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It is nearly common knowledge that GIS finds its origins in government agencies in that great northern territory we know as Canada. I say "nearly” because there are still those who believe that GIS was created by proprietary software vendors ... which I’ll bet makes the marketing guys at these companies more than happy with themselves.

[For those of us who live North of the border... - dcparris]

LXer Feature - 8 June-06

It would be terrible if those millions of disgruntled shoppers were to purchase their cd's or movies and, on their way back to their cars, discover that the cd or dvd had DRM on it. Anyone who realized what DRM is, would immediately return the merchandise. Doing so on the weekend prior to the fourth would be disasterous if enough people did it.

Provo, Utah – Cluster Resources, Inc.^TM announced today that their Moab Cluster Suite® software passed compatibility tests on PSSC Lab's PowerWulf Linux clusters.

Vyatta and Sangoma Technologies have partnered to advance the market for network routers and firewalls based on open-source Linux technologies. Vyatta’s Open Flexible Router (OFR) will provide the protocol software and Sangoma’s WANPIPE PCI cards will supply cost-effective WAN connections.

Jon "maddog" Hall is president of Linux International, a worldwide non-profit association of end users who are dedicated to furthering the acceptance and use of free and open source Software (FOSS). In May, Hall gave a keynote address at LinuxWorld Johannesburg, where he had advice that may have surprised some in his audience. We caught up with Hall to talk about his South African visit and FOSS in the developing world in general.

I just set up some folders on our pages, called “uploads”. Group- and ownership are the ones of the web server, so now it should be possible for my brother, my son, and myself to upload pictures directly from Wordpress. Let’s try that:
... continued with a Linux success story...

QImaging, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital cameras for life sciences, machine vision, and OEM applications, has announced the beta release of a Linux QCam driver.

While it's unlikely you'll become a victim of this exploit, it's good to be aware of its existence should you notice anything unusual in your browsing.

[Please also be aware that it is dangerous to smoke while drinking gasoline martinis. -- grouch]

Linux has everything you need to do any kind of networking, plus it has eleventy-eight hundred different software utilities for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Today Carla Schroder shows how to pinpoint connectivity problems and how to map your network and all running services. This is handy not only for keeping tabs on everyday activities, but also to catch users running illicit hosts and services.

A small consulting company is shipping an inexpensive add-on board targeting software-defined radio (SDR) projects. Ettus Research's $550 Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) supports Linux and GNU Radio software, and is available with RF modules and antennas covering virtually the entire radio spectrum.

TimeSys is shipping a major update to the Eclipse-based tools available with its subscription-based online service for embedded Linux developers.

How is Linux doing in the battle of the desktop?

Commentary: Internet security is big business. Microsoft Windows and Office vulnerabilities have made major contributions to making it -- and keeping it -- that way. Today, players like McAfee, Symantec, Norton, and dozens of other firms fight for a share of a market worth tens-of-billions of dollars a year. I would like to think that this industry displays the same high degree of ethical standards and integrity shown by other first-responders: our police forces, firefighters, and paramedics. Sure, there are bad apples in the bunch now and then, but on the whole they are a admirably honest and trustworthy group. I don't think nearly as highly of the computer security industry.