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Linux Weekly News for June 7, 2001

By Jonathan Corbet

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.

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