News Linux News for Feb 09, 2004:

Release Digest: Distributions, February 8, 2004
(2004-02-09 05:00:00)
This weekend's distributions: ESware 365 2.1, KANOTIX 02-2004, and Linux LiveCD Router 1.9.0.

Release Digest: GNOME, February 8, 2004
(2004-02-09 05:00:20)
This weekend's GNOME apps: GNOME developer platform API docs, Eye of Gnome 2.5.4, Rhythmbox 0.7.0, and Jamboree 0.4.

Release Digest: KDE, February 8, 2004
(2004-02-09 05:00:40)
This weekend's KDE apps: KCube, Shut Down-O-Matik (aka KShutDown) 0.1.4 beta, KMediaGrab, KTrayNetworker 0.6, kvocabs 0.2.2, KMuddy 0.6.1, Perico 0/34, Kpl, speaker3-0.1 0.1, KEuroCalc 0.8.0, and arrowmatcher 1.3.2.

developerWorks: Cultured Perl: Fun with MP3 and Perl, Part 2
(2004-02-09 07:00:09)
"Ted continues his look at manipulating and guessing MP3 tags with Perl, FreeDB, and various CPAN models via his autotag.pl application..."

Linux Journal: Introduction to the Firebird Database
(2004-02-09 08:30:59)
"The two main contenders are PostgreSQL and MySQL, but a new arrival in this arena is the Firebird RDBMS..."

developerWorks: Prevent a Cross-Site Scripting Attack
(2004-02-09 10:00:01)
"Cross-site scripting (XSS) occurs when an attacker introduces malicious scripts to a dynamic form that allows the attacker to capture the private session information..."

Korean IT News: Korea's Tech Firms To Jointly Develop Linux-based Digital Home Platform
(2004-02-09 11:30:25)
"The council plans to develop Linux-based digital home platform during the first half of this year..."

Intranet Straegist: Open-Source Database Software Grows in Popularity
(2004-02-09 13:00:38)
"The backlash against proprietary software continues, with a new survey showing that companies are turning to the open-source MySQL software to build their databases..." [Link repaired. -ed.]

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.3-rc1-mm1
(2004-02-09 14:00:00)
Changelog, link within.

Mozilla.org: New Round of Releases Extends Mozilla Project's Standards Based Open Source Offerings
(2004-02-09 14:00:18)
In other words: "Mozilla Firebird evolves into the new Firefox 0.8 release. Thunderbird 0.5 released..."

David Weinehall: Linux 2.0.40 aka "The Moss-covered Tortoise"
(2004-02-09 15:00:00)
Announcement within.

CRN: Red Hat To Support SE Linux In Enterprise Linux 4.0
(2004-02-09 15:00:17)
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, due out in 2005, will include support for Security-Enhanced Linux (SE Linux), according to a spokeswoman from the Raleigh, N.C.-based commercial Linux vendor..."

Business Wire: 1.1 Million-Plus Developers in North America Now Working on Open Source Projects
(2004-02-09 16:00:42)
"There are more than 1.1 million developers in North America spending at least some of their time working on Open Source development projects, according to Evans Data Corporation's new North American Developer Population Study..."

Fedora Core Advisory: mc
(2004-02-09 16:29:54)
"...[F]ix for CAN-2003-1023..."

Samba 3.0.2 Available for Download
(2004-02-09 16:30:38)
"Here's another holiday release in time to be wrapped up for Valentine's Day..."

NewsForge: OSDL CEO Expects Microsoft to Port Apps to Linux
(2004-02-09 17:00:27)
"In a phone interview Friday, Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) CEO Stu Cohen said, 'As Linux continues to grow, Microsoft will port some of their applications to run on Linux...'"

Groklaw: Table--IBM Counterclaims and Both SCO Answers
(2004-02-09 17:30:53)
"I love being able to see at a glance, first, what IBM said in it Counterclaims, second, what SCO initially answered, and third, what SCO now is saying in its Amended Answer..."

NewsFactor: Is There Room for Mandrake in the Enterprise?
(2004-02-09 18:00:03)
"After legions of Linux salespeople have educated corporate buyers into the open-source methodology--buying low-cost software, but expecting to pay for services--Mandrake persists in taking the opposite approach..."

MSNBC: Red Hat in Fight to Keep Linux lead
(2004-02-09 18:30:46)
"Red Hat has sprung ahead of its competitors in the march for dominance of the Linux world. Question is, can it continue to grow at its current 30 percent clip...?"

Sybase To Linux-Enable All Servers By June
(2004-02-09 19:00:58)
"Sybase, in fact, now plans to Linux-enable all its server-side products by mid-2004, and its PowerBuilder development tools some time after that..."

The Australian: RTA Plans Desktop Open Source
(2004-02-09 19:30:48)
"The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority is about to embark on what may be the biggest roll-out of a desktop open source system in NSW..."

eWeek: Sun: 'Secret Negotiations' on Eclipse Continue
(2004-02-09 20:00:19)
Another take on Simon Phipps' keynote at EclipseCon last week: "Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday formally addressed the lingering question of whether company would join the newly independent Eclipse Foundation and the answer remains: Maybe..."

SOT Linux Advisory: ethereal
(2004-02-09 20:59:25)
"The SMB dissector in Ethereal before 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed SMB packet that triggers a segmentation fault during processing of Selected packets..."

CXOtoday: IBM Patches Government Link To Drive Open Source
(2004-02-09 21:00:18)
"IBM India and the Government of Uttaranchal signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOU), in a move to mark the beginning of a statewide e-Governance and University Program initiative..."

Red Hat Linux Advisories: NetPBM, mailman
(2004-02-09 21:52:30)
Two security advisories from Red Hat, Inc.

LinuxDevices: Migrating to Linux Kernel 2.6 -- Part 1: Customizing a 2.6-based Kernel
(2004-02-09 22:00:50)
"The following whitepaper is the first in a series by William von Hagen on using the new Linux 2.6 kernel, with a special emphasis on the primary issues in migrating existing drivers, applications, and embedded Linux deployments to a Linux distribution based on the 2.6 kernel..."

The Register: US Markets Warm to Linux Makers Over SCO
(2004-02-09 23:00:50)
"If you are looking for evidence proving SCO's success in slowing down Linux momentum, you won't find it in the financial markets..."

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