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For those who seek enhanced, tightened security control over their Linux systems, SELinux may be the answer. Standing for Security-Enhanced Linux, it is a result of research projects from the NSA (National Security Agency) in the US and focuses on mandatory access controls which offers powerful controls over users and devices as well as applications and services.

Red Hat will face off against new competitor Novell with Enterprise Linux 4.0 and a full-fledged corporate desktop in 2005--but without a "traditional" channel program in place. In a brief interview with CRN at the MIT Hotel in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik said the Linux software leader continues to work with "large-scale" systems integrators such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM Global Services but won't have a traditional channel program.

A French court has approved MandrakeSoft's plan to exit bankruptcy protection, a boost that accompanies a return to profitability for the Linux seller. The court approved a plan under which liabilities of 4.1 million euros, or about $5 million, will be repaid to creditors over a nine-year period, MandrakeSoft said Tuesday.

A Linux-based antispam appliance that leverages artificial intelligence helped a Cox Communications ISP stamp out 95 percent of its spam, the company said. Officials at Cox Communications Middle American broadband ISP operation said the anti-spam program, based by Corvigo's intent-based filtering, provided almost immediate benefits.

The largely free operating system gives Chinese companies another reason to keep their money and gives Beijing a Microsoft alternative

Flexbeta.net examines a new Linux-based distribution, Cobind Desktop. This release differs from other Linux distributions by being one of the first to include Mozilla Firefox 0.8 and Mozilla Thunderbird in their initial release. Though Cobind Desktop only uses the XFce interface, and not the more popular KDE, it's entire design aims for a "clutter free workspace."

Independent publisher CFG Press has released Lycoris Desktop/LX: Authorized User Guide. The book, available in print and electronically, gives Lycoris users detailed, in-depth information about every aspect of Washington-based Lycoris' Linux-based Desktop/LX. Chapters cover installation, configuration, included applications and tools, and more.

An open-source community dedicated to the development of IP voice applications based on Session Initiation Protocol is to launch on Tuesday at the Spring VON 2004 conference.

I'm probably not the only one around who thought DR DOS had seen its last headline. But there it was, on Yahoo PR News: DR-DOS 8.0 Ships, Advancing DOS as the Best Embedded OS. The much-storied DR DOS is now part of the DeviceLogics product line. DeviceLogics is a startup firm in Lindon, Utah, which is also home to The SCO Group. The two firms share some history as well as locale.

IBM on Monday is unveiling seven free developer tools intended to provide software engineers with advanced resources for developing and accessing applications based on Java, XML, and Unix.

The Commerce Court today accepted Mandrakesoft's exit plan from 'redressement judiciaire' (Chapter 11 like protection). The plan was approved as proposed by the company and its court appointed administrator.

The new upstream version of apache addresses several security issues...

The new upstream version of tcpdump fixes several bugs, some security related. Amongst others: CAN-2004-0183 and CAN-2004-0184

The Amida Simputer, originally developed as a "poor man's computer," is now being pitched as a device that can handle a wide range of business and personal-computing requirements. The Linux-powered handheld combines the functions of an organizer and an MP3 player and has handwriting recognition capabilities.

The simple example of finding out how many copies of a program are running shows some of the power of the C++ Standard Template Library.

The Web pioneer says big corporate customers tell him that by going to the open-source software, "they're saving a lot of money"

Motorola's handset manager explains why his company is developing an open-source platform, even as it sticks with Microsoft

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After years of railing against open source, Microsoft Corp is preparing to shift its stance by releasing code to the open source community. A member of Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has told ComputerWire open source code is "coming". Stephen Walli, platform's business development manager, added Microsoft would likely release "non core" code - i.e. code that is not a part of the operating system.

Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) will ship in Q2 a platform for residential home gateway applications running embedded Linux. The platform targets clients for low-cost media gateways, IP set-top boxes, and video endpoints, and will be demonstrated at this week's Embedded Systems Conference.