News Linux News for Jan 12, 2004:

DistroWatch: Distributions, January 11, 2004
(2004-01-12 05:00:00)
This weekend's distributions: AL-AMLUG Live CD 0.4, Buffalo Linux 1.1.0, and OpenDesktop 1.0.

Release Digest: GNOME, January 11, 2004
(2004-01-12 05:00:20)
This weekend's GNOME apps: General Applet Interface Library 0.5.0, gnome-games 2.5.4, Pigeon CD Recorder 0.3, OpenHacha 0.4, Sodipodi flags 1.6, and Shermans aquarium 3.0.0pre2.

Release Digest: KDE, January 11, 2004
(2004-01-12 05:00:40)
This weekend's KDE app: amaroK media-player 0.8.3.

OSNews: Nine Language Performance Round-up: Benchmarking Math & File I/O
(2004-01-12 07:00:14)
"This article discusses a small-scale benchmark test run on nine modern computer languages or variants..."

LinuxDevices: Wind River Joins CE Linux Forum
(2004-01-12 09:00:26)
"Wind River Systems has taken yet another step toward embedded Linux, announcing it has joined the CE Linux Forum..."

InternetWeek: School District Gives Linux Security Technology High Grades
(2004-01-12 11:00:57)
"A school district typically does not have a dedicated IT staff, and security deployed incorrectly can create as many problems as it solves..."

LinuxDevices: Linux Gets Real (-time)
(2004-01-12 13:00:25)
"Metrowerks Senior Software Engineer and veteran real-time programmer Bernhard Kuhn has created a Linux kernel patch that he claims enables hard, real-time performance in the Linux kernel..."

CNET News: Intel Chips In On Anti-SCO Defense Fund
(2004-01-12 14:00:53)
"The Open Source Development Labs, an industry consortium that employs Linux leader Linus Torvalds, announced Monday that it is organizing the legal defense fund..."

LinuxPlanet: SGI Releases New Mid-Range Server
(2004-01-12 15:00:59)
"Got an environment where different jobs need to be run on different apps at any given moment? Don't want to spend the money on a big iron system but a 32-bit cluster won't do? The newly released Altix 350 may fit the bill, as SGI enters the realm of the mid-range server today..."

AP/Seattle Times: Internal IBM Memo Seeks Firm's Switch to Linux System
(2004-01-12 16:00:22)
"IBM spokeswoman Trink Guarino confirmed yesterday that the memo was legitimate but said it had been taken out of context. She said IBM has 'no such plans' to shift to Linux-based PCs..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: jitterbug
(2004-01-12 16:59:33)
"Steve Kemp discovered a security related problem in jitterbug, a simple CGI based bug tracking and reporting tool..."

iTnews: Open Source Sneaks in SA Govt Back Door
(2004-01-12 17:00:29)
Linux.conf.au: "The South Australian Democrats may have failed so far in their campaign to have legislation passed promoting open source software, but open source products are slowly infiltrating the government nonetheless..."

Red Hat Linux Advisory: cvs
(2004-01-12 17:59:58)
"Updated cvs packages closing a vulnerability that could allow cvs to attempt to create files and directories in the root file system are now available..."

internetnews.com: VERITAS Automates Disaster Recovery Software
(2004-01-12 18:00:26)
"In keeping with its goal to automate data center environments as part of its utility computing strategy, VERITAS Software Monday said it has added rapid server recovery capabilities to its disaster recovery software..."

The Star: Novell: SuSE Stays the Same, For Now
(2004-01-12 19:00:11)
"Networking software giant Novell Inc does not have any plans to change anything in the Linux operating system from its recently-acquired SuSE AG... at least, not in the medium term..."

PR: SCO Responds to OSDL
(2004-01-12 19:00:59)
Never content to let a broadside go unanswered, The SCO Group has issued a brief press release regarding OSDL's announcement to set up a legal defense fund for Linux users who may be targeted by SCO in the future. Full release within.

InformationWeek: Forrester: What's Hot In 2004?
(2004-01-12 20:00:25)
"The market-research firm says its survey of 500 IT managers shows Linux, RFID, and offshoring will be big in the new year..."

internetnews.com: MySQL Eyes Enterprise with 5.0 Alpha
(2004-01-12 21:00:07)
"MySQL AB took the wraps off the latest version of its database server Monday, a product that now offers enterprise-grade capabilities such as stored procedures to the open-source software..."

InstantMessagingPlanet: Deviant Dares to Be Different
(2004-01-12 22:00:30)
"Year-old startup Deviant Technologies wants to make a name for itself in the Linux-based enterprise appliances market..."

Perl.com: The State of Perl
(2004-01-12 23:30:28)
"A colleague of mine recently asked me about Perl's future. Specifically, he wondered if we have any tricks up our sleeves to compete against today's two most popular platforms: .NET and Java..."

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