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CLI for noobies: import, display, mogrify

  • Linux.com (Posted by dave on Feb 23, 2004 4:08 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
You might think that working on the command line means you are sentenced to a desktop without graphics or digital images. But that's wrong thinking. You may also be surprised to learn that some popular GUI applications for image processing can also be used from the CLI. Today we'll take a look at three tools for capturing, displaying, and massaging images from the CLI. They are all (import, display, and mogrify) part of ImageMagick.

The Trade Show Floor: The Invisible Demo

One of the guys in the office kept saying "Debian is the way to go", and that's the way we went. I think Debian's becoming the only solution.

Closing Windows: free Hebrew alternative for Microsoft system

  • Maariv International (Israeli paper) (Posted by dave on Feb 22, 2004 8:46 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft
Another blow for Microsoft: on the heels of a free alternative to its Office software, a no-charge alternative operating system to Windows is now flooding the country. Knoppix, a Hebrew operating system requiring no installation, is the first real threat to the Microsoft monopoly in Israel.

sco in a nutshell

It's not a new O'Reilly and Associates book, but it *is*, perhaps, the most concise and unbiased synopsis of this whole SCO/IBM/Novell/Linux debacle.

The People Behind KDE: Matthias Ettrich

  • People Behind KDE (Posted by dave on Feb 22, 2004 8:44 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
A series of interesting professional and personal questions are asked of this QT developer. [ Thanks to KDE Dot News for the link. ]

Open Office, a free option

  • The Star (Posted by dave on Feb 22, 2004 5:43 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Who would have thought that in the seemingly techie world of computer software, there exists a movement, akin to the free speech movement in the 1960s, called the free software movement or the open source movement.

Epcom announces SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 System Administration eLearning module

Epcom Corporation, a leader in educational and consulting services, today announced the release of its web based eLearning module "SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 System Administration".

Microsoft's crown jewels under threat

...a growing number of governments, universities and companies have turned to open source programs. These include the Linux operating system; Open Office, a free rival to Microsoft Office, and the Mozilla internet browser.

Debian alert: New mailman packages fix bug introduced in DSA 436-1

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Feb 21, 2004 4:34 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Debian
Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in the mailman package.

Debian alert: New synaesthesia packages fix insecure file creation

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Feb 21, 2004 4:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Debian
During an audit, Ulf Harnhammar discovered a vulnerability in synaesthesia, a program which represents sounds visually. synaesthesia created its configuration file while holding root privileges, allowing a local user to create files owned by root and writable by the user's primary group. This type of vulnerability can usually be easily exploited to execute arbitary code with root privileges by various means.

Debian alert: New lbreakout2 packages fix buffer overflow

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Feb 21, 2004 2:19 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Debian
During an audit, Ulf Harnhammar discovered a vulnerability in lbreakout2, a game, where proper bounds checking was not performed on environment variables. This bug could be exploited by a local attacker to gain the privileges of group "games".

A Taste of Linux

eWeek reviews live Linux distributions, including Knoppix, Gentoo LiveCD and others.

Open - Source Company Gets $10 Million In Funding

Stronger financial position will help JBoss compete with IBM and BEA in application-server market.

IBM Confident in Face of SCO's Legal Steps

The legal maneuvering between The SCO Group Inc. and IBM took a new twist as IBM on Thursday gave the green light for SCO to amend its complaint, dropping its trade secret claims and replacing them with copyright violations.

Sco Fails to Sue End User on Schedule

  • LinuxWorld (Posted by dave on Feb 20, 2004 2:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: SCO
The SCO Group's self-imposed 90-day deadline to sue an end user for not paying its Linux tax has come and gone. "You can bet your bottom dollar," writes veteran industry commentator Maureen O'Gara, "that SCO didn't want to do anything to set the magistrate's teeth on edge before she decides whether SCO has given IBM enough proof that it's got a case and decides whether or not IBM should turn over all its various versions of AIX and Dynix to SCO, which claims that's where most of the evidence resides."

Air Force says: send back the free MS Office

  • United States Air Force (press release) (Posted by dave on Feb 20, 2004 11:53 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Microsoft; Story Type: News Story
Microsoft recently sent out half a million free copies of Microsoft Office, some of which were sent to members of the United States Air Force. Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez has informed members of the Air Force that they are obligated to return the software without using it, because of military regulations prohibiting the acceptance of gifts from those with which they do business. Interesting!

Notoriety for Desktop Linux

Microsoft's legal entanglement with Lindows.com turns focus on possibilities of desktop Linux; Novell and Sun best positioned in enterprise market, says analyst; server Linux penetration could mean opportunity on desktop side.

Introduction Skolelinux: a Linux distro for schools

  • edu.kde.org (Posted by dave on Feb 20, 2004 11:15 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
Skolelinux is an ambitious project that aims to provide schools with a flexible and low-cost IT solution based on Linux and KDE. I interviewed Bart Cornelis (Belgian), Kurt Gramlich (German), Conrad Newton (American) and Knut Yrvin (Norwegian) to learn more about Skolelinux and the role that KDE plays in it.

Conectiva alert: XFree86

A variety of issues are addressed in this update.

Dead End SCO

  • GrokLaw (Posted by dave on Feb 20, 2004 10:18 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: SCO
"I was just sent this photograph, and it made me laugh, so I asked for permission to share it with all of you, so you can enjoy it too. Someone drove by SCO headquarters and took a picture."

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