Linux News for Jun 30, 2004

• LinuxDevices: Consumer Linux Confab Turns One, Releases Spec (Jun 30, 2004, 23:30)
  "The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) celebrated its one-year anniversary today by releasing its first Specification and Reference Implementation..."


• ITBusiness.ca: PartnerNet VARs Embrace Novell's Linux Push (Jun 30, 2004, 22:45)
  "The head of a B.C. Linux reseller says it was a 'no-brainer' to become a Novell partner after the software vendor bought one of the biggest open source operating system distributions earlier this year..."


• SearchEnterpriseLinux: Minister Spreads Good Word about Linux to Nonprofits (Jun 30, 2004, 22:00)
  "Ordained minister Don Parris has plenty of experience spreading the good word--about Linux..."


• Bisnis.com: Five Ministers Support IGOS (Jun 30, 2004, 21:15)
  "Five ministers of the present cabinet confirmed that they would support the movement of Indonesia Go Open Source (IGOS) that would be declared on June 30..."


• Gentoo Linux Advisory: Pavuk (Jun 30, 2004, 21:14)
  "Pavuk contains a bug potentially allowing an attacker to run arbitrary code..."


• CRM Daily: PeopleSoft Supports Linux with EnterpriseOne (Jun 30, 2004, 20:30)
  "PeopleSoft has announced a new tools package that will allow its EnterpriseOne suite to run on the Linux and WebLogic platforms..."


• Novell: Novell Announces Availability of Mono 1.0 (Jun 30, 2004, 19:45)
  "Novell today announced the availability of Mono 1.0, an open source development platform based on the .NET framework..."


• internetnews.com: James Gosling, Creator of Java (Jun 30, 2004, 19:00)
  "Internetnews.com sat down with Gosling just before [JavaOne] to talk about the controversial topic of open sourcing Java, as well as J2SE 'Tiger,' the latest version of NetBeans, JINI and his fans in Brazil..."


• Silicon.com: Microsoft: Europe is Key Linux Battleground (Jun 30, 2004, 17:30)
  "Microsoft has dismissed high-profile European government defections to Linux, such as the city of Munich, but admitted Europe will be a key battleground in the ongoing Windows versus Linux war..."


• LinuxElectrons: Mozilla Foundation Announces More Open, Scriptable Plugins (Jun 30, 2004, 16:00)
  "...[T]he Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with Apple, Macromedia, Opera, and Sun Microsystems are working to extend the Netscape Plugin Application Program Interface..."


• LinuxInsider: Eric S. Raymond: Sun 'Thrashing' for Direction (Jun 30, 2004, 15:15)
  "'I expect the thrashing to continue for a while until they settle on a business model for the future...'"


• PR: Mississippi Deploys Linux Law Enforcement System (Jun 30, 2004, 14:30)
  IBM is announcing the deployment of "the Mississippi Automated System Project (ASP), a mobile data infrastructure that links local law enforcement and public safety agencies in a single database..." Press release within.


• SearchEnterpriseLinux: Novell Pledges to Continue Close Ties to Linux Community (Jun 30, 2004, 13:45)
  "Goodwill has been heaped upon the new kid on the Linux block, Novell Inc., since it pledged its full-fledged devotion to the OS and the community via recent high-profile acquisitions and internal philosophical changes..."


• Linux Journal: Automating Builds on Linux (Jun 30, 2004, 13:00)
  "Why nightly builds improve code integrity and how to incorporate them into your product's lifecycle..."


• WebProNews: Lost Root Password (Linux) (Jun 30, 2004, 11:30)
  "A while back I installed Fedora on a system here, and today I wanted to look at something and... what was the root password? Hmm, not that... how about?... nope, well it must be... darn...!"


• LinuxWorld: TeamQuest Announces Support for IBM zSeries Utilizing SUSE LINUX (Jun 30, 2004, 10:00)
  "The TeamQuest technology solution further enhances the optimizing and performance functionality of the IBM zSeries for customers who rely upon the SUSE LINUX Platform..."


• LinuxDevices: Tiny SBC Aims to Free Linux Device Designers from Core Chores (Jun 30, 2004, 08:30)
  "In September, Kontron will release a powerful, fanless RISC-based SBC (single board computer) designed to enable Linux and VxWorks device developers to concentrate on product design and application-specific software..."


• NewsForge: How to Create OpenOffice.org Forms (Jun 30, 2004, 07:00)
  "This article is excerpted from the recently published book OOsSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted To Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office..."


• developerWorks: Five Easy-to-Use Performance Tools for Linux on PowerPC (Jun 30, 2004, 06:15)
  "This article describes Performance Inspector, which contains a suite of performance tools for Linux. The author describes how to download and install the required software and tools, and how to collect performance data..."


• Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - Weekly Python News and Links (Jun 29) (Jun 30, 2004, 05:30)
  This week's news from the Python-URL! Project.


• Release Digest: KDE, June 29, 2004 (Jun 30, 2004, 04:45)
  Today's KDE apps: RMT-Installer (Kommander 1.0beta5) 1.0, KHTMLScrub 0.3.1, kmp3burn 0.2.5, Filelight 1.0-beta2, and KRename 3.0.0.


• Release Digest: GNOME, June 29, 2004 (Jun 30, 2004, 04:45)
  Today's GNOME app: fewnn 0.1.


• DistroWatch: Distributions, June 29, 2004 (Jun 30, 2004, 04:45)
  Today's distributions: Quantian 0.5.9.2, tinysofa enterprise server 2.0-pre1, and Hiweed Desktop 0.3 RC1.


• KernelTrap: Linux: Choosing A CPU Scheduler (Jun 30, 2004, 04:00)
  "Those interested in testing the various efforts focused on improving Linux desktop performance may wish to try the patches available from the CPU Scheduler Evaluation project page..."


• SearchEnterpriseLinux: Who Wrote Linux? Oh Gosh, Is Linux Really IGOS? (Jun 30, 2004, 02:30)
  "I can't believe these guys expect anyone to believe their stories! Isn't it a lot more believable that I wrote Linux while birding in Finland...?"


• Mandrakelinux Advisories: libpng, apache, apache2 (Jun 30, 2004, 02:29)
  Three security advisories from Mandrakesoft.


• tinysofa Advisory: apache/httpd (Jun 30, 2004, 02:28)
  "A remote exploit has been discovered in the Apache HTTP server which allows an attacker to cause the server to allocate increasing amounts of memory until system memory is exhausted or until process limits are reached..."


• ONLamp: Open Source Java: No Magic Pixie Dust (Jun 30, 2004, 01:45)
  "So is 'a new community and development model' codespeak for open source? Even if the panel description doesn't make it clear, that's what everyone is expecting..."


• ZDNet: When Standards Don't Apply (Jun 30, 2004, 01:00)
  "When is a standard not a standard? Technology users are pondering that conundrum more and more as the industry moves to technology standards..."


• LinuxInsider: Shocking Behavior and Smart Open-Source Policy (Jun 30, 2004, 00:15)
  "I'm reminded of that scene every time I hear about responsible companies turning a blind eye to the internal use of open-source software by their employees..."