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Red Hat Linux tops 300,000 subscribers

  • InfoWorld: Platforms (Posted by dave on Jun 18, 2004 3:15 AM CST)
  • Groups: Red Hat; Story Type: News Story
Red Hat Inc. now has over 300,000 subscribers to its Red Hat Enterprise Linux support service, the company said Thursday, during a conference call reporting the results of its first quarter of fiscal 2004. The company reported revenue of $41.6 million and net income of $10.7 million, or $0.05 per share, for the quarter, which ended May 31.

Linux training gains more ground

  • DesktopLinux.com (Posted by dave on Jun 18, 2004 3:14 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
A Computer Weekly/SSL Quarterly Survey of Appointments Data and Trends says that the number of UK job advertisements that ask for Linux skills is up 50%.

Big Strides for Civic Linux

  • InternetNews.com; By Sean Michael Kerner (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 3:15 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
It should come as no surprise that the Linux industry has been targeting the government sector. In a string of wins for the open source operating system, Munich, Germany, and Bergen, Norway, both announced that they would be officially migrating to Linux.

Gentoo update for squid (200406-13)

  • LWN.net (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 12:05 PM CST)
  • Groups: Gentoo; Story Type: Security

Gentoo update for aspell (200406-14)

  • LWN.net (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 12:05 PM CST)
  • Groups: Gentoo; Story Type: Security

SuSE update for subversion (SuSE-SA:2004:018)

  • LWN.net (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 12:05 PM CST)
  • Groups: SUSE; Story Type: Security

Debian update for krb5 (DSA-520-1)

  • LWN.net (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 12:05 PM CST)
  • Groups: Debian; Story Type: Security

Interview with Jean Tourrilhes

In an interview with LinuxQuestions.org, Jean Tourrilhes discusses how he first got introduced to Linux, OS zealotry, the origins of his famous Wireless How-to page, Linux on the desktop, the state of Linux wireless device driver support, the best and worst wireless chipset manufacturers, the biggest limitations of the current 802.11 implementations and his opinion on the emerging wireless networking standards.

Recommended hardware: June edition

  • Linux.com (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 9:01 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU
This article is the first in what we hope will become a monthly series of hardware recommendations for GNU/Linux users who want to build their own computer systems or upgrade the ones they have. With the wide selection of PC hardware available, how do you know which devices will work best with your operating system?

Open source Internet protocol security project gets nod from Novell

  • DesktopLinux.com (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 9:00 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Novell
Novell says they are officially sponsoring and contributing to the popular open source implementation of the Linux security standard IPsec, Openswan. The open source project brings all of the features needed for building and deploying commercial grade VPNs to Linux.

IBM globalizes Linux

  • Computerworld Australia (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 8:52 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: IBM
IBM is continuing its crusade to make Linux the world's most popular operating system. Its GM for Linux is currently on tour in India, and Big Blue is taking its strategy to China, South Korea, Russia, and Brazil, too.

Report: Server Growth To Be Paced By Blades, Linux (TechWeb)

  • Yahoo! News - Linux/Open Source (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 8:49 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The worldwide server market is expected to grow 5 percent this year, with some segments--Linux and blade categories, in particular--about to break out, according to a new report.

OSDL: 22 Companies Now Contributing, Implementing or Supporting Carrier Grade Linux

  • Press release (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 8:40 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Press Release
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium of leading technology companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, today announced a milestone: 22 major companies are participating in and supporting the development of Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) specifications.

Open source cracks publishing wide open

  • NewsForge (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 8:20 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Once upon a time, publishing was the domain of large corporations. Then came desktop publishing and the tools to produce a book shrank from the cost of an aircraft carrier to the price tag of a PT boat. Now, small publishers on the bleeding edge of technology are fomenting a revolution that may change the publishing market forever. Open source publishing tools, long derided as not being ready for battle, are proving themselves in the trenches of small publishing.

Cape schools get ten new Linux labs - in three hours

  • Tectonic (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 7:28 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Shuttleworth Foundation together with volunteers from the Schools Linux User Group (SLUG) yesterday installed more than 200 Linux-based PCs in ten schools around the city of Cape Town. The "mega-install", timed to coincide with the celebration of the annual Youth Day public holiday in South Africa, was completed within just three hours of the 9am start. Each school involved in the install project received a minimum of 20 refurbished PCs running as thin clients and one Linux-based server.

Putting together PDF files

  • NewsForge (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 7:27 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
There are times when you need to combine multiple files from diverse sources into a single PDF file. In Windows or the MacOS it's easy -- use Adobe Acrobat. Sadly, Adobe hasn't deigned to put out a version of Acrobat for Linux, but there are a number of Linux utilities available that enable you to quickly and efficiently combine PDF files. This article looks at three command line utilities: Ghostscript, joinPDF, and pdfmeld. Each does a good job of combining PDF files, and they all pack some interesting features.

Open Source Leaving Microsoft Sitting on the Fence?

  • LinuxSecurity.com - Feature Stories; By Dave Wreski (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 7:05 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft
The open source model, with special regard to Linux, has no doubt become a formidable competitor to the once sole giant of the software industry, Microsoft. It is expected when the market share of an industry leader becomes threatened, retaliation with new product or service offerings and marketing campaigns refuting the claims of the new found competition are inevitable. However, in the case of Microsoft, it seems they have not taken a solid or plausible position on the use of open source applications as an alternative to Windows.

New SuSE Cert Launches Worldwide June 21; Name Change on Horizon

Those interested in become SuSE Certified Linux Professionals (SCLPs) can do so beginning next week, although the exact name of the credential may change in the near future.

Linux's appeal growing in emerging countries

  • Search Enterprise Linux (Posted by dave on Jun 17, 2004 6:12 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: IBM
Recognizing a huge growth opportunity for its open source and consulting business, IBM is pushing Linux on the desktop in countries, such as Brazil, Russia and China. Not surprisingly, the company is making huge inroads as the demand for inexpensive and easily deployable computer system rapidly rises in these countries.

Multithreaded HTTP Server for Linux built up by the pool of threads multiplexing select() system call

  • LXer; By Boris Derzhavets (Posted by dba477 on Jun 17, 2004 5:49 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: LXer
Why “Advanced Linux Programming. New Riders Publishing, 2001” does fork to multiplex I/O building up an example of HTTP Server?

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