News Linux News for May 03, 2004:

Netwosix Linux Advisory: samba
(2004-05-03 00:01:13)
"Included with the immensely popular Samba Package, there is a small script called 'smbprint', which is quite widely used to print documents over shares..."

Mandrakelinux Advisory: proftpd
(2004-05-03 00:03:25)
"A portability workaround that was applied in version 1.2.9 of the ProFTPD FTP server caused CIDR based ACL entries in 'Allow' and 'Deny' directives to act like an 'AllowAll' directive..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisories: flim, rsync
(2004-05-03 00:06:04)
Two security advisories from the Debian Project.

DistroWatch: Distributions, May 2, 2004
(2004-05-03 05:00:00)
This weekend's distributions: XoL 18.00, Skolelinux RC2, Overclockix 3.4, and Feather Linux 0.4.1.

Release Digest: GNOME, May 2, 2004
(2004-05-03 05:00:15)
This weekend's GNOME apps: gtkmm 2.4.1, glibmm 2.4.1, gnome-u2ps-0.0.3, GTK+-2.4.1, GLib-2.4.1, gnopernicus 0.9.1, Rhythmbox 0.8.2, gnome-gcj 0.18.0, Bakery 2.3.3, GNOME Music Quiz 0.1, and ooo-build-1.1.54.

Release Digest: GNU, May 2, 2004
(2004-05-03 05:00:30)
This weekend's GNU app: GNU Automake 1.8.4.

Release Digest: KDE, May 2, 2004
(2004-05-03 05:00:45)
This weekend's KDE apps: kiosktool 0.2, Kate 2.2.2, KWrite 4.2.2, KMPlayer 0.8.3rc1, Kopete 0.8.2, KSQuirrel 0.2.4, NoteBookManager 0.6.4, kdecvs-build 0.52, Apollon 0.9.3-2, KolourPaint 1.0.2, KXDocker 0.16 final, QErm 0.3, arrowmatcher 1.3.2.1, KNetLoad 2.0, GRP Playlist 0.1, Smb4K 0.4.0, Media-Detect 0.5, Boson 0.10, KAlarm 1.1.0 beta2, and Kexi 0.1 beta 3.

LinuxDevices: Linux PDA Framework Project Preps Next Major Release
(2004-05-03 07:00:59)
"The Open Palmtop Integrated Environment (Opie) project has released a developer preview release in hopes of attracting testers for a pending stable release..."

ConsultingTimes: Interview with Andrew Brown
(2004-05-03 08:30:19)
"It was his distinctive name and his straight, unselfish contributions--Brown being no apostle of idle persiflage--that rendered him almost invisible to me through the 300-odd gripping daily emails on open source software community affairs..."

LinuxInsider: Supercomputing and Visualization: SGI Moves Forward
(2004-05-03 10:00:41)
"Clearly, the company has been approaching the industry with renewed vigor..."

Linux Journal: Zap Annoyances on the Web [Parts I & II]
(2004-05-03 11:30:51)
"Get rid of annoying Web marketing and protect your privacy, using both the browser and a proxy server..."

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Management Central to Securing Linux
(2004-05-03 13:00:28)
"In part one of this interview, CA security strategist Gijo Mathew covers some of the worst security practices he has seen during his career and offers some advice to keep Linux systems secure..."

Mozilla.org: Thunderbird 0.6 Released
(2004-05-03 13:45:25)
The latest release of Thunderbird is out today. Links within.

internetnews.com: Sarge in Debian Toybox Until 2005?
(2004-05-03 14:30:16)
"Debian Project leaders further cemented the Linux operating system's place in the free software world with an amended contract earlier this week..."

eWeek: Wall Street Adopts New Technology
(2004-05-03 15:15:14)
"These days, Wall Street is moving on service-oriented architectures in Linux and grid computing environments..."

Federal Computer Weekly: Focus on Linux
(2004-05-03 16:00:15)
Federal Computer Weekly is featuring three articles on Linux in the public sector today. Links within.

NewsForge: Irish Gov't Says, 'No Source Code, No E-voting'
(2004-05-03 16:45:22)
"The Commission on Electronic Voting reported that it did not obtain access to the full source code and there is not sufficient time before the June elections to allow a full code review of the final version of the software..."

InfoWorld: JBoss’s Fleury: The 'Benevolent Dictator' is Good for Java
(2004-05-03 17:30:52)
"JBoss is best-known as the provider of the JBoss open source application server, and it has also been known for having disagreements with Sun about licensing of Java test suites. But those disagreements were resolved in 2003..."

Motley Fool: Routers Face Open-Source Threat
(2004-05-03 18:15:16)
"Now the open-source meme is set to threaten the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks as well..."

LinuxPlanet: Real World Linux 2004: Bigger and Better
(2004-05-03 19:00:57)
"RealWorld Linux 2004 came to a close last month with a lot of news generated around the newest Linux player on the block, Novell. But what was the show as a whole like...?"

internetnews: Big Blue Aiming 'Stinger' at Oracle, Microsoft
(2004-05-03 19:45:53)
"Following months of previews and testing, IBM released in open beta the most complete version of its next-generation Stinger database software Monday..."

The Age: Open Source Group Hits Out at Back-Door Claims
(2004-05-03 20:30:36)
"An Australian open source industry body has hit back at suggestions that open source software is more likely to contain back-doors than proprietary software..."

Slackware Linux Advisories: sysklogd, libpng, xine-lib, rsync
(2004-05-03 21:14:41)
Four security advisories from Slackware.

Kuro5hin: The SourceForge Hegemony
(2004-05-03 21:15:21)
"Recently, a project I have been sharing co-admin responsiblities for was hijacked..."

Green Hills: Linux Security Controversy, Part III
(2004-05-03 22:00:34)
Not only is Linux unfit for defense operations, Dan O'Dowd cries, but there's no way to get it fit either. Part III of O'Dowd's infamous white paper series.

eBCVG: Surveying the Open Source Landscape
(2004-05-03 22:45:30)
"This article will describe what open-source software is, and examine a few of the products that are out there on the open-source landscape..."

eWeek: Longhorn's Real Job: Trying to Gore Linux
(2004-05-03 23:30:02)
"Microsoft's No. 1 job for Longhorn is to make money, but killing off the Linux desktop isn't far behind..."

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