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News Linux News for Jun 10, 2004:
First Monday: Evolution of the Linux Credits File
(2004-06-10 00:15:05)
"This paper presents time–series data that can be extracted from the Linux Credits files and discusses methodological challenges of automatic extraction of research data from open source files..."
osViews: Open Source Scores Gnome Goal
(2004-06-10 01:00:11)
"In the past year, major Linux distributors have being gearing up for what is seen as the next big push--a fully Open Source desktop capable of replacing the Windows/Office de-facto standard..."
KDE.org: KDE 3.2.3 Release Announcement
(2004-06-10 01:45:40)
"The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.2.3, a maintenance release..."
OSNews: Moving from Debian To SuSE Linux and Back Again
(2004-06-10 02:30:16)
"I'm sure everyone is sick of reading reviews of Suse 9.1 by now but perhaps this one is a little different..."
Gentoo Linux Advisory: Mailman
(2004-06-10 03:13:34)
"Mailman contains a bug allowing 3rd parties to retrieve member passwords..."
tinysoft Advisory: squid
(2004-06-10 03:14:41)
"Proxy Cache [0] could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code..."
osViews: Understanding Fear of the Gnu
(2004-06-10 03:15:31)
"'Open source software is a serious threat to all that is good and true and right in this country.' Not surprising and easily dismissed as anti-GNU (GNU's not Unix) rhetoric from a company that is running scared..."
SUSE Linux Advisories: squid, cvs
(2004-06-10 03:58:08)
Two security advisories from SUSE Linux.
Slackware Linux Advisory: cvs
(2004-06-10 03:59:23)
"New cvs packages that have been upgraded to cvs-1.11.17 are available
for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix various security
issues..."
Community: Top 500 Supercomputers Increasingly Turning to Linux and Open Source
(2004-06-10 04:00:46)
"I decided to investigate how many of the very fastest of these machines use Linux or another Open Source operating system..."
DistroWatch: Distributions, June 9, 2004
(2004-06-10 04:45:00)
Today's distributions: Linux LiveCD Router 1.9.4 and LormaLinux 5 Beta 2.
Release Digest: GNOME, June 9, 2004
(2004-06-10 04:45:20)
Today's GNOME apps: Java-Gnome 2.7.2, gnopernicus 0.9.5, Librcoco 0.6.0, libgda 1.1.4 and libgnomedb 1.1.4.
Release Digest: KDE, June 9, 2004
(2004-06-10 04:45:40)
Today's KDE apps: kdecvs-build 0.66, knoda 0.7-test2, Kollect 0.1, K ADSL Watch 01.00.04, Kumula Business Suite 0.1, Konstruct 20040609, and QMBTagger 0.06.
Mandrakelinux Advisories: cvs, squid
(2004-06-10 05:28:10)
Two more security advisories from MandrakeSoft.
Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - Weekly Python News and Links (Jun 8)
(2004-06-10 05:30:00)
This week's news from the Python-URL! Project.
Kernel Traffic #261 by Zack Brown
(2004-06-10 05:30:20)
The latest news from the Linux Kernel Mailing List.
Wine Traffic #225 by Brian Vincent
(2004-06-10 05:30:40)
The latest message traffic for Wine development.
Help Net Security: Best Practices for Storage Security
(2004-06-10 07:00:28)
"IT professionals and their businesses have learned the hard way in recent years that disaster can strike at anytime and that they must be prepared..."
Linux.com: SysAdmin to SysAdmin: Using Jabber as a Log Monitor
(2004-06-10 08:30:55)
"Jabber, the streaming XML technology mainly used for instant messaging, is well-suited to its most common task. However, Jabber is a far more generic tool..."
SearchEnterpriseLinux: Arnold Robbins' Basic Programming Tips for Sys Admins
(2004-06-10 10:00:40)
"In this interview, Robbins explains why and how programming skills can make a good admin a stellar admin, and he offers a basic curriculum for those who want to bone up on programming..."
Silicon.com: E-voting to Go Open Source?
(2004-06-10 11:30:39)
"Electronic voting machine vendors should make their source code available for scrutiny by state elections officials, the head of a federal voting commission said..."
Linux Journal: Custom System Statistics Monitoring
(2004-06-10 13:00:57)
"How one sysadmin built his own system statistics monitoring program..."
VNUnet: Weakened SCO Vows to Fight On
(2004-06-10 13:45:19)
"And on the eve of the company's second-quarter results announcement, Marc Modersitzki, SCO's PR and marketing manager, told vnunet.com that SCO is ready to fight on..."
PR: SCO Group Reports 2Q Net Loss
(2004-06-10 14:15:01)
The SCO Group announced its second quarter earnings this morning, and while the company says the results are about what they expected, the Utah firm is still contending with a net loss of nearly US$15 million. Press release within.
CNET News: More Flaws Foul Security of Open-Source Repository
(2004-06-10 14:45:40)
"Security researchers have found at least six more flaws in the open-software world's most popular program for maintaining code under development..."
PR: O'Reilly and Mandrakesoft Enter Strategic Reselling Agreement
(2004-06-10 15:15:04)
"O'Reilly Media is now a U.S. and Canadian reseller for
Mandrakesoft, creators of Mandrakelinux..." Press release within.
Wheeler: Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! [Revised]
(2004-06-10 16:00:56)
"My paper 'Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!' has just undergone a major update, after 6 months of quiet development..."
Enterprise Linux I.T.: Linux: Not for Everyone
(2004-06-10 17:30:33)
"Still, while Linux vendors sing the praises of their products for across-the-board enterprise I.T. operations, a wholesale switch from Windows to Linux may not be the best move for most businesses..."
OSNews: Mandrake 10: A Long Time User's Experiences
(2004-06-10 18:15:13)
"Mandrake included almost all the software I need on a daily basis. I use Mozilla for surfing, Kontact for E-mail, OpenOffice for writing. There are a few thing missing however. Xosview for example..."
More on SCO's Falling Numbers
(2004-06-10 19:00:33)
You know when there's a SCO news conference, everyone has something to say. Yahoo!/Motley Fool has their take on today's reported numbers, while SearchEnterpriseLinux reports on the press conference itself (Darl grep 'blame everybody' >> planet).
Groklaw: AutoZone's Reply Memoranda
(2004-06-10 19:45:34)
"They so want the judge in Nevada to get the *whole* SCO picture, not just the face SCO is presenting in Nevada, particularly because SCO has said things in other courts that can trip them up in AutoZone..."
Computerworld Singapore: Vendors Ramp Up Support for Linux
(2004-06-10 20:30:49)
"Vendors are ramping up enterprise support for Linux in a bid to nudge the operating system over the proverbial tipping point..."
LinuxWorld: KDE GNU/Linux Desktop Continues Its Multilingual Rise
(2004-06-10 21:15:15)
"...[T]he KDE GNU/Linux desktop has just released a maintenance release which adds, among other features, Arabic, Croatian, and Upper Sorbian language support--bringing the total number of KDE language versions up to 51..."
Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Federal Contracts, a New Era of Competition
(2004-06-10 22:00:12)
"Earlier this year, a major open-source event came and went without much community notice and with little media attention..."
Update: Washington Post: Showdown With The Linux Gang
(2004-06-10 22:24:15)
"How can a tiny, struggling software company based here at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains afford to pursue a legal donnybrook with some of the biggest names in corporate America...?" [Free reqistration required, alternate link provided. -ed]
SmallBusinessComputing: My First Linux Server (Part II)
(2004-06-10 22:45:40)
"While there are many ways to set up a network and a server, this article concentrates on the simplest approaches with the highest chance of quick success..."
OSNews: The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux Platform is Getting Fat
(2004-06-10 23:30:04)
"Consider these memory requirements for Fedora Core 2, as specified by Red Hat: Minimum for graphical: 192MB and Recommended for graphical: 256MB Does that sound any alarm bells with you? 192MB minimum...?"
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