[newsforge daily] November 25, 2002

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November 25, 2002

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Linux veteran looks for ways to introduce Linux to Congress http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/145234

• by Grant Gross -A retired math professor and veteran Linux user is looking for help from the community to educate the U.S. Congress about Linux and win some converts on Capitol Hill.

Setting up a CLAN
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/23/1240224

• By Edward Kamau - I was recently hunting around the net for some RPMs and the thought occurred to me that there must be an easier way to find files and programs that you need. Besides, a number of mirrors that I've tried to use can be very uncooperative, with my connection being occasionally dropped and with significant difficulty connecting. So I thought, why not have a network of super mirrors, mirrors that mirror all other mirrors. In short ...

Linux Advisory Watch - November 22nd 2002 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/1558234

    By:  Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive     newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been     announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages     and descriptions of each vulnerability.

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Xandros--Mom's New Linux Desktop
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/1033256

    Corel Linux has been reinvented as Xandros, a user-friendly flavor of     the operating system. I've seen Xandros in action, and while it doesn't     signal the end of the road for other desktop OSs, I see it as the     on-ramp of a superhighway.

An Overview of the Boa Web Server
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/1030250

    Anonymous Reader writes "There is a new lite web server in town, named     Boa. The server can run very fast on older machines, even on embedded     devices, but it is only CGI-based. OSNews introduces Boa (running under     Linux) and it includes benchmarks against Apache and thttpd."

Sharp unveils clamshell Linux PDA
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/1030220

    Sharp has introduced a model of its Zaurus handheld computer, sporting     a VGA-resolution display, QWERTY keyboard that can be folded away     behind the device, and a screen that displays in both portrait and     landscape modes.

TWTW: QtScape, OS/2, T'soblivion, Security threat http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/1619240

    Anonymous Reader writes "In its rundown of the week's events, Linux and     Main looks at some items you might have missed: Is QtScape to survive?     Gerstner book shows IBM lied about OS/2. KMail's addressbook doesn't     like Theodore T'so, for some reason. Is a major internet attack due     Friday?"

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'The genie is out of the bottle' - Open-source software is no-cost option http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/1235246

    Open-source software is helping CapTech Ventures close more deals...     The Richmond company is turning to free open-source     software-development tools to design and test applications that it     builds for clients... In the process, CapTech often saves thousands in     project-development costs, said Chief Executive Officer Sandy     Williamson....

Portable.NET Now 100% Free Software
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/1228255

    Slashdotr discussion: rhysweatherley writes "Finally after months of     hard work and bucket loads of caffeine, the DotGNU community has     finally got Portable.NET to the point of...

A Losing Bet: the Last Days of Comdex, Part 1 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/1211212

    Linux kept a low profile at Comdex this year. But maybe that's because     Comdex itself is failing, and Microsoft is using what's left as a     promotional vehicle.

Linux makes inroads against Windows PCs
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/23/1439234

    Government agencies in Europe, China, India and South America have     started to encourage Linux over proprietary software because it     provides cost savings, freedom from reliance on a single software     vendor, and flexibility.

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Server Makers Converge on Small and Medium Business Market http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/23/1435201

     Competition among mid and large server suppliers are heating up in the     small and medium business market as they roll out new products and gear     up for sales in earnest. HP Korea released a new server tailored to     SMBs in September, jumpstarting the competition, and its rivals such as     IBM Korea, Sun Microsystems and LGIBM are all set to follow suite.

MobiliX: Court says Mobilix too close to Obelix http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/23/1424224

    Werner Heuser writes: Yesterday, the "Oberlandesgericht" (highest court     of the Bavarian state) has affirmed that the brands "MobiliX" and     "Obelix" can indeed be mixed up. The onomatopoetic similarities are big     enough that a "normal user" could immediately be thinking of "Obelix"     when hearing the word "MobiliX". Whether this a fact for IT people,     too, though, was not answered by the court....                                                             

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