[newsforge daily] December 16, 2002

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December 16, 2002

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Grid computing from Sun - Open Source and proud of it http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/1630252

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Sun's open source Grid Engine software currently runs over 7000 grids with an average of 47 CPUs per grid, and a steadily increasing percentage of the grids it powers run Linux, according to John Tollefsrud, Sun's Grid marketing manager.

Commentary: Over Half a Year with Linux: A Success http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/1329208

    by Ban_Country_Music - I have been using Linux for over half a year     now. I got SuSE 8 Pro for around $80, around the time it came out. I     wiped my hard drive and installed it. When it started up, I was greeted     with KDM. I had feared that perhaps KDE would feel now as professional     or polished as Windows XP, but to my surprise it was very polished and     looked nice.

Commentary: United We Stand...the Division in the Linux World http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/0137256

• by David Meyer -United Linux is open for business. SuSE releases 8.1 and Red Hat releases 8.0. The Republicans win the elections and you can still find dinner in Washington DC for less than $10.00. But wait, it gets better.

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MandrakeSoft releases Multi Network Firewall http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/153258

    Gael Duval writes "MandrakeSoft today announced the availability of     "Multi Network Firewall" (MNF) -- a multi-VPN (virtual private     network), multi-DMZ (demilitarized zone) firewall and networking     solution that provides smart Internet Traffic Management combined with     an industrial-strength hardening system for the highest level of     network security."

ElcomSoft Case in Jurors' Hands
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/153212

    Russian software company ElcomSoft, standing trial in U.S. District     Court for selling software that cracked copy protection in Adobe     e-books, rests its legal fate with the jury.

CodeWeavers targets Citrix with CrossOver Server Edition http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/152249

    CodeWeavers Inc, the major commercial backer of the Wine project to     enable Microsoft applications to run on Linux and Unix operating     systems, is taking aim at Citrix Systems Inc with the release of     CrossOver Office Server Edition.

Samba Vulnerabilities
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/151248

    Noel Davis looks at problems in Samba, Pine, FreeS/WAN, Solaris     priocntl(), Traceroute NANOG, kon2, libcgi-tucbr, Python, pServ, and     Alcatel OmniSwitch switches.

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HP, Linux NetworX team for Linux server clusters http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/151221

    The two companies are working together to expand their presence in the     cluster marketplace.

Libranet 2.7 - Debian Made Easy
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/151200

    ladislav writes "Libranet GNU/Linux, a commercial Linux distribution     based on Debian, has been given increasingly positive coverage in Linux     media."

Torvalds, in Korea, spreads Linux gospel http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/1154222

    Linus Torvalds, 33, creator of the Linux operating system and     self-proclaimed "poster boy" of the open source movement, received a     warm welcome from a Korean audience yesterday during his first visit     here. About 500 people filled the grand ballroom of Shilla Hotel,     Seoul, some of them programmers and obvious Torvalds fans, to see their     hero in person.

MS to share Windows code with India
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/1029236

    ajay@unisoftindia.net writes "Microsoft is virtually doing the     unthinkable in India — it is planning to share the Windows source     code. Not with one and all, as Linux does, but with a specific     government body which, in turn, will share it with others for the     purposes of e-governance and education."

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Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Linux released http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/1028258

    Warren writes "Thursday (12/12/2002) Macromedia released Flash Player 6     for x86 Linux. I have obtained permission to package and redistribute     their plugin in Linux friendly ways. At this site you can download RPM     packages for Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, and Conectiva as well as set your     apt-get or urpmi for automatic installation/updating in the future."

The Linux Desktop Needs To Be Easier
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/12/2142254

    Installing a new program, or the OS itself, proves cumbersome for some     users. Creating a home network or developing individualized settings     can be confusing or frustrating.                                                             

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