Linux Weekly News for November 8, 2001

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 2001

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for November 8, 2001 has been
published.

Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:

  • Front: Rulings in the Bunner, SoftMan, and Microsoft
    cases.
  • Security: OpenSSH 3.0; another kernel vulnerability.
  • Kernel: Toward 2.5; authoritative hooks denied; thrashing
    /proc.
  • Distributions: Linux Counter – The distribution of
    Distributions; Red Hat on Top; Debian runs a close second.
  • Development: Sweetcode site, new Alsa releases, ivtools-1.0,
    Gnumeric 0.75, and lots of XML stuff.
  • Commerce: Sharp announces Linux PDA; IBM open sources Eclipse;
    MontaVista goes digging for oil.
  • History: Stop terrorism. Use free software; Microsoft ruled a
    monopoly; More software patents.
  • Letters: The risks of documenting security fixes; reporting
    bugs.

…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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