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Linux Takes on the Windows Look

  • Wired News (Posted by dave on Jan 23, 2004 3:45 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
And that's a good thing, insist the many company representatives who are showing off Windows look-alike desktop packages at the show: Linux needs a familiar

Fedora Legacy alert: Updated elm resolves security vulnerability

Updated elm packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Subject line.

Linux Advisory Watch - January 23, 2004

This week, advisories were released for cvs, screen, kdepim, mc, tcpdump, kernel, slocate, honeyd, isakmpd, and lftp. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Guardian Digital EnGarde Secure Linux, Gentoo, OpenBSD, Red Hat, Trustix, and Turbolinux.

Free Advice for Sam Palmisano on IBM's Desktop Options.

  • Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz (Posted by dave on Jan 22, 2004 5:48 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: IBM, Sun
"what's most disappointing is there appears to be no real commitment to Linux."

Mandrake alert: Updated dhcp package fix problems with dynamic DNS

The dhcp package shipped with Mandrake Linux 9.2 had a problem where Dynamic DNS updates did not work properly. The updated packages fix the problem.

Mandrake alert: Updated qt3 package fix problems with accelerator keys

A problem with qt3 would cause improper behaviour of using accelerator keys in KDE applications such as Konqueror, KMail, and others. Using these keys would either crash the program or simply not work. The updated packages fix this problem.

Red Hat Network To Gain Virtualization, Storage Management, ...

As part of its plan to develop a full-fledged Open Source Architecture stack, Red Hat announced at LinuxWorld Expo Thursday a new provisioning module for its

Installing Debian Linux on a Pentium-M based mini-ITX SBC

This article explains how to install Debian Linux on a Lippert Thunderbird mini-ITX motherboard based on a Pentium-M processor.

LinuxWorldexpo in NYC

  • Onlamp (Posted by dave on Jan 22, 2004 3:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Adam gave a XML and PHP 5 talk which was pretty well attended. XML handling is totally overhauled in PHP 5, so it's a prime reason

Sun Professes Faith in Java for the Linux Community

  • InternetNews.com (Posted by dave on Jan 22, 2004 3:40 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Sun; Story Type: News Story
NEW YORK -- Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) this week vowed more support for Java development tools running on Linux and discussed the potential for Linux at

Antionline Spotlight: Linux as a Firewall Foundation

always meant to be a firewall/server. It isn't as simple as Red Hat to install, but it isn't as difficult as a gentoo installation.

Help! There's a Giant Penguin at LinuxWorld Expo.

  • Onlamp (Posted by dave on Jan 22, 2004 3:40 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
at the O'Reilly booth in 20 minutes, so I'm able to tear myself away and head across the floor to set up for my presentation on "A Sneak Preview of XML in PHP 5

New Red Hat technical journal comes with code

March called Wide Open . Each issue will feature three CDs of software such as new Fedora project releases. Yearly, six-issue subscriptions

SCO: Open source is bad for the economy

  • GCN.com (Posted by dave on Jan 22, 2004 3:40 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: SCO
sent letters to every member of Congress this month urging them to consider the potentially negative effects of open-source software, a SCO spokesman confirmed

gentoo announcement: Python 2.3.x Upgrade for Gentoo Stable x86

This is an important message for people who are upgrading from Python 2.2.x. As a result of the upgrade, you will need to run the following command _after_ Python 2.3.3 has finished merging:

SCO Goes to Washington in Linux Battle

  • eWeek (Posted by dave on Jan 22, 2004 12:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: SCO
"The SCO Group Inc. has found a new venue for its attacks on Linux and open-source software: Capitol Hill."

SCO lobbies US Congress against the GNU GPL

"SCO has sent letters to members of the US Congress denouncing Free Software as a threat to the US economy, security and the country's international standing in technology."

Mandrakesoft now profitable, says CEO Bancilhon

Asked about quality control problems that have plagued recent Mandrake releases, Bancilhon said, "I think we have improved a lot from 9.1 to 9.2.".

IBM and SuSE win key Linux security cert

When the pair gained EAL2+ last August it was the first security certification for Linux. But it was confined to the IBM eSeries xServer platform.

Red Hat announces exploit in Enterprise Linux product

Red Hat has announced a security vulnerability in its recently-released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 product. The exploit allows any

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