[newsforge daily] February 03, 2003

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February 03, 2003

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The rise of the $99 'consumer' Linux distribution http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/1420212

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - $99, give or take $20, seems to be the new price point for full-featured, consumer-level Linux distributions. This is a great deal for non-technical users, since most of the new-wave consumer Linux products give users a much prettier and easier experience than traditional, all-GPL distributions tailored for a geeky user base. Whether or not the current explosion of Linux use by ordinary people is "good" is still ...

Commentary: Hard for Open Source software to be mainstream in developing countries http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2152219

• by Sebastian Bassi - There is a lot of fuss about government adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) around the world. One well-known case is the initiative in Peru, but there are several more in other third world countries like Argentina [1], Brazil, Paraguay and Chile.

Linux Advisory Watch - January 31st 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0927219

• 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. This week, advisories were released for kdeutils, noffle, dhcp3, tomcat3, courier, mysql, fetchmail, vim, webalizer, postgresql, and cvs. The distributors include Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde ...

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Dell, Sun execs trade jabs over Unix viability http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0924255

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    Because Dell's systems are based on Oracle, and Oracle is available to     both the Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux environments, Mott says that     Dell looked into switching to Linux. The company determined that such     move would yield a configuration 89 percent faster and 41 less     expensive. Keeping in mind that Dell has strategic sales relationships     with both Red Hat and Oracle, it's hard to say how much of this     reconfiguration is mandated. On the other ...

Slammer Didn't Hurt, But the Next One Might http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0922256

    Air traffic control wasn't compromised, but FAA worries it could happen     in the future.

Space shuttle, Microsoft, KDE, GNOME, LDN http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0921249

    Anonymous Reader writes "The week that was: Shuttle tragedy to prompt     reappraisal of space program? Is Microsoft security ever going to be an     issue? KDE-3.1 is released; Final GNOME-2.2 candidate is, too. Linux     and Main and Linux Daily News part ways"

The Big Lessons of a Little Worm
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1139219

    Even though systems engineers quickly blunted Slammer's weekend attack,     that success can't hide the gaping holes in the Internet's armor.

Drupal Content Management System v4.1.0
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1138250

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    Anonymous Reader writes "Version 4.1 of the Drupal open source content     management system (blogs, news, publishing, discussion, etc...) was     released today. It's a pretty impressive release, proving Drupal to be     a real contender in the CMS world. This release includes support for     user profiles, comment moderation, improved forums, an auto-throttle     congestion control mechanism, improved statistics tracking, paging,     various performance improvements, ...

Mandrake 9.1 Beta 3 Screenshots & Review (Rant http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137255

    Anonymous Reader writes "I have posted some screenshots and a little     review/rant of Mandrake 9.1 beta 3 at my site."

TightVNC: Remote X the fast, easy & secure way http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137221

    Joe Barr writes "All in all, TightVNC was as easy to configure and use     as it was to install, even when I opted for extra privacy by using a     secure tunnel between Susan's machine and mine. Here's how I did it."

Shuttle Apparently Disintegrates
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1633242

    Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas     minutes before it was to land Saturday in Florida. TV video showed what     appeared to be falling debris, as NASA declared an emergency and sent     search teams to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Experts: Microsoft security gets an 'F'
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1342208

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    Computer security experts say the recent "SQL Slammer" worm, the worst     in more than a year, is evidence that Microsoft's year-old security     push is not working. "Trustworthy Computing is failing," Russ Cooper of     TruSecure Corp. said of the Microsoft initiative. "I gave it a     'D-minus' at the beginning of the year, and now I'd give it an 'F."'

GarageGames Launches Marble Blast for Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/139229

    Anonymous Reader writes "GarageGames announced today the release of the     Linux version of their highly acclaimed 3D game, Marble Blast."                                                             

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