News Linux News for Feb 05, 2004:

LinuxWorld: Craig Bruce's Top Linux Quotes
(2004-02-05 00:00:05)
"Craig S. Bruce, who says of himself 'Depending entirely on context, I'm either a very quiet and withdrawn person or a cynical, opinionated, outspoken egomaniac,' has one undeniable gift: a knack for storing away choice technology quotations..."

JiniComputer: Linux In Dubai
(2004-02-05 01:00:17)
"Many have said that enough is enough taking about Linux. How Linux is great. Why Linux rulz and Micro$oft sucks, blah blah blah. I will promise you that this article is going to be something different..."

ZDNet UK: WatchGuard Protects SMEs with Linux Firebox
(2004-02-05 02:00:05)
"Security company WatchGuard has launched an appliance for smaller companies to combat hackers, worms and DDoS attacks..."

NewsForge: Send Congress a Message About Open Source
(2004-02-05 03:00:03)
"SCO recently sent a letter to every Member of the U.S. Congress. SCO told America's elected representatives that Linux contains code stolen from its own version of Unix..."

LinuxElectrons: Desktop Linux Summit 2004
(2004-02-05 04:00:06)
"Top industry leaders have signed on as sponsors of Desktop Linux Summit 2004, the second annual event that focuses exclusively on Linux on the desktop..."

DistroWatch: Distributions, February 4, 2004
(2004-02-05 05:00:00)
Today's distributions: Shark Linux 1.06 BETA2, Guadalinex 1.0 RC5, LinuxTLE 5.5, and Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 TP2.

Release Digest: GNOME, February 4, 2004
(2004-02-05 05:00:20)
Today's GNOME apps: gcalctool 4.3.42, intltool 0.30, sussen 0.9, Muine 0.3.2, GNOME Platform Bindings 2.5.4, and grdesktop 0.22.

Release Digest: KDE, February 4, 2004
(2004-02-05 05:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: Bookcase 0.8.1, Qtparted 0.4.1, KOffice (KWord) 1.3, KOffice (KSpread) 1.3, logviewer 0.8pre2, KDE Kontact 0.8, and domo.

developerWorks: Basic Use of pthreads
(2004-02-05 06:00:38)
"This article demystifies the POSIX thread interface, providing practical examples of threaded code for consideration..."

GeekSpeek.org: HOWTO: Installing phpMyAdmin on Linux
(2004-02-05 07:00:03)
"phpMyAdmin is a utility written in PHP which is intended to aid in the administration of a MySQL server, either locally, or over the WWW..." [Link repaired. -ed.]

GUILinux: Slax - An OS in Your Pocket
(2004-02-05 08:00:51)
"Slax is a Linux Live CD distribution, a pretty slick concept. Place the CD into the CDROM, turn the machine on and you've got yourself a real operating system, running completely from CD..."

OSNews: Review: Smoothwall Express 2.0 Final
(2004-02-05 09:00:34)
"For those that don't already know, smoothwall is a very slick and easy way to setup a firewall/nat/dhcp server (and more) at home or in a small office very quickly even on old computer equipment..."

LinuxHardware.org: Intel's Prescott, Intel's Extreme Edition, and AMD's Athlon 64 3400+
(2004-02-05 10:00:59)
"Today Intel unveiled the next great chip in their line of Pentium 4 processors. This chip codenamed 'Prescott' has been talked about for quite some time and we hope the chip lives up to the hype..."

Linux Journal: CORBA, Part I
(2004-02-05 11:00:09)
"What looks like a simple method invocation but actually talks to another process for you...?"

AP/InformationWeek: For Clark, Open Source Is Product Of Compressed Schedule
(2004-02-05 12:00:40)
"The Democratic presidential candidate's tech staff says it embraced open-source systems partly because of Clark's late entry into the race..."

IT Manager's Journal: Trolltech: Right Place at Right Time?
(2004-02-05 13:00:30)
"These are particularly interesting times for small (87 employees), Oslo-based software company. Several events are converging now that will affect in drastic measure the fortunes of this modest but quietly powerful firm..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.2-mm1 aka "Geriatric Wombat"
(2004-02-05 13:43:12)
Changelog, link within.

Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.25-rc1
(2004-02-05 13:50:57)
Incremental changelog, links within.

eWeek: SCO Critic Joins OSRM
(2004-02-05 14:00:36)
"Open Source Risk Management, LLC (OSRM), an open-source risk management company, announced today that Pamela Jones, the editor and moderator of Groklaw.net has agreed to become the company's Director of Litigation Risk Research.

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Novell Name Giving SuSE Heavy Enterprise Footprint
(2004-02-05 15:00:15)
In this interview, Markus Rex -- the former head of development at SuSE Linux AG and Novell's brand-new European general manager -- talks about the integration of SuSE into Novell and how enterprises may benefit from the combination.

CNET News: Sun Brings StarOffice Into Desktop Solaris Orbit
(2004-02-05 16:00:12)
"Sun Microsystems has introduced a version of StarOffice tailored to desktop PCs running Solaris, its Unix-based operating system..."

NewsForge: Tiemann's Keynote at EclipseCon
(2004-02-05 17:00:14)
"[Tiemann] also quoted Victor Hugo to make his point: 'Invading armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come...'"

Computerworld: Open-Source ERP Gaining Users
(2004-02-05 18:00:50)
"Jorg Janke didn't set out to write open-source ERP software. But like many small start-up application vendors, he found the traditional path to success blocked by sales and marketing costs..."

Computerworld NZ: Microsoft Defends XML Patent, Offers Royalty-Free Licence
(2004-02-05 19:00:02)
"Microsoft is defending its patenting of an XML process, saying the company has to defend its intellectual property and that it is giving away the fruits of its labour for free..."

Geek.com: Linux 2.6 Kernel Shows Massive Speed Gains
(2004-02-05 20:00:15)
"Have you gotten on board with the latest Linux 2.6 kernel? If you haven't, you should..."

CXOtoday: Sun Pushes Open Source Wagon At NASSCOM 2004
(2004-02-05 21:00:27)
"At the NASSCOM 2004 technology forum held in Mumbai today, Sun dispelled many misconceptions on Open Source, besides eagerly pushing its Java desktop system..."

LinuxPlanet: Integrating Calc Into Your Business
(2004-02-05 22:00:21)
"Depending on the business and industry, spreadsheets can be anything from very simple lists used for sorting to kazillion cell monsters that add, multiply, and figure up gravitational forces throughout the entire universe..."

eWeek: MyDoom, Windows and Linux
(2004-02-05 23:00:41)
"In MyDoom's aftermath, once more I'm confronted with the old lie that if Linux were only as popular as Windows, it too would have Windows-sized security problems. What nonsense...!"

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