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Debian Weekly News - May 11th, 2004

  • Mailing list; By Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 3:31 PM CST)
Welcome to this year's 19th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community.

Novell Announces Evolution 2.0 and Release of Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server Under Open Source License

Novell Evolution 2.0 coming in the third quarter with native GroupWise support; Novell's Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server will be integrated into Evolution 2.0 and is immediately available as open source.

Gentoo update for OpenOffice (200405-04)

  • LWN.net (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 11:35 AM CST)
  • Groups: Gentoo; Story Type: Security

Debian update for exim-tls (DSA-502-1)

  • LWN.net (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 11:05 AM CST)
  • Groups: Debian; Story Type: Security

Gentoo update for ClamAV (200405-03)

  • LWN.net (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 11:05 AM CST)
  • Groups: Gentoo; Story Type: Security

Mandrake update for rsync (MDKSA-2004:042)

Mandrake update for apache2 (MDKSA-2004:043)

OOo Off the Wall: Building Characters

  • Linux Journal; By Bruce Byfield (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 8:59 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Learning about character styles in OOo Writer.

Open source app servers make headway

  • IDG.com; By James Niccolai (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 8:04 AM CST)
  • Groups: Sun, JBoss; Story Type: News Story
Enterprises shopping for a Java application server will soon have more reasons to look at open source software, with no less than three open source projects [Geronimo, Jonas, JBoss] expected to be certified compatible with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s enterprise Java standard by the end of the year.

IT firms cash in on open source

  • Economic Times; By Yatish Rajawat (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 7:16 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Indian software services companies are looking at entering the open source software market. These companies plan to offer support, implementation and maintenance services to corporates who use or plan to use open source.

HP releases Linux business desktops

HP has unveiled its latest business desktop PC, which offers companies the choice of Mandrake Linux 9.2 and Microsoft Windows XP Home as the default operating system.

Bitkeeper after the storm - Part 1

  • NewsForge; By Joe Barr (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 6:16 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Interview; Groups: Kernel
It has been a couple of years since the Linux kernel mailing list was debating the issues of Linus Torvalds' scalability and the use of a proprietary source management tool called Bitkeeper to handle kernel patches. Now that the dust has settled, and intrigued by a press release from Bitkeeper author Larry McVoy that claimed impressive productivity gains for Linus Torvalds and other kernel hackers using Bitkeeper, NewsForge decided it was time to talk with McVoy on the current state of affairs between the free software hackers and his proprietary code. This is part one of that interview; part two will appear tomorrow.

Device client model invites embedded Linux into the glass house

  • LinuxDevices.com (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 5:44 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: IBM
IBM envisions a greater role for mobile devices, thin clients, and other embedded systems in enterprise computing. It has announced a "client model" enabling customers to deploy, manage, and provision business applications and data to client devices such as shop-floor terminals, PDAs, and cell phones, and to traditional thick clients.

Linux and Solaris Notebooks soon in Australia

  • The Age (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 5:20 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Victoria-based Remora Technologies has announced it will be offering a range of locally supported Linux and Solaris Notebooks in Australia, according to the company's media release.

Extending Red Hat 7 - 9 with Progeny

While many Red Hat users progressed from Red Hat's versions 7 through 9 into Fedora or Enterprise Linux, some individuals and firms may have been too highly leveraged with production servers to just drop everything and migrate to new operating system installs.

Survey: Linux moving out Unix; support improving

  • Search Enterprise Linux; By Michael S. Mimoso (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 4:21 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Linux and open source acquisition costs are a fraction of comparable proprietary options, but those savings are often offset by high integration, maintenance and support costs. However, that shouldn't sway enterprise CIOs and CTOs from using open source, a recent Forrester Research Inc. report says.

Giving XFce4 a Spin

  • OSnews; By Rahul Gaitonde (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 3:51 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Reviews
Before we begin, here's what XFce's website has to say about itself: XFce is a lightweight desktop environment for unix-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use. It's based on the GTK+ toolkit version 2.

BRU Server From TOLIS Group Extends Proven BRU Data Protection Technology to Linux in the Enterprise

  • Press release (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 3:38 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Press Release
Robust D2D support, data protection on intermittently attached systems and "Synchronization Module" are key deliverables

How to get Red Hat Desktop now for "free"

Red Hat Linux’s enterprise desktop is already on the market and the announcement of the company’s return to the desktop was mostly spin. According to Lineox the enterprise desktop software is just a version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 with some program packages removed and some added.

Open source software faces hardship

  • China Daily; By Liu Baijia (Posted by dave on May 11, 2004 3:28 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Open source software represented by the Linux operating system still faces great difficulties in becoming a booming business in the next few years, despite its fast growth and support from the Chinese Government, said a senior industrial analyst.

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