[newsforge daily] December 29, 2002

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December 29, 2002

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Linux Advisory Watch - December 27th 2002 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/123255

    By:&nbsp; 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. This week, advisories were     released for bind, perl, canna, klisa, cyrus-imapd, wget, kde, and     fetchmail.&nbsp; The distributors include Caldera, Debian, Gentoo, and     SuSE.

Asia will be the center of Linux development in 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/0259244

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - As most regular NewsForge readers know, I recently traveled to Amman, Jordan to advocate Linux and Open Source use there. This Spring I'll probably be doing the same thing in Mexico. And there are many other Open Source and Free Software advocates, most of them more effective and eloquent then I'll ever be, busily speaking at conferences and workshops all over the world. All these words are having a positive effect. ...

Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/2226214

• By Barbara French, Tekrati - Directions on Microsoft lists Linux among Microsoft's top ten challenges. Evans Data offers developers a chance at a cash prize, while Dravis Group offers newbies a chance to catch up. IDC Meridien sees Linux as a fringe element in capital markets. Once again, IDC server research found Linux the only operating system type to see positive growth last quarter, this time in Western Europe.

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Red Hat 8: A glimpse of the desktop future http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/29/0128220

    Anonymous Reader writes "This article looks at Red Hat 8.0 and the     direction that is sets for the future of the Linux desktop. It makes     the case that Red Hat should produce the single best desktop     environment that it can with its limited resources."

Open Source, Closed Documentation?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/28/1510236

    sunset asks: "Recently I was motivated to look at WebGUI which looks     like a pretty cool open source project. However I was having trouble     making it work..."

Interview with the Gnomemeeting Team
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1627226

    mangeli writes: We put the Gnomemeeting team in the Interview Chair to     find out what, and who is behind the program.

A Peek at History, Piracy-Free
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1354223

    Media company British Pathe, which produced 3,500 newsreels between     1910 and 1970, puts its entire collection online. But rather than     adding digital copyright protection, the company simply stamped its     logo on each downloadable clip.

Ex-Computer Hacker Granted Radio License http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1353213

    The man the federal government once labeled ``the most wanted computer     criminal in U.S. history'' has won a long fight to renew his ham radio     license and next month can resume surfing the Internet.

Finding an opening
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1035249

    Open-source databases, including MySQL and PostgreSQL, are marching     into the enterprise via their inclusion in major Linux distributions,     which are quickly growing in usage on middle-tier servers and back-end     clusters.

Raising top-quality rabble
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1032227

    Rick calls himself "a software generalist" in the Linux community, who     answers technical questions on-line, concerning all aspects of Linux.     He does this on the mailing lists of various Linux user groups (without     respect to geographical boundaries - he is very active on the Linux     Users of Victoria list), on Usenet newsgroups, and as a member of the     answer gang of the monthly e-magazine Linux Gazette.

Availinux launches its Online Community
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1026238

    Availinux writes "Availinux has launched its High Availability online     web-portal, www.availinux.com geared towards professional users with     mission critical needs."

Bluefish-gtk2-0.8 At-A-Glance
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1025257

    LPH writes "Individuals wanting to learn a little more about Bluefish     might be interested in this At-A-Glance written by the Tux Reports     Team. Two screenshots are included to show the new file selector and     the syntax highlighting by PCRE."

IBM Mulls Linux For Its PCs
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/213223

    Kolkata: International Business Machines (IBM) may soon start packing     its PCs with the open-source Linux operating system (OS). IBMÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2019;s Linux     initiative has so far been limited to its servers and workstations.                                                             

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