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News Linux News for Jun 11, 2004:
NewsForge: U.S. to EU on Software Patents: 'We Sold Out, You Should Too'
(2004-06-11 00:15:28)
Part of the sales pitch being given to the Europeans goes like this: 'The U.S. lets just about anybody (who can afford it) patent just about anything, and we're the world's most innovative nation...'"
LinuxWorld: Linux & Gaming: HLA Adventure--An Adventure in Learning a New Programming Language
(2004-06-11 01:00:16)
"I discovered Randall Hyde's High Level Assembly (HLA) while searching for a freeware BASIC interpreter. That's how I learned about HLA and assembly language..."
LinuxInsider: Will .Net Developers Get Mono?
(2004-06-11 01:45:36)
"Novell has released a new version of Mono--an open-source implementation of Microsoft's .Net framework--and some early adopters are already singing its praises..."
NewsForge: Commentary: Sun Floats Open Source Solaris, But Is It Any of SCO's Concern?
(2004-06-11 02:30:08)
"...Danese Cooper, admitted in her Divablog the other day that her company has been 'leaking' its plans to open source its Unix System V-based Solaris operating system for years..."
Gentoo Linux Advisories: CVS, Apache
(2004-06-11 03:15:00)
Two security advisories from Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: cvs
(2004-06-11 03:15:15)
"Derek Robert Price discovered a potential buffer overflow
vulnerability in the CVS server, based on a malformed Entry, which
serves the popular Concurrent Versions System..."
Fedora Core Advisory: gaim
(2004-06-11 03:15:30)
"This update upgrades to upstream 0.78 plus several behavioral and crash fix backports from CVS..."
Mandrakelinux Advisory: ksymoops
(2004-06-11 03:15:45)
"Geoffrey Lee discovered a problem with the ksymoops-gznm script distributed with Mandrakelinux..."
The Oregonian: Linux Star Torvalds Moving to Portland
(2004-06-11 03:15:59)
"The 'godfather' of the open source software movement will supervise Open Source Development Labs in Beaverton..."
IDEAlog.us: Follow Up to Microsoft's Sacred Cow
(2004-06-11 04:00:39)
"I did ask Microsoft PR to let me talk to people with Longhorn and the other product groups but they ultimately declined..."
DistroWatch: Distributions, June 10, 2004
(2004-06-11 04:45:00)
Today's distributions: SoL 18.00 Desktop and Conectiva Linux 10 RC 3.
Release Digest: GNOME, June 10, 2004
(2004-06-11 04:45:20)
Today's GNOME apps: Gnomoradio 0.13, GOK 0.11.4, gnome-bluetooth 0.5, and libbtctl 0.4.
Release Digest: KDE, June 10, 2004
(2004-06-11 04:45:40)
Today's KDE apps: kamix 0.3, Simple Installer 0.5, Kommander Project Tools 0.4, and WebKlip 0.1.
Open Source Developers Conference Australia 2004: Call for papers
(2004-06-11 05:30:59)
"OSDC is being promoted and run by the Melbourne Perl Mongers group. Papers on all open source development tools and technologies are solicited for submission to OSDC 2004..."
LinuxDevices: Advanced Video Drivers Available Free for Non-Commercial Use
(2004-06-11 07:00:51)
"Cross-platform video driver vendor SciTech Software has launched a program to enable non-commercial users to use its drivers at no cost..."
AME Info: Linux in the Middle East, Some Practical Tips
(2004-06-11 08:30:49)
"'Linux has been slow to take-off in the Middle East but since about March this year we have seen a lot of interest all of a sudden,' says Christian Kroker, Managing Director of Enigmatis..."
Linux.com: Creating Custom Keyboard Layouts for X11 using XKB
(2004-06-11 10:00:26)
"In most modern desktop environments there is a small applet that allows users to quickly switch between keyboard layouts when they need to type text in more than one language..."
ISP-Planet: Integrated Security and VPN for the SMB Market
(2004-06-11 11:30:21)
"This security vendor is looking for ISP partners to sell its SMB all-in-one Linux-based security-plus-more service, offering ISPs a cut of the substantial monthly service fee..."
Linux Journal: Eclipse Goes Native
(2004-06-11 13:00:42)
"Red Hat's Eclipse Engineering team has freed the popular integrated development environment from its ties to a proprietary Java Virtual Machine..."
eWeek: SCO Loses Attempt to Move Novell Case to State Court
(2004-06-11 13:45:44)
"...SCO executives adjourned their Thursday press conference to discover that the company had suffered a legal setback in its long-running case against Novell Inc..."
Novell: McDonald's Germany Implements IT Infrastructure with SUSE LINUX
(2004-06-11 14:30:30)
"With more than 30,000 restaurants around the globe and more than 1,200 in Germany alone, McDonald's is the undisputed market leader in the fast food sector..." Can we get fries with that?
NetworkWorldFusion: Opera Made Default Browser on Free Xandros Linux System
(2004-06-11 15:15:42)
"Linux software vendor, Xandros has tapped Norway's Opera Software ASA to provide the default Web browser for the free Open Circulation Edition of the Xandros desktop..."
Groklaw: SCO Loses Motion to Bifurcate--SCO Motion to Delay Partly Denied, Partly Granted
(2004-06-11 16:00:24)
"Now comes word that SCO's Motion to Bifurcate the patent claims has also been denied without prejudice to renew after all dispositive motions have been decided..."
ComputerWeekly: Chinese Railway Takes Linux on Board
(2004-06-11 16:45:00)
"China's Ministry of Railways has chosen Linux to centralise its package delivery operations..."
Gentoo Linux Advisory: Subversion
(2004-06-11 17:24:27)
"Subversion is vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service that may be
exploitable to execute arbitrary code on the server running svnserve..."
Trustix Secure Linux Advisory: squid
(2004-06-11 17:27:06)
"Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in Squid Web
Proxy Cache could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code..."
LinuxInsider: Beyond Proprietary Databases: Helen Borrie on the Future of Firebird
(2004-06-11 17:30:55)
"'Major corporations like Boeing, Lockheed and Motorola were InterBase users, so we've got the track record,' Helen Borrie told LinuxInsider..."
Fedora Core Advisory: kernel
(2004-06-11 18:14:18)
"This new kernel provides a significant number of bug fixes and improvements for USB, the keyboard/mouse subsystem and the VM..."
Silicon.com: Linux Supporters Waging a "Jihad", Says Microsoft Exec
(2004-06-11 18:15:23)
"Nick McGrath, Microsoft's head of platform strategy, described the campaign as 'a reality check we're bringing out,' aiming to tackle the 'myths' surrounding Linux..."
iTWeb: SA Could Eclipse US Open Source Use
(2004-06-11 19:00:41)
"The rate of open source adoption and implementation in [South Africa] could exceed that of the US in a relatively short time..."
The Economist: An Open-Source Shot in the Arm?
(2004-06-11 19:45:08)
"The open-source model is a good way to produce software, as the example of Linux shows. Could the same collaborative approach now revitalise medical research too...?"
IT Manager's Journal: How to Do Due Diligence
(2004-06-11 20:30:53)
"You'll see a lot of blanket statements in the Yankee Group's report, such as 'Linux costs, on average, 44% of what Windows costs.' But your company is not the average company. Average companies don't exist..."
LinuxInsider: Seeing Penguins Everywhere
(2004-06-11 21:15:18)
"Linux seems to be on everyone's minds lately. It's a bit like that old Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Birds--only the birds are penguins..."
UC Berkeley: Linux Adoption in the Public Sector: An Economic Analysis
(2004-06-11 22:00:25)
"Their analysis is rooted in proven economic principles regarding software markets, and will be helpful to public-sector decision makers..."
Editor's Note: Linspire Shootout Kit Sounds Good On Paper...
(2004-06-11 23:00:51)
Lindows bundles Fedora and Mandrakelinux for comparision test drives. But who is actually going to take the time to do this?
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