The LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 19, 2001 has been
published.
Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:
- Front Page: MySQL and NuSphere; DMCA strikes again.
- Security: NIST vulnerability database; Bruce Schneier addresses
the Senate. - Kernel: Bouncing processes; smarter memory freeing; journaling
filesystems can be faster. - Distributions: Lots and lots of new distributions …
- On the Desktop: A better cup o’ Java, KDE at LinuxTag and
guidelines to a Linux desktop. - Development: PDAs as embedded controllers, Kawada humanoid
robot, threading Java, Python 2.2a1, Jython 2.1a2, neural
networks. - Commerce: Clustering solutions from Lineo and Scyld; GNUPro
Design Tools. - History: Oracle announced support for Linux; Red Hat community
stock offering; Miguel de Icaza sez “Unix sucks”. - Letters: .NET alternatives; MySQL vs. NuSphere.
…plus the usual array of reports, updates, and
announcements.