The LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 20, 2001 has been
published.
Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:
- Front: Dmitry Sklyarov goes home; 2001 Timeline and a look
back. - Security: Closed source rumor vulnerability; the FBI at work;
security resources, reports and updates - Kernel: 2.4 fixes in 2.5; kill() semantics; memory pool
design. - Distributions: Distributions in Review – Part 1;
Dettu[Xx]. - Development: MayaVi data visualizer, LPRng 3.8.3, GNOME 2.0
API, 3D Game Apps, GStreamer 0.3.0, AbiWord 0.9.6, Python 2.2c1,
XML Schema languages. - Commerce: The Open K-12 petition drive; DaimlerChrysler’s new
Linux cluster; IBM’s iSeries test drive. - History: GNOME 0.99.0 was released; software patents strike
again; The Art of Unix Programming. - Letters: RMS and Dmitry; Microsoft; mutt and large
folders.
…plus the usual array of reports, updates, and announcements.