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South African dairy farmers are starting to use open source software to improve their farming techniques and outputs. ACS Online has developed a range of dairy farming-specific modules using PHP, Apache and MySQL running on Sun boxes with Solaris 9. The modules currently available include financial management, a sustainable pasture management system, livestock management and a performance analysis module which uses the Balanced Scorecard reporting technique.

This is the third update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (codename `woody') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems. Those who frequently update from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.

Despite the challenges involved, Brazil is forging ahead with its decision to adopt free or open-source software throughout the country's massive public sector.

Conics.net has published a page of specifications and a page of photos about a new Sharp Zaurus clam-shell Linux PDA. The website accepts pre-orders for the Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000, priced at $749 with a 1-year warranty. It also sells older Sharp Zauri, such as the SL-C700.

A clause Microsoft has in licensing agreements with manufacturers that prevents companies from suing it for patent and copyright infringement if they suspect their own software technology has ended up in the Windows operating system. The commission says the clause hurts fair competition and discourages Japanese manufacturers from innovating because they can't sue for damages. Microsoft says the clause is legal and benefits consumers.

The final installment in this series--did they meet their goal of a five-second boot?

Linus Torvalds tells of some other programming venues than the Linux kernel, predicts a shadowy outcome for GNU/Hurd, gives some advice to anyone wanting to undertake a large software project and updates us on the latest in kernel development in this email interview by Preston St. Pierre.

Maybe the browser wars really are back. Bart Decrem, the marketing contact for the Mozilla Foundation, told ZDNet UK on Friday that he expects the browser's market share to reach 10 percent by the end of 2005. "I think we'll get to 10 percent over the next year. We don't have 10 percent of the Web at the moment, but we have the momentum," claimed Decrem.

Linux messaging software vendor Scalix today announced a new version of their enterprise email and calendaring platform. Scalix 9.1 adds support for the Mozilla 1.7 browser, Firefox Preview Release and the Thunderbird email application

Earlier this month, MontaVista released a proposal to incorporate real-time processing directly in the Linux kernel. The proposal has been met with a decidedly mixed reception, even though MontaVista could stand to lose some business if it goes through.

A bug in version 2.6 of the Linux kernel allows remote users to crash systems running SuSE's latest enterprise and consumer software

The Trustix Team is proud to announce Trustix Secure Linux 2.1.50 nicknamed Wonderboy. It is the first beta for the upcoming 2.2 release.

POI is an Apache Foundation project designed to let programmers access Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document Format from a Java environment. OLE 2 format is quite ubiquitous since it's the one used in Microsoft Office files. In the following article we will be exploring the various components available in POI for accessing these documents through Java.

Boosted by growing demand for open source software, domestic [Korean] Linux program companies are gearing up for development of Linux operating systems in groups to take leading position in the market.

Ever wanted your own personal SourceForge? If so, then be sure to check out GForge which just released version 4.0. GForge is a fork of the original GPL'd SourceForge code and like sf.net provides forums, mailing lists, revision control via CVS or Subversion (yes, Subversion!), issue trackers and much more for any number of teams and projects.

New personal computers with the free Linux operating system are often used with pirated copies of the Microsoft Windows operating system, reports a study by the US-based marketing research firm Gartner.

Users of Linux running a 2.6 series kernel and using iptables for firewalling have been advised to upgrade to fix a bug which could be exploited remotely to cause a denial of service.

The scramble for market share in the email security appliance space is frantic, as the increasingly lucrative market teeters on the verge of consolidation.

Another lesser-know distro trying to make a splash on the big scene. Aurox Linux is a Fedora-based distro mainly developed in Poland. Even in its tenth release cycle, it is still a young distro and as such: small. Could it be the next big thing? Even gentoo was small and "lesser-known" once. Check out this review, hot off the presses at LinuxForumsDOTorg.

I've always been comfortable using the command line interface to get specific tasks done. To me, the command line was a necessary tool as well as a last resort -- if all else failed, I knew I could count on a command line program to fix the problem. I already knew that I could do pretty much anything from the command line if I was willing to sit down, read manual pages, and learn -- or if I really had to. To prove it, recently I forced myself to use only the CLI for a week. I ended up learning a lot more than just a few command line arguments.