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News Linux News for Mar 08, 2004:
DistroWatch: Distributions, March 7, 2004
(2004-03-08 05:00:00)
This weekend's distributions: Onebase 2004-r1, OnebaseGo 1.0, LAS Linux 0.5, ROCK Linux 2.0.0, and Source Mage GNU/Linux 0.9.2.
Release Digest: GNOME, March 7, 2004
(2004-03-08 05:00:20)
This weekend's GNOME app: Audio File Library 0.2.6.
Release Digest: KDE, March 7, 2004
(2004-03-08 05:00:40)
This weekend's KDE apps: KolourPaint 1.0.1, amaroK 0.9, Folding@home Kicker Applet 0.9.6, Kalzium 1.0pre1, PwManager 0.6.1, CUTE 0.2.5, kreader 0.2, KMyMoney 0.6rc3, KDiff3 0.9.83, and kbootsplash 0.1.
GeekSpeek.org: Tutorial: Using Afick To Aid In Intrusion Detection
(2004-03-08 07:00:35)
"There are a number of utilities available which have similar functionality such as Tripwire and AIDE, and, while I am sure they all have their strengths and weaknesses, I find Afick to be best suited for my preferences..."
NewsForge: Linux Digital Camera Compatibility is No Longer an Issue
(2004-03-08 10:00:59)
"I just bought a new digital camera, and before I bought it I didn't bother to check whether it was a Linux-compatible model..."
OSNews: Survey of YaST2 Configurator on SuSE 9.0
(2004-03-08 11:30:12)
"All of us who are in computers know that at present we are using enhanced software products for applications, which our predecessors never thought about or used. Why do we need a word processor when a simple text file does the same job of documentation..."
Linux Journal: Inside TLDP
(2004-03-08 13:00:05)
"A behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of the Linux Documentation Project..."
Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.4-rc2-mm1
(2004-03-08 13:58:38)
Changelog, link within.
ZDNet: Letter to the Editor: No IBM-Groklaw connection
(2004-03-08 14:00:00)
"That isn't true, so I appreciate the opportunity to set the record straight. Groklaw is my Web site, so I can speak authoritatively on this subject..."
eWeek: Making Sense of the SCO Suits
(2004-03-08 14:45:12)
"The SCO Group Inc.'s latest lawsuits against two Linux users, AutoZone, Inc., and DaimlerChrysler Corp., are very different and bring their own set of legal challenges for the Lindon, Utah, company..."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Microsoft Says It's Not Bankrolling Linux Opponent
(2004-03-08 15:30:33)
"Microsoft Corp. yesterday denied any financial involvement in a deal that provided $50 million to a company battling against users of Linux, the open-source operating system that has emerged as a competitive threat to Microsoft Windows..."
Bloomberg/Houston Chronicle: Hatred by Linux Followers Focuses on SCO
(2004-03-08 16:00:18)
"Darl McBride, chief executive of SCO Group, says he sometimes carries a gun because his enemies are out to kill him. He checks into hotels under assumed names. An armed bodyguard protected him at Harvard Law School when he gave a speech last month..."
Reuters: S&P Cuts Sun Micro to Junk, Shares Dip
(2004-03-08 16:45:37)
"Standard & Poor's on Friday cut Sun Microsystems Inc.'s debt ratings to junk, citing losses at the company and fierce competition in the server market, knocking its shares down more than 5 percent..."
Federal Computer Weekly: Open-Source Gets Serious: A New Window on Linux
(2004-03-08 17:30:41)
"The Linux OS challenges Microsoft and others for data centers and desktops..."
Computerworld NZ: Sun's JDS Turns Heads
(2004-03-08 18:00:41)
"Fonterra and the University of Auckland, each with thousands of PCs, were at the Auckland event and took note of JDS’s potential to extract them from Microsoft licensing issues..."
TheStreet.com: Linux Nips at Microsoft's Heels
(2004-03-08 18:30:59)
"Microsoft is not on the verge of getting swept away by a Linux tsunami, as some open-source software enthusiasts have suggested. But Linux is a small wave slowly building every day, and threatens to dampen Microsoft's higher-growth server business..."
ChannelZone: Open Source or Open for Business?
(2004-03-08 19:00:03)
"eOptimize Inc. took a hard look at Linux and other open source options, then decided to remain committed to Microsoft Windows. Barry Baker, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of eOptimize, tells why..."
Silicon.com: UK Users Defiant in Face of Latest SCO Threats
(2004-03-08 19:30:30)
"UK Linux users are being advised to stand firm in the licensing stand-off with SCO despite the software company's decision to sue DaimlerChrysler and Autozone..."
NewsForge: Analysis: Microsoft, SCO Have a Lot More Explaining To Do
(2004-03-08 20:00:57)
"NewsForge has learned that U.S. federal regulators may have begun investigating the relationship between the two companies -- and may also be looking closely at a number of other people and companies connected to them through stock or other business transactions..."
Brazzil.com: Brazil, a Stone in Microsoft's Shoes
(2004-03-08 20:30:56)
"Brazilian top technology officials talk about
creating, in South America, a 'continent of open source...'"
GNOME 2.6 Desktop & Developer Platform BETA 1 (2.5.90) Released
(2004-03-08 21:00:56)
"That's right - it's almost here, and it's your chance to have a
sneak preview, and hopefully beat out some of the last remaining bugs before
our final release..."
eWeek: Linux Community vs. SCO Battle, SCO Should Win
(2004-03-08 21:30:43)
"The legal battle between SCO and the Linux community simply boils down to a larger firm's attempt to take away the property rights of a smaller company in order to cover up an obvious error in judgment on the part of IBM..."
eWeek: SCO Can't Win
(2004-03-08 22:00:48)
Counterpoint: "SCO's owners, the Canopy Group, should have, in my humble opinion, kept Ransom Love as CEO and continued to support Linux. Had they done so then SCO, with its close Novell ties, would have been acquired by Novell--not SuSE..."
InformationWeek: Business Technology: Don't Go Slow Over SCO
(2004-03-08 22:30:10)
"Should courtroom saber-rattling by SCO Group influence you to put a hold on projects involving Linux? Or should you leave that to the legal department while you continue to look for and deploy the best tools to support business innovation...?"
LinuxPlanet: Helix Player Needs More Cooking Time
(2004-03-08 23:00:08)
"Okay, to get down to cases, I think Real Player for Linux sucks... I've spent the past few days with Helix Player for Linux, and my opinion of the Real technology, repackaged as Helix DNA, has changed. Read on to see why..."
Viet Nam News Agency: More Investment Set to Develop Open Source Software in 2003-07 Period
(2004-03-08 23:30:00)
"A total of 312 billion VND (20 million USD) will be injected into the application and development of open source software in Viet Nam covering the 2003-07 period..."
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