Linux Weekly News for August 30, 2001

Written By
JC
Jonathan Corbet
Aug 30, 2001

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 23, 2001 has been
published.

Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:

  • Front Page: Dmitry is indicted; VA going proprietary?; Linux as
    a sound business choice.
  • Security: A new SELinux release.
  • Kernel: Whither 2.5?; min() and max() again; smarter
    readahead.
  • Distributions: LNX-BBC reviewed; Linux DA for the Palm;
    Omoikane GNU/Linux.
  • On the Desktop: KOffice 1.1 released, Webmin on Debian,
    Progress from Sun’s Desktop Division.
  • Development: The GPLFarm, MontaVista Library Optimizer, Jabber
    News, new FLTK, GNOME Accessibility, profiling multi-threaded
    Python, Automake 1.5.
  • Commerce: Cluster solutions; lots of LinuxWorld
    announcements.
  • History: Corel’s Linux plans through the years; Red Hat and
    LASER5 part ways; OSDL’s first year.
  • Letters: Richard Stallman and freedom; entropy; VA Linux.

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

Complete Story

JC

Jonathan Corbet

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