisory: kernel-utils
(2003-02-07 20:29:49)
"An updated kernel-utils package is available that removes the setuid bits incorrectly assigned to the uml_net binary..."

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