Linux Weekly News for June 7, 2001 | Linux Today

Linux Weekly News for June 7, 2001

Written By
JC
Jonathan Corbet
Jun 7, 2001

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 7, 2001 has been
published.

Inside this week’s Linux Weekly News:

  • Front Page: Distributions for handheld systems; Ballmer on the
    attack.
  • Security:
  • Kernel: Eliminating bounce buffers; swap problems again.
  • Distributions: Lots and lots of new distributions!
  • On the Desktop: Syncing feelings with Palm Pilots, DVD for
    Linux, KDE 2.2.
  • Development: XFree86 4.1.0, Writing FAQs, WorldForge update,
    g95, Perl module tracking, the state of XML.
  • Commerce: Sharp does Linux, the Zaurus way.
  • History: Tux turns 5, as does the 2.0 kernel. How Eazel looked
    last year.
  • Letters: In defense of the desktop page; auditing; licensing
    and marxism.

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

Complete Story

JC

Jonathan Corbet

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