News Linux News for Jul 01, 2004:

Slate: Are the Browser Wars Back?
(2004-07-01 00:15:04)
"I usually don't worry about PC viruses, but last week's Scob attack snapped me awake..." (Subtitled: "How Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet Explorer.")

ZDNet Australia: The Beginning of the End for Microsoft?
(2004-07-01 01:00:59)
"Franklin Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor, once said Microsoft's customers believed there were no serious commercial contenders to the Windows operating system..."

ONLamp: The Attitude of Openness
(2004-07-01 01:45:42)
"There is little doubt in my mind that the biggest challenge that face Linux and potential migration is attitude..."

OSNews: How to Deal with the Spatial Paradigm
(2004-07-01 02:30:42)
"'Spatial,' on the other hand, is a very different concept of managing your files. Not only does each folder open in its own window, but the windows also memorize their exact position and size on the desktop..."

LinuxDevCenter: Looking for Indemnification While Linux Sales Double
(2004-07-01 03:15:35)
"The contradictions of sales increases and legal uncertainties bring into question the degree of concern people actually feel about SCO's legal claims. One might say, if the defendants of the SCO suits don't see concern, why should I...?"

ONLamp: White Knights and Open Source Business Models
(2004-07-01 04:00:26)
"After my talk, another--more product oriented--company spoke and constantly referred to us (somewhat jokingly) as the 'white knights' of Open Source..."

Digital Copyright Canada: CIPPIC Replies: Russell McOrmond
(2004-07-01 04:45:58)
""Unlike the people at CIPPIC I am also not a lawyer or law student, although I very much enjoy hanging out and discussing technology law and policy with these groups..."

DistroWatch: Distributions, June 30, 2004
(2004-07-01 05:30:00)
Today's distribution: Overclockix 3.4_V3.

Release Digest: GNOME, June 30, 2004
(2004-07-01 05:30:20)
Today's GNOME apps: Gazpacho 0.1.0, GNOME Terminal 2.7.3, Glom 0.8.4, and The GNOME System Tools version 0.34.0.

Release Digest: KDE, June 30, 2004
(2004-07-01 05:30:40)
Today's KDE apps: kletterwizard 0.9.4 and setnet 0.1.

Kernel Traffic #265 by Zack Brown
(2004-07-01 06:15:04)
The latest news from the Linux Kernel Mailing List.

Linux.com: SysAdmin to SysAdmin: Awk is Your Friend
(2004-07-01 07:00:36)
"These patterns are what make awk, a pattern-matching programming language, a wonderful tool for systems administrators, database administrators, and even command-line junkies..." [Link repaired. -ed.]

GNOME.org: Notes from GTK+ BOF
(2004-07-01 08:30:35)
The first topic of discussion was GTK+-2.6; trying to finalize a rough feature set.

IT-Analysis: The Dominance of Linux on the Server
(2004-07-01 10:00:44)
"The major problem is that it is possible to estimate those servers that come with Linux loaded, but not possible to count servers that were running something else (Windows or SCO UNIX or whatever) that were repurposed..."

Fedora Core Advisory: kernel
(2004-07-01 11:28:41)
"This security update fixes the remote DoS possibility identified and fixed by Adam Osuchowski and Tomasz Dubinski in the netfilter code of the 2.6 kernel..."

Andrew Morton: Linux 2.6.7-mm5
(2004-07-01 11:29:05)
Changelog, link within.

Linux Journal: The Penguin Driven Church Office
(2004-07-01 11:30:29)
"Whether, why and how religious groups should migrate to Linux..."

NewsForge: Why Sun Will Open Code for New 3D Desktop
(2004-07-01 13:00:08)
"Sun said the SDK will be available in a month or so and expects the open source community to lead the way on coming up with new features..."

Linux Journal: Microsoft: "Drug-Dealing Methods"
(2004-07-01 14:30:24)
"Interview with Sérgio Amadeu da Silveira, the Brazilian government member Microsoft wanted to sue..."

Taipei Times: Bill Gates visits Chinese classrooms as competition heats up
(2004-07-01 15:52:55)
His fourth visit in three years comes soon after the Chinese government expressed a preference for Linux.

intertnetnews.com: Apache Buffer Overflow Flaw Patched
(2004-07-01 16:00:36)
"The Apache Software Foundation has rolled out a patch for versions of its popular Apache HTTP Server to fix a potentially serious security flaw..."

NewsForge: Fujitsu Foots the Bill for New PostgreSQL Database Features
(2004-07-01 17:30:39)
"Fujitsu this week announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft on servers for mainframe computing, but the Japanese hardware giant is also investing in open source..."

LinuxPlanet: LinuxWorld 2004 San Francisco--A Preview from the Top
(2004-07-01 19:00:05)
"More business focus, with some technical information thrown in for good measure. That's the recipe for this summer's LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, as show organizers try to cater to the ever-increasing interest in Linux for the enterprise crowd..."

CNET News: Apple Updates Rendezvous for Windows, Linux
(2004-07-01 20:30:41)
"Apple Computer has published updated source code to its Rendezvous network-configuration technology for use in Windows, Linux, Unix and Java applications..."

NewsForge: A Parent's Guide to Linux Web Filtering
(2004-07-01 22:00:11)
"Having converted quite a few people to the world of GNU/Linux, I am often asked by parents, 'Can I set up parental Web filters for my children using Linux?' The answer is yes, and here's how..."

eWeek: Sun, IBM Should Quit Open-Source Posturing
(2004-07-01 23:30:29)
"Sun has brought the debate over who is 'more open source' down to the playground level, and both companies could do better at it..."

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