News Linux News for Apr 08, 2004:

LinuxWorld: Investing in 'Professional Open Source'
(2004-04-08 00:15:47)
"The first question then, naturally enough, is to ask Skok whether this investment is somehow a contradiction, or whether there is indeed money to be made from open source?

IT-Analysis: Is Open Source Alone Enough?
(2004-04-08 01:00:32)
"The surge of 'Open Source' solutions has, on occasion, exploited this unconscious desire to conform to the desire to be trendy, and not without other, more logical reasoning..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: tcpdump
(2004-04-08 01:44:17)
"tcpdump, a tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, was found to contain two vulnerabilities..."

Gentoo Linux Advisories: ipsec-tools, KDE-PIM, util-linux, tcpdump, ClamAV, sysstat
(2004-04-08 01:44:59)
Six security advisories from the Gentoo Project.

OSNews: Designing the Operating System of Tomorrow
(2004-04-08 01:45:16)
"Wait. Read that again, and think for yourself: how much innovation has there been and will there be? Let's start with Gnome and KDE..."

SOT Linux Advisory: grep
(2004-04-08 02:29:32)
"A deficiency has been identified in grep's search algorithm..."

SitePoint: Mozilla Vision Thing
(2004-04-08 02:30:08)
"Mozilla are definately ahead of the field with XUL having something that 'works' now. There's still some hurdles to overcome though..."

OSNews: Disaster and Disaster Recovery
(2004-04-08 03:15:39)
"As a veteran of Operating System experimentation, I can personally vouch that I have flubbed things up more often than I have gotten it right on the first time..."

Linux.com: The Beauty of screen
(2004-04-08 04:00:44)
"If you read the first line of the screen man page, it says that screen is, well, a 'screen manager'. If you read on, you'll be overwhelmed by the number of options available to you..."

Release Digest: GNOME, April 7, 2004
(2004-04-08 04:45:00)
Today's GNOME apps: Revelation 0.3.0 and GGV 2.6.0.1.

Release Digest: KDE, April 7, 2004
(2004-04-08 04:45:30)
Today's KDE apps: gambas 0.92, Ascension 0.3, GwenRename, NoteBookManager, QHacc 2.9.9, and KHacc 1.7.8.

developerWorks: A Taste of Wine: Transition from Windows to Linux
(2004-04-08 05:30:45)
"Although Wine is not a new project, the growing expectations for the Linux desktop and growing demand for Linux applications make it relevant today..."

Hack In The Box: Better Living Through ModSecurity
(2004-04-08 07:00:14)
"Operating as an Apache Web server module, the purpose of ModSecurity is to increase web application security, protecting web applications from known and unknown attacks..."

FedoraNews: REVIEW: Quick Review of Fedora Core 2 Test 2
(2004-04-08 08:30:02)
"I just wanted to see it myself and take some screenshots of Fedora Core 2 Test 2 for our readers who haven't seen it yet..."

Linux Journal: Centralized Printing Using CUPS
(2004-04-08 10:00:12)
"In today's heterogeneous computing environment, providing a centralized printing solution can prove to be a pain. The days of having a large, dedicated printer for only UNIX systems are pretty much gone..."

Asia Times: NTT Group Firms Take Stakes in Linux Systems
(2004-04-08 11:30:09)
"NTT Data Corp and NTT Comware Corp plan to buy interests in VA Linux Systems Japan, a Sumitomo Corp unit that specializes in creating Linux operating systems..."

Enterprise Linux IT: Hot Products for Mobile Linux
(2004-04-08 13:00:13)
"Though the mobile-Linux sector is still nascent, there are products that point the way to greater market growth. Linux has clear benefits in the embedded sector, says Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff..."

ComputerWeekly: SCO Moves for Delay in IBM Trial
(2004-04-08 14:00:52)
"SCO has asked a the court to move back the trial date of its $5bn lawsuit with IBM by five months to mid-September 2005..."

Defining the Sun/Microsoft Deal
(2004-04-08 15:00:03)
The Economist has more analysis of the Sun/Microsoft deal, while Yahoo!/TechWeb has a response from Sun's CTO that denies all this anti-Linux speculation.

Groklaw: SCO Memorandum in Support of Motion to Amend Scheduling Order
(2004-04-08 16:00:15)
"'Although SCO has diligently pursued discovery since the inception of this case, it is now apparent that discovery cannot be completed in the time remaining under the existing schedule...'"

The Globe and Mail: Calgary's System Switch Reaps Benefits
(2004-04-08 16:45:24)
"For a case study on why Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems sued one another for peace last week, look no further than the City of Calgary..."

PR: Terra Soft Presents Yellow Dog Linux Roadmap
(2004-04-08 17:30:44)
"With the next release of Yellow Dog Linux Terra Soft will offer 32-bit and 64-bit products built upon Red Hat's RPM-based Fedora..." Press release within.

Express Computer India: Making Storage Choices on Linux
(2004-04-08 18:15:42)
"In this scenario it is but obvious for user organisations to look at Linux for their storage systems as well..."

LinuxPlanet: Linux Vendors Push Migration Strategies
(2004-04-08 19:00:06)
"As the spotlight shines ever brighter on the Linux operating system, vendors have begun to develop strategies to help their customers assess the cost of migrating to Linux and open source software and make a smooth transition to a Linux environment..."

eWeek: SCO Should Win: Week Two
(2004-04-08 19:45:00)
"Why look at the arguments coming from both sides? I envisioned the debate as a way to help readers to understand the entrenched positions on both sides. What I left out was the 'why' behind my approach, and I'll correct that now..."

Gentoo Linux Advisory: automake
(2004-04-08 20:27:13)
"Automake may be vulnerable to a symbolic link attack which may allow an attacker to modify data or escalate their privileges..."

SGI Advanced Linux Advisory: ethereal, mozilla
(2004-04-08 20:29:41)
"SGI has released SGI Advanced Linux Environment security update #17, which includes updated RPMs for SGI ProPack v2.3 and SGI ProPack v2.4 for the SGI Altix family of systems..."

InfoWorld: Windows, Linux Thin Client Launched
(2004-04-08 20:30:05)
"As industry talk swirls around Linux desktops versus Windows desktops, Neoware, a leading provider of thin clients, unveiled this week a $199 appliance that runs both..."

Linux.com: A First Look at Vector Linux 4.0, SOHO Edition
(2004-04-08 21:15:49)
"...I was curious to see how Vector Linux addressed these issues for home users while still keeping the Slackware reliability and speed. I'm sorry to report that their efforts have not been especially successful..."

SOT Linux Advisories: tcpdump, sharutils
(2004-04-08 21:44:43)
Two security advisories from SOT Linux.

Netwosix Linux Advisories: automake, util-linux
(2004-04-08 21:59:18)
Two security advisories from Netwosix.

New Scientist: Electronic Voting Source Code Released
(2004-04-08 22:00:12)
Not quite open source, but an interesting cultural corollary: "A US company that makes electronic voting machines has taken the unprecedented decision to make public all its proprietary computer code for its devices..."

Globe and Mail: Bumpy Road Ahead for Linux
(2004-04-08 23:30:50)
"But it wasn't until the past year or so, when International Business Machines Corp., Novell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. seriously threw their collective and considerable weight behind it, that a challenge became a real possibility..."

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