Linux Weekly News for December 13, 2001

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 13, 2001

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 13, 2001 has been
published.

Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:

  • Front: An alternate Microsoft remedy; OpenOffice; Linux insider
    activity.
  • Security: Governments choose Linux, security reports &
    updates, AES standard published
  • Kernel: Memory pools; bigger device numbers; dueling
    schedulers.
  • Distributions: Got KRUD?; Installing Debian Linux on a Dell
    Laptop.
  • Development: Bochs x86 emulator, Quanta 2.0, OpenCV 2.1,
    Crystal Space 0.92, Open CASCADE 4.0, Guikachu 1.0.0, Osimpa macro
    assembler, PHP 4.1.0, Ruby/FLTK 0.5.0.
  • Commerce: Caldera and VA financials, Red Hat’s Szulik to
    testify before senate, VA name change, Covalent Apache 2.0
    Zone.
  • History: Debian 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2; 2.4 is imminent; VA Linux
    goes public.
  • Letters: MS Remedies; Mutt and Evolution; SourceForge.

…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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