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KOffice now available in Welsh

  • Kywaith Kyfieithu - Welsh Translation Project; By Kevin Donnelly (Posted by VISITOR on Sep 24, 2004 1:51 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Announcements; Groups: KDE
Linux users in Wales now have a choice of two office suites. OpenOffice.org was released in Welsh last month, and now Kywaith Kyfieithu has announced a Welsh version of the new KOffice 1.3.3.

Sun Said To Table Linux Purchase

Sun Microsystems has apparently backed away from its efforts to acquire a Linux software distribution -- for now. The Santa Clara, Calif., network computer maker had been looking to augment its enterprise portfolio, sources told internetnews.com this week. But internetnews.com has learned that preliminary discussions between top Sun and MontaVista executives became terse, stalling because MontaVista CEO Jim Ready may not be ready to sell.

Rumors Aside, Browser Is a Logical Step for Google

Google needs a browser, say the experts. It is the next piece of its evolution. Besides, the company's innovative toolbar has been watered down by the offerings of competitors. It no longer differentiates Google. "The next level is controlling the application," says Meta Group analyst Tim Hickernell.

Living in Emacs

  • IBM developerWorks (Posted by VISITOR on Sep 24, 2004 1:35 AM CST)
  • Groups: IBM; Story Type: News Story
This tutorial gives you a guide to the basics of using Emacs, a popular modeless text editor with many powerful features. The tutorial covers fundamental concepts and common activities, and then builds on those foundations to quickly familiarize you with this excellent editor.

Linux in Government: CORE.GOV

  • Linux Journal (Posted by dave on Sep 24, 2004 12:30 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Taking a page from OSS for improving interagency collaboration.

HP's NX5000 Linux notebook: A breach of the Windows wall?

This article is supposed to be a review of the first PC with a Linux distribution preloaded offered by a tier-one OEM to the general public. As announced during the Linux World Conference and Expo in August, the NX5000 is available -- only online at HP -- preloaded with your choice of a custom version of SUSE 9.1 or Windows XP. You can purchase the NX5000 at other online resellers, but only with Windows installed. This isn't quite the review I hoped for, but it's as close as we could get.

Open-Source Copyright Conflict Heats Up

  • eWEEK Linux (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 2:23 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
A quick resolution to the Mambo open-source copyright dispute seems unlikely now that one of the parties has rejected an offer for mediation.

Mandrake gets contract to boost Linux security

  • CNET News.com; By Stephen Shankland (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 1:48 PM CST)
  • Groups: Mandriva; Story Type: News Story
A consortium including Mandrakesoft, the Paris-based Linux seller that recently exited bankruptcy protection, has won a three-year contract worth 7 million euro ($8.6 million) to improve Linux security.

Danish government agency opts for open source

  • CNET News.com; By Ingrid Marson (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 1:34 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Ministry of Finance in Denmark has implemented an open-source project to simplify data exchange between systems.

Case Study on Mozilla and Open Source

"A student of Mine, Julie Blaustein, did her thesis on the creation and transference of value in open source. She used Mozilla as a case to do her thesis. The thesis was completed in December last year. What is interesting though is that many things pointed out to in her thesis (as of late last year) are happening now in terms of the Firefox browser."

Mandrake in contract to boost Linux security

  • CNET News.com; By Stephen Shankland (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 9:56 AM CST)
  • Groups: Mandriva; Story Type: News Story
A consortium including Mandrakesoft, the Paris-based Linux seller that recently exited bankruptcy protection, has won a three-year contract worth 7 million euro ($8.6 million) to improve Linux security.

Mandrakesoft: 1-million-euro contract to help build secure Linux solution

  • Mailing list; By Mandrakesoft Press (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 9:07 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Press Release; Groups: Mandriva
Mandrakesoft has won a 1-million-euro, three-year contract to help create a highly secure, Linux-based solution for the French Ministry of Defense. Managed by a five-member consortium, the project will take a Linux based solution to CC-EAL5 (Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 5). This contract, Mandrakesoft's largest thus far, demonstrates the validity of the company's strategy of developing new business in the government and corporate marketplace.

PHP 4.3.9 Released

  • Mailing list; By Ilia Alshanetsky (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 8:42 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Announcements; Groups: PHP
This is a maintenance release that in addition to over 50 non-critical bug fixes, addresses a problem with GPC input processing. This release also re-introduces ability to write GIF images via the bundled GD extension. All Users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release as soon as possible.

Thanks to Linux, this beer's for you!

  • NewsForge (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 8:30 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Want to send your best buddy, boss, or promising client a drink "on you" via your wireless phone? You can, if your friend lives in London. Eagle Eye Solutions, based in the United Kingdom, is launching a new service today called Buymeabeer.com using a Linux-based server platform.

Local startup serves Windows with Linux

  • Computerworld Australia (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 8:11 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Allowing multiple users to seamlessly access Windows desktop and applications remotely without the performance hit associated with thin clients is being put into production by Sydney-based startup NetLeverage.

Linux takes off at German aerospace firm

  • ZDNet.co.uk (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 8:01 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Over the last three years MTU Aero Engines has built up two parallel Linux clusters which contain a total of 448 processors. MTU's supercomputer is now ranked at 179 in the Top500 supercomputers.

SpamAssassin sports new open-source license

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 7:04 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Programmers on Wednesday released the new version 3.0 of SpamAssassin, open-source software for filtering out unwanted e-mail, but the changes are as much legal as technological.

HOWTO: Using Linux to simplify wildlife hunting

  • LXer; By Dave Whitinger (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 4:43 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
The process of hunting typically requires a lot of time just waiting for the animal to show up. Using a Linux box, a cheap webcam, and a modem, one can make the job a lot more comfortable and take up a lot less of your time in the field.

Hardening Linux authentication and user identity

  • NewsForge (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 4:30 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
PAM is an authentication mechanism that originated on Solaris, but is used on various systems, including Linux. The Linux PAM implementation allows a system administrator to choose how users authenticate to various services. New modules can be added by an administrator at any time, offering overall flexibility in how authentication happens.

KDE.org.uk Launched

  • KDE Dot News (Posted by dave on Sep 23, 2004 3:12 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
A new KDE website has been launched! KDE.org.uk promotes the K Desktop Environment and showcases activities of KDE developers and contributors around the United Kingdom. If you want to help with creating more content on KDE.org.uk or get involved in KDE events in the UK, please contact the KDE.org.uk team.

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