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Mandrake Linux 9.2 for the AMD64 ISOs now available

Due to requests from MandrakeClub members, MandrakeSoft is pleased to announce that ISO images of Mandrake Linux 9.2 for the AMD64 platform are now available as BitTorrent downloads to Silver level (and above) Club members.

Apache and FSF to meet over GPL dispute

  • What PC? (Posted by dave on Feb 24, 2004 9:55 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) are at loggerheads over whether the ASF Apache web server software licence is compatible with the GNU General Public Licence (GPL).

BakBone Software joins OSDL

BakBone will participate in OSDL's Data Center Linux Working Group and bring enterprise Linux storage expertise to Lab initiatives

Motherboard Manufacturer Albatron Bundles LindowsOS

"Major hardware manufacturer Albatron is now shipping select micro-ATX motherboards bundled with LindowsOS 4.5 in an unprecedented move to deliver an easy way for consumers to realize the cost-savings that desktop Linux offers."

Mozilla browser for Linux Pocket PC

The Minimo (Mini Mozilla) project is focused on code-size and runtime footprint reduction, and porting to small consumer devices.

Mozilla 1.7 preview released

Mozilla has released the first "alpha" release of version 1.7.

Hyperion eases business 'dashboards'

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Feb 24, 2004 9:17 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Both the Hyperion Performance Suite and Essbase 7 now run on Linux.

Mandrake security alert: Updated kernel packages [2.4.24] fix multiple vulnerabilities

Paul Staretz discovered a flaw in return value checking in the mremap() function in the Linux kernel, versions 2.4.24 and previous that could allow a local user to obtain root privileges.

Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 8

This week's Gentoo newsletter is available.

Review: Lycoris Desktop/LX Personal

  • Linux.com (Posted by dave on Feb 24, 2004 3:51 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 3, released last September, is a Linux distro aimed primarily at home user desktops. Lycoris has been widely heralded for its user-friendliness. If newbies can handle some manual configuration, they may be happy with Lycoris, but it won't satisfy more experienced users.

New FOSS Policy for Australian Tax Office and SCO Annnounces Conference Call/New Business

  • GrokLaw (Posted by dave on Feb 24, 2004 3:50 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU
More good news from Australia. The Australian Tax Office has announced that it is adopting an open source software policy. The policy now will be that GNU/Linux should be considered and used where appropriate...

Debian alert: New metamail packages fix arbitrary code execution

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Feb 24, 2004 3:47 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Debian
Ulf Härnhammar discovered two format string bugs (CAN-2004-0104) and two buffer overflow bugs (CAN-2004-0105) in metamail, an implementation of MIME. An attacker could create a carefully-crafted mail message which will execute arbitrary code as the victim when it is opened and parsed through metamail.

Lineox releases first of many expected updates

  • NewsForge (Posted by dave on Feb 24, 2004 3:45 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Lineox, a Finnish Linux company that emerged from the book publishing industry, Monday released Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.001, the first revision of Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 in the company's Always Current series.

IBM to expand Linux push on servers

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Feb 24, 2004 3:45 AM EDT)
IBM on Tuesday is expected to announce an expansion of its sales of Linux on server hardware.

US Dept. of Labor Workforce Connections software released as Open Source

  • Onlamp (Posted by dave on Feb 23, 2004 4:49 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its Zope-based Workforce Connections software as Open Source.

IBM's second Blue Gene/L for a Dutch telescope

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Feb 23, 2004 4:37 PM EDT)
  • Groups: IBM; Story Type: News Story
IBM will install a second Blue Gene/L supercomputer as part of a radio telescope project in the Netherlands, the company announced Monday.

sco selling Linux licenses online

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Feb 23, 2004 12:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: SCO
The Web site debuted quietly last week. It enables companies that use Linux to purchase a license that covers SCO's Unix System V, portions of which SCO claims were illegally incorporated into the source code of Linux.

Reference card summarizes embedded Linux development commands

  • LinuxDevices.com (Posted by dave on Feb 23, 2004 11:47 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU
Embedded Linux author and trainer Karim Yaghmour, and his company Opersys, have released an embedded Linux "Quick Reference Guide" (QRG) designed to help designers build embedded systems from open source GNU/Linux sources. The QRG is distributed as a two-page PDF file intended for printing on both sides of a standard-sized sheet of paper, and is meant to remind embedded developers of the syntax for frequently used commands.

LinuxQuestions.org adds a Linux Wiki

LinuxQuestions.org has added a new site to its network. The LQ Wiki is a WikiWiki that allows users to collaboratively build a free, complete and up-to-date Linux knowledgebase. The LQ Wiki aims to become the largest general Linux Wiki on the web. It's free to join and use the LQ Wiki and any user can add or edit content. All content is licensed under a Creative Commons license, ensuring that it will remain freely redistributable.

Read more at LinuxQuestions.org

Open Source Security Draws Criticism

These are just the latest in a series of serious or critical security vulnerabilities discovered in Linux over the past few months. The board room at Microsoft is probably getting some amusement, or at least feeling some relief, from the irony that open source is supposed to be more secure and yet these critical flaws continue to be found.

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