News Linux News for May 10, 2004:

DistroWatch: Distributions, May 9, 2004
(2004-05-10 05:00:00)
This Mother's Day's distributions: SLAX 4.1.2-pre1, Astaro Security Linux V5, and YES Linux 2.0.6.

Release Digest: GNOME, May 9, 2004
(2004-05-10 05:00:20)
This Mother's Day's GNOME apps: Guikachu 1.4.0, gi8k 1.2.2, and GDM 2.6.0.2.

Release Digest: GNOME, May 10, 2004
(2004-05-10 05:00:20)
Today's GNOME app: Muine 0.6.1.

Release Digest: KDE, May 9, 2004
(2004-05-10 05:00:40)
This Mother's Day's KDE apps: EventWatcher 0.4.1, KLinkStatus 0.1.0, KNetLoad 2.2.1, eric3 3.4.2, amaroK 1.0-beta3, konjue 0.1, knoda 0.7-test1, MIKonq 0.3, KXDocker 0.17, and gwenview 1.0.1 - 1.1.2.

LinuxDevices: Device Profile: NexGen NexPaq Wireless VoIP Handset for First Responders
(2004-05-10 05:30:05)
"NexGen City has used embedded Linux to build what it claims to be the first VoIP (voice over internet protocol) push-to-talk (PTT) handset for emergency workers and 'first responders...'"

Geekahertz: The OSS College Setting
(2004-05-10 07:00:54)
"The house that we are currently looking into is devoid of any standard networking system. Most likely, it will be my responsibility to provide the optimal setting for our new house..."

NewsForge: Learning to Use Audacity
(2004-05-10 08:30:45)
"I've recently spent some time learning how to use it. I can tell you already that it's a gem, ranking up there in my all-time top ten list of free Linux applications..."

dot.KDE: Interview: Xandros and KDE
(2004-05-10 10:00:46)
"Your humble Dot editor had the privilege to talk to Rick Berenstein, Xandros Chairman and CTO and Ming Poon,Vice President for Software Development about Xandros and their products and the relationship between Xandros and the KDE project..."

SearchEngineJournal: Mozdex.com--The Making of an Open Search Engine, Part 1
(2004-05-10 11:30:57)
"This article will describe our basic goals as well as outline our key points regarding the project and what the critical factors are..."

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.6
(2004-05-10 12:30:40)
Changelog, link within.

ONLamp: Open Source in Africa
(2004-05-10 13:00:28)
"This meeting, called Africa Source, was the first event of its kind, bringing together developers from roughly 25 countries on the continent, as well as visitors from a dozen countries outside Africa..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.6-mm1
(2004-05-10 13:30:03)
Changelog, link within.

Perens Joins OSRM
(2004-05-10 14:00:29)
Bruce Perens has officially joined Open Source Risk Management. ComputerWeekly has the announcement, IDG Singapore has the interview.

CNET News: IBM Plans Web-based Desktop Software
(2004-05-10 14:45:09)
"IBM on Monday is expected to announce new software intended to take on Microsoft in the market for desktop business applications..."

NewsForge: SEC Filing Reveals Lindows Sued Xandros
(2004-05-10 15:30:58)
"Buried in recently published financial documents is the news that Lindows, Inc., has been engaged in a lawsuit with rival and one-time partner Xandros, Inc. since the middle of December 2002..."

ZDNet UK: BayStar Buys More of SCO
(2004-05-10 16:15:00)
"The investment firm has snapped up two-thirds of a Canadian bank's holding in SCO, giving it more leverage to force changes at the company..." This follow-up piece gives more detail on the possible repercussions of the Royal Bank of Canada's investment pullout from SCO on Friday.

The Independent: Could Red Hat Mean Curtains for Windows?
(2004-05-10 17:00:10)
"If Matthew Szulik is to be believed, the first thing we will see when we start up our computers in the morning will no longer be Microsoft's familiar green, red, blue and yellow logo. Instead it will be a battered red fedora..."

eWeek: Mandrake, SuSE Offer New Linux Features
(2004-05-10 17:45:16)
"The purpose of a Linux distribution is to deliver a Linux-based operating environment with a useful set of applications in a single, well-integrated package..."

LBA-Linux Advisories: neon, libpng, utempter, kernel, mc, httpd, lha, xchat, et al
(2004-05-10 18:29:56)
Twelve security advisories from SOT.

Groklaw: Darl Secretly Attended Novell's Brainshare; the Novell Strategy...
(2004-05-10 18:30:05)
"First, from the El Pais interview, we learn that Darl went to Novell's Brainshare conference. Nobody recognized him..."

Conectiva Linux Advisory: lha
(2004-05-10 19:14:03)
"Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow and a directory traversal vulnerability in the lha utility..."

Mad Penguin: A Conversation with Dan Ravicher, PUBPAT
(2004-05-10 19:15:27)
"I hope you find this as enlightening and inspiring as I have. It is good to know that the spirit of the Public Trust and Interest is not lost in America..."

Fedora Legacy Advisory: OpenSSL
(2004-05-10 19:55:55)
"Testing performed by the OpenSSL group using the Codenomicon TLS Test Tool uncovered a bug in older versions of OpenSSL 0.9.6 prior to 0.9.6d that can lead to a denial of service attack..."

Samba 3.0.4 and 2.2.9 Available for Download
(2004-05-10 20:00:11)
"The latest patch release of the 3.0 code base, Samba 3.0.4, is available for download..."

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: exim
(2004-05-10 20:57:33)
"Georgi Guninski discovered two stack-based buffer overflows..."

Small Business Computing: Has Linux Finally Arrived?
(2004-05-10 21:00:45)
"Anecdotal evidence suggests that a growing number of small and mid-sized businesses are adopting the Linux operating system..."

Gentoo Linux Advisories: neon, LHa
(2004-05-10 21:59:18)
Two security advisories from Gentoo Technologies, Inc.

LinuxPlanet: Penguins Like Salmon, Too
(2004-05-10 22:00:14)
"Springtime is a time for budding flowers, buzzing bees, and, it seems, Linux and open source seminars. Correspondent Dee-Ann LeBlanc files this report on her recent visit to the up-and-coming show: Linuxfest Northwest 2004..."

Community: It's Time to Strike the Next Blow
(2004-05-10 23:30:19)
An open letter to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from Ganesh Prasad regarding the high cost of the "Microsoft tax" for consumers.

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