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A recent discussion on the lkml looked into a reproducable random file I/O regression in 2.6 compared to the 2.4 kernel. Alexey Kopytov posted the benchmark results, attempting to simulate the workload of a database under intensive load. The tests were tried with all I/O schedulers, including the anticipatory, deadline and CFQ, and in all cases 2.4 outperformed 2.6.

The following posting has been contributed by Mark Johnson, Debian's representative at OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.

The Extensible Open Router Platform (XORP) is an open-source software project for creating production-level open-source router code. Like its predecessor the Linux Router Project (which ended in 2002) the goal of XORP is to create open-source routing code that can run on commodity hardware and become "the Linux of routing," according to the project's founders. The project is run by the International Computer Science Institute, which is affiliated with the University of California at Berkeley.

Delivering Technology Choice to Customers is Driving Force Behind Red Hat Client Strategy, Red Hat Desktop is First Deliverable

Opening a new chapter in its 10-year history and a new front in its war against Microsoft, leading Linux seller Red Hat on Tuesday plans to announce its first version of the open-source operating system for desktop computers.

While proprietary OSs have been blessed by an onslaught of competing audio players, the Free Software world has remained relatively stagnant since XMMS was released in 1997. Recently, however, there has been a lot of development work surrounding Free Software media players. I ran across several audio programs worth looking into, including mpd, muine, and musikcube, but the most promising program I found is Rhythmbox.

In this week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter we say farewell to Chief Architect Daniel Robbins, who has retired. In the rest of the issue you'll find out about the success of the 10th Gentoo BugDay and read some security announcements and community coverage. Enjoy!

Of course readers of a book learn from it, but authors learn from writing it, too. One of the most surprising things I learned from writing the second edition of Advanced UNIX Programming was how good Linux really is.

"Security certifications and compliance with standards are top priorities for Red Hat and are key drivers of innovation," noted Paul Cormier, executive vice president of Engineering at Red Hat. "We are committed to industry standards and will continue to drive acceptance and adherence of standards, leading by example."

Matthew Szulik, Red Hat Chairman and CEO, will host a press conference in London at 11am BST on May 4, 2004. Mr. Szulik is expected to discuss Red Hat's technical strategy and trends in the adoption of open source by the Enterprise. The conference will be broadcast via a conference call.

KDE announces the immediate opening of registration for the KDE Community World Summit event. Taking place for 9 days (from 21st to 29th of August in Ludwigsburg, Germany) the organizing team is scheduling 5 different event modules.

Security enhanced Linux, a set of kernel modifications and utilities initially developed by the National Security Agency, bolsters the security of Linux systems by enabling administrators to more finely tune data and process permissions. SELinux enforces mandatory access control policies, which limit user and application privileges to the minimum required to do the job. In contrast, most operating systems have DAC (discretionary access control) schemes in which a process has access to everything available to the user who launched it.

With last week release of Mozilla 1.7 RC1 (Release Candidate 1), the Mozilla Community is counting days for the upcoming release of Mozilla 1.7, Thunderbird 0.6 and, specially, Firefox 0.9 (code named One Tree Hill).

Third in Series of White Papers on Security Risks Posed by the Use of Linux in U.S. Defense Systems

Traffic to Weather.com, the Internet arm of cable television's The Weather Channel, has been snowballing, as the company's management continues to push for more robust and customized services. Those facts are keeping Dan Agronow, the Web site's vice president of technology, on his toes as he searches for the best infrastructure to support the content, without breaking the bank.

Thunderbird 0.6 has taken flight! Some of the more promiment features include a new Windows installer, Pinstripe theme for Mac OS X, new artwork, improved junk mail controls, new mail notification in the system dock for Mac OS X, server-wide news filters and a slew of other new features.