[newsforge daily] January 01, 2003

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January 01, 2003

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  NewsForge Reports

Happy New Year
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0250204

    NewsForge/Linux.com staff is taking a short break Dec 31 and Jan 1.     We'll do a few NewsVac updates these two days, but our next original     article will appear on Jan 2, 2003. See you then!

The most popular Linux article ever?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/29/1856249

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - You've seen a headline or two recently on NewsForge that said something like "Microsoft fights off Windows rival Linux." I say "headline or two" because we goofed up and and linked to this story at least twice, under different headlines. It was an easy mistake to make because this AP story has run in more newspapers and on more news Web sites than any other story I have ever seen with the word "Linux" in it.

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.

   NewsForge NewsVac

Bootable Business Card nears 2.0 release http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0622229

    Had this been an actual Linux emergency, you could really use the     LNX-BBC rescue disk right now. Here's how to test the new release and     make sure this mini-distribution has what it needs to rescue your     system in the future.

MozillaZine Review of the Year 2002
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0620251

    Anonymous Reader writes "From MozillaZine: 'With the release of Mozilla     1.0, the start of the Phoenix and Chimera projects and the launch of     Gecko-based browsers from AOL, 2002 has been an exciting year for the     Mozilla project. Join us as we take a look back at the past twelve     months.'"

The State of GNU/Linux in 2002: It was Good. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0618214

    Timothy R. Butler writes "This year has proven most interesting for     GNU/Linux. While there was not any amazing surprises, there were     numerous events that are noteworthy for review. The upshot to all of     this is that most of what happened was good overall for the Free     Software community."

India: HP Bundles AMD-Linux For Presario http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0616236

    NZheretic writes "Kolkata: Welcome to New YearÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2019;s Diwali sale Ã&#x201a;Â&#x2014;     Hewlett-Packard is slashing the price of its Compaq Presario home PC     using a combination of AMD processors and Linux operating system (OS),     thus also striking another blow at the dominance of Wintel in the     Indian market. For PC users, the savings are huge: a branded MNC PC for     Rs 30,990 (USD $645) , against the current Presario price of Rs 39,990     (USD $833) based on Wintel or ...

The 2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/2124236

    linuxquestions writes "The 2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice     Awards are now underway. The polls will be open for two months and     topics include Distribution of the Year, Office Suite of the Year and     much more. This is your chance to be heard."

DesktopLinux.com poll to close tomorrow
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1038233

    Anonymous Reader writes "In the final month of the Desktop Linux     distribution 'quick poll', Debian is leading the pack with 24% and     Mandrake is in second place with 20.8% of the votes. Total number of     votes cast is 9725."

Desktop Linux Application Tips
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1037234

    Anonymous Reader writes "Walt Pennington authors this practical guide     for using Desktop Linux applications. Pennington covers some essential     areas for users getting started downloading Linux, creating .pdf files,     disabling pop-up ads, and tips for secure online transactions in this     article . . ."

McNealy: Sun won't go down on his company http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/168220

    SAN FRANCISCO Ã&#x201a;Â&#x2014; While critics and rivals snipe that his company, Sun     Microsystems, is sinking, Scott McNealy maintains his Captain     Courageous demeanor.

Annual scorecard
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/160253

    The year is drawing to a close, so now is a good time to evaluate my     predictions for 2002.

Case Study: Open source packs free IP telephony http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/160212

    Open source IP telephony software packages are helping users move away     from the traditional world of proprietary office phone systems, PBXs     with closed operating systems and expensive specialty components.                                                             

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