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Root cause analysisResearchers have demonstrated how to bypass security protections in order to inject potentially hostile code into the kernel of prototype versions of Windows.

[For Admins running a heterogeneous environment. Note: the researcher suggests this does not mean Vista is inherently. Maybe she should have just stuck with saying it's more secure than previous versions. That's been the sound byte for years. - dcparris]

Welcome to our issue number 58 of Fedora Weekly News. Fedora Weekly News Issue 58 In this issue, we have following articles: 1 fedoraproject.org wiki down 2 Updated Fedora Core 6 Schedule 3 Red Hat Survey for Fedora Community 4 No country orders for OLPC laptops 5 What Is Fedora's Prime Directive? 6 Fedora wants to draw in women 7 Fedora Weekly Reports 2006-07-31 8 Fedora Core 4 and 5 Updates 9 Contributing to Fedora Weekly News 10 Editor's Blog

Warning to Linux users who want to upgrade to socket AM2 motherboards: You will almost definitely run into problems with Linux. I have an ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version, and that broke IO-APIC on all versions of the Linux kernel I've tried, including 2.6.17.7. I couldn't boot Linux without the"noapic" boot parameter. I solved this problem by restoring an older BIOS, and I lost a fancy NVidia acceleration feature in the process. That's no big deal for me because the feature primarily benefits Windows games and I don't play Windows games often enough to care.

A scripting language for developing dynamic web applications (Part 1)Tutorial A PHP: Hypertext Processor (PHP) script may be embedded in an HTML page; or run as a.php script in a web server such as Apache web server. PHP statements are included in<?php ?> tags.

Debian GNU/Linux users can now use OpenVZ virtualisation software with their favourite distribution after the OpenVZ team revised its licensing terms to comply with the Debian guidelines.

Sometimes you might have a need to make an image file consisting mostly of text -- to use as a banner on a Web page, for instance. You can always make the banner in an image editor, but there's a much quicker way -- one that lends itself to automatic generation from scripts using arbitrary text.

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest: Support for PostScript page deletion and editing of metadata in KViewShell, and for using a SQL backend with KPhotoAlbum (feature derived from KexiDB). Strigi gets support for inotify. Plasmagik, an application to assist developers in making "Plasmoids" (Plasma applets), is imported into KDE SVN. Rendering development work continues in the Unity web rendering engine. Work stars on a "Magnetic Outline Selection" tool for Krita.

Fifteen years after the introduction of the Linux kernel, next week's LinuxWorld conference will focus not on whether to use open source software - the market has answered that question - but on how to deploy, secure and manage the technology as part of a business IT operation.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Code Listing 3.1
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/pike-7.6.86"

More than three quarters of all UK colleges and universities consider open source options when engaging in IT procurement exercises, says a report published today.

[Be sure to follow the link to the survey itself and at least read the "Executive Summary". -- grouch]

The responses indicate that, saving on the total cost of ownership is, for desktops as for servers, the most important reason to use OSS on desktops. This was also indicated as the most important reason in the 2003 survey. Being locked in was not mentioned as an issue in 2003, but in 2006 the majority (73%) indicated that they chose OSS for that reason either on their desktops or on their servers or on both. Ideology is not an important factor for respondents, although a third of them indicated that it played a role.
-- from OSS Watch Survey 2006: Executive Summary

Start64! keeps track of 64-bit Linux distributions. During the past months, quite a few 64-bit Linux and BSD distributions have been released. Here is a choice of them.

Shiira, if you haven't been following the coverage as of late, is an open source and uniquely feature-packed browser based on WebKit, the same web (and also open source) rendering engine that powers Apple's own Safari.

Learn the basics of how you can manipulate XML with JavaScript code in the fastest growing browser in the world. Included are code examples and screenshots, all of which were created and tested using Firefox 1.5.0.4 on Ubuntu Linux.

Do you fancy keeping those MP3s into their own partition? Want to copy data residing in one disk onto another? Crave for an easier way to mirror partitions? Long for a simple solution to reorganize your disk and create space for a new Linux distribution? Look no further, GParted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net) will do all this and much more. And did I mention, all this, keeping your keyboard finger-free? Find out more in Packt Columnist Mayank Sharma's interview with Patrick Verner.

Firefox has been out for quite some time now, and we are lovin it (no no, it's not a burger.) Yeah, so for the I-don't-know-nothin-about-Firefox lot, here it is: Firefox is an open source browser project from Mozilla, something similar to Linux wherein Linux is an OS while Firefox is an Internet Browser. There have been many versions released of the browser but the 1.5 version stands out the most. Now Mozilla is trying to further enhance the stability of the browser while improving on the usability as well. The second-coming of the most downloaded browser of all time, Firefox version 2.0 final, will soon be released to create another milestone of maximum downloads.

DistroWatch reports - Texstar has announced PCLinuxOS 0.93a MiniMe, a slim live CD for those who just want a basic desktop without the bloat... In addition to the Live CD mode you can also save your changes to a usb key disk. PCLinuxOS MiniMe can be installed to your computer by simply clicking on the install icon on the desktop... After hard drive installation, you can access over 5000 programs to fully customise your desktop the way YOU want. OSDir has some great shots of this fresh PCLinuxOS release in the PCLinuxOS 0.93a Screenshot Tour.

A mainframe evangelist and transitioning software engineer talk about the state of the mainframe today

Direct link to the interview: [software.ibm.com -- MP3]

The major Web browsers are getting face-lifts as they increasingly become the focal point for handling business transactions and running programs over the Internet rather than simply displaying Web sites.

A senior analyst believes Firefox maker Mozilla Corporation should be doing more to push the Web browser, despite a recent distribution deal with Real Networks.

IFBIN was an attempt at creating a commercial code library that you subscribed to. The code was great, but the price was steep, especially to a community spoiled by lots of good and free tutorials. Recently, IFBIN was changed to be a free service.