Linux Weekly News for February 14, 2002

Written By
JC
Jonathan Corbet
Feb 14, 2002

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 14, 2002 has been
published.

Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:

  • Front: The perception of Linux; Sun wakes up; Dave Whitinger
    joins LWN.
  • Security: Multiple security problems with SNMP
  • Kernel: Preemptible kernel patch merged; ALSA to be merged; How
    synchronous should sync() be?
  • Distributions: Sun Linux?; The return of Halloween &
    DragonLinux.
  • Development: The jack Audio Connection Kit, Standalone ZODB
    1.0, Aide 0.8 GNU FDL 1.2 draft, GNOME 1.4.1rc1, GSview 4.2, new
    Gimps, Gnopher 0.2.
  • Commerce: HP Issues Statement on Compaq Merger; E*TRADE
    Migrates to Linux; IBM launches low-end eServer.
  • Letters: Counting security updates; system auditing.

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

Complete Story

JC

Jonathan Corbet

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