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Linux Weekly News for October 4, 2001

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 4, 2001

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 4, 2001 has been
published.

Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:

  • Front Page: Patents in web standards; Linux migration
    services.
  • Security: The top 20 Internet security vulnerabilities; more
    trouble with PHP.
  • Kernel: Maintaining 0.01; security module licensing; handling
    high network loads.
  • Distributions: Buy a Box Set or Download?; Mandrake Linux 8.1;
    SuSE Linux 7.3. MaxOS and BearOps Linux.
  • On the Desktop: The gamers way – playing games on Linux, Sun
    releases StarOffice 6.0 beta and Ximian adds channels.
  • Development: Dedicated Systems, measuring cluster performance,
    LPRng 3.7.8, Midgard 1.4.2, Python 2.2a4.
  • Commerce: SuSE closes funding round; C|Net sells
    LinuxDevices.com; Alta Terra Ventures Corp.
  • History: What will happen to the Linux VARs?; Linux Myths;
    Corel/Microsoft alliance.
  • Letters: Audio editors; patented web standards; non-free
    security modules.

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

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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