News Linux News for Feb 13, 2004:

LinuxInsider: How the Linux Kernel Gets Built
(2004-02-13 00:00:24)
"Support for new architectures, such as AMD's Opteron, are generally born as external projects that contribute code to the official kernel. In fact, bleeding-edge hardware support is often available only as a patch to the production kernel..."

The Register: Mono and dotGNU: What's the Point?
(2004-02-13 01:00:45)
"While providing freedom of choice might be reason enough to justify a project, practical programmers could be asking: What’s the point...?"

LXer: The Tide Has Turned in the Battle of the War
(2004-02-13 02:00:15)
"In 1999, I editorialized that the browser was the battleground that would win or lose us the whole thing. 4 years later, it is time to update the article with a slightly more optimistic view..."

ONLamp: Why Linux?
(2004-02-13 03:00:01)
"Holding up a 'Windows-free home' as a goal without any sort of reasoning behind that goal is nothing more than a fashion statement on my part..."

LinuxInsider: Open Source Alternative
(2004-02-13 04:00:47)
"As more and more governments and organizations are moving towards open source as a means to save costs, there's a need for people with the right skills to manage and deploy the technology..."

DistroWatch: Distributions, February 12, 2004
(2004-02-13 05:00:00)
Today's distributions: Pingwinek 1.0 RC1 and Bluewall GNU/Linux 1.1.

Release Digest: GNOME, February 12, 2004
(2004-02-13 05:00:15)
Today's GNOME apps: The GNOME XML toolkit 2.6.6, gnome-mud 0.10.5, meld-0.9.2, Muine 0.4.0, gnocl 0.5.15, Sodipodi 0.34, gramps 1.0.0, and gnopernicus 0.7.4.

Release Digest: GNU, February 12, 2004
(2004-02-13 05:00:30)
Today's GNU app: GNU GTick 0.3.0.

Release Digest: KDE, February 12, 2004
(2004-02-13 05:00:45)
Today's KDE apps: taxipilot 0.9.0 and Archive Search.

GUILinux: Libranet 2.8 - The Installation
(2004-02-13 06:00:46)
"...I find that my needs in an operating system are; a straight forward X environment and a generous helping of design and development applications. Libranet, you are my diamond in the rough..."

The Star: Closer Towards K-society
(2004-02-13 07:00:09)
"The state government is adopting the open source system software to speed up the development of a knowledge-based society in Sarawak..."

Times of India: West Bengal Govt Opts for Linux Platform
(2004-02-13 08:00:40)
"The West Bengal government has decided to run Oracle technology and applications solutions on the Linux operating system..."

ZDNet: IBM Sells Climate Research Supercomputer
(2004-02-13 09:00:18)
"The University of California, Irvine has bought eight IBM [Linux] computers to run an interconnected collection of global climate simulations..."

ONLamp: Open Source, Open Innovation
(2004-02-13 10:00:22)
"You know, I like Open Source, and I also like free software..."

LocalTechWire: Second Largest IP Provider in Germany Picks Red Hat
(2004-02-13 11:00:56)
"Red Hat is providing Telefonica Deutschland with its Enterprise Linux as the German company's platform of choice for business operations..."

ONLamp: Why Should Free Software Have to Earn a Profit?
(2004-02-13 12:00:14)
"The main complaint I hear about free and open source software from people in the computer field is that 'You can't earn money from it...'"

Linux Journal: On the ALSA Track
(2004-02-13 13:00:18)
"A look at the history of Linux sound architectures and some of the benefits of ALSA..."

BetaNews: Windows Source Leak Traces Back to Mainsoft
(2004-02-13 14:00:28)
"The leaked code includes 30,915 files and was apparently removed from a Linux computer used by Mainsoft for development purposes..."

Groklaw: Novell's Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum in Support
(2004-02-13 15:00:27)
"Essentially, [Novell has] done something very clever. They are trying to get SCO's action dismissed on the pleadings alone..."

ZDNet Australia: Puzzling Site Attacks Expose Open Source Glitch
(2004-02-13 16:00:16)
"A recent spate of attacks on Macromedia Flash developer community Web sites has exposed a potential security threat in a common open source mailing list application..."

ZDNet UK: Novell Evangelises Linux in Europe
(2004-02-13 17:00:39)
"Novell is making Linux central to its efforts in Europe, and is considering other open-source projects, according to the company's new European president..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: The Wrong Choice: Retailer Dives Off Windows Platform to Linux
(2004-02-13 18:00:21)
"So, when Datavantage had to choose a platform for its new Stored Value gift card transaction-processing solution, Windows wasn't the only option. In fact, project manager Ian Amit quickly discovered that Windows was the wrong choice..."

Techworld: RFID Gets Linux-based Boost
(2004-02-13 19:00:20)
"The much-hyped market for RFID (radio frequency identification) has received a boost in the form of an open-source system that enables large numbers of the tags to be read in a confined area..."

New York Times/CNET: File Sharing's New Face
(2004-02-13 20:00:02)
"After working for a parade of doomed dot-com startups, a young programmer named Bram Cohen finally got tired of failure..."

Red Hat Linux Advisories: PWLib, XFree86
(2004-02-13 20:52:42)
Two security advisories from Red Hat, Inc.

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Survey: More Data Centers Will Use Linux in '04
(2004-02-13 21:00:14)
"Enterprise decision makers are buying into Linux more than ever, and that commitment is extending beyond the perimeter, where the OS has found a comfortable home..."

Mandrake Linux Advisory: XFree86
(2004-02-13 21:55:54)
"Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities were found by iDEFENSE in XFree86's parsing of the font.alias file..."

Philadelphia Inquirer: Xandros Helps Linux Advance
(2004-02-13 22:00:40)
"Microsoft decided to support Windows 98 users for two more years because it did not want to risk losing financially strapped Turkhistanis and others to Linux, the snickerers said..."

DistroWatch: Distributions, February 13, 2004
(2004-02-13 23:00:00)
Today's distributions: clusterKNOPPIX 3.3-2004-02-09, Medialinux 2 Beta, and Feather Linux 0.3.5.

Release Digest: GNOME, February 13, 2004
(2004-02-13 23:00:20)
Today's GNOME apps: GGV 2.5.4, Gnome CD Master 1.1.8, Devhelp 0.8, and GtkSourceView 0.9.0.

Release Digest: KDE, February 13, 2004
(2004-02-13 23:00:40)
Today's KDE apps: K3b 0.11.3 and konvert 0.4.

Editor's Note: Torvalds Clarifies OSDL Relationship
(2004-02-13 23:00:59)
Linus Torvalds patiently walks this editor through the recent speculations heard in the community regarding just how much influence OSDL has on kernel development.

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