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Linux: Status of Suspend2
Nigel Cunningham, the creator of the Susped2 software suspend system for Linux [story] announced his retirement from the project in a mail sent to the Linux Kenel Mailing List.
Linux PDA News: Sharp Announces new Zaurus SL-C3200 Linux PDA
After flap, Symantec adjusts browser bug count
In its latest Internet Security Threat Report, covering the last six months of 2005, the company now features two different ways of counting browser bugs: one that finds that Internet Explorer has the most vulnerabilities, and a second that reveals Firefox as the bug leader.
Firefox had the highest number of "vendor-confirmed" vulnerabilities, with 13 bugs reported during the six months covered by the report, compared with Internet Explorer's 12, said Dave Cole, a director of Symantec Security Response.
[ED: Color me cynical, but does Symantec's revisionism mean: that they are attempting to be more truthful? Or is it recongnition the market is changing? Or even more likely, recognition that their partnering with Microsoft and cash flow is ending with the release of Vista? When the latter occurs MS becomes the sole protector of the mass of ignorant users. - HC]
Special to the Newswire The Distribution Dilemma
One of the greatest things about Linux is that it comes in a large number of different distributions. That's also one of its big disadvantages, holding up a lot of further acceptance of Linux.
Badda Bump – Badda Bing! OASIS Announces the ODF Adoption Committee
[ED: An interesting view of the ODF Alliance by an informed source - HC]
Xgl -- Linux gets a 3D desktop
The Other Grid God: Open Source
For Oxfam volunteer-driven free software makes sense
Eclipse Performance Tuning Toolkit for Linux
Windows Steals Top Server OS Spot From Unix : But Hold Up... How Much Did Linux Server Sales Account For?
What is UNIX, Anyway?
LAMP better open source code then most
Will Google Launch A GDrive Or Not? Is It Really Necessary?
Help, open source!
So how do you break the cycle of vendor dependency? One popular choice is to explore open-source alternatives.
Administrator root password readable in cleartext on Ubuntu Breezy
/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat In this file, there is all the questions asked to the user abd all the user's answers. So, near the end of the file, we can find the user created during the installation... and its password (not hidden).
Moreover, this file can be read by all users (contrary to the syslog).
Linux-based router finds commercial potential in Vyatta
Latte and Linux in Toronto
SCO's Revenue Continues Down the Drain
AOL opens AIM code to developers
The internet service provider has launched the Open AIM initiative that provides access to AOL's proprietary protocols through a Software Development Kit (SDK). This allows developers to build plug-ins and customised communication clients running on the AOL network.
The Intention Economy
Is"The Attention Economy" just another way for advertisers to skewer eyeballs? And why build an economy around Attention, when Intention is where the money comes from?
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