Linux Weekly News for June 14, 2001 | Linux Today

Linux Weekly News for June 14, 2001

Written By
JC
Jonathan Corbet
Jun 14, 2001

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 14, 2001 has been
published.

Inside this week’s Linux Weekly News:

  • Front Page: GNUCash dependencies, more MS FUD, and survey
    results.
  • Security: Non-executable stack and heap implementations, new
    vulnerabilities in LPRng, xfs, gdm, xinetd, exim, fcron and
    TIAtunnel.
  • Kernel: 2.4.6pre3; the limits of what modules can do; kernel
    data formats.
  • Distributions: 217 Distributions and counting …
  • On the Desktop: Usability testing, GNUStep interview, and
    PalmOS updates.
  • Development: GStreamer, Cplant cluster software, Ganymede 1.0,
    GVD 1.2.0, Open Source Legal Issues, APL for Linux.
  • Commerce: TV Linux Alliance; ‘LPI Certification in a Nutshell’
    from O’Reilly.
  • History: Debian 1.1 was released 5 years ago; The “Open Source”
    trademark officially died 2 years ago.
  • Letters: Licensing and security; naive economics; Linux’s
    astrological sign.

…plus the usual array of reports, updates, and announcements

Complete Story

JC

Jonathan Corbet

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