[newsforge daily] February 24, 2003

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February 24, 2003

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How to bring more commercial applications to Linux http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1830208

• By Matija Suklje - What most of you have probably already noticed is that Linux lacks commercial "professional" applications (e.g. Photoshop, flash MX) and commercial games. And that is the main reason why most "dual-booters" and potential Linux users don't (fully) migrate to this astounding OS. And why doesn't the Linux community get any greater confirmation from the commercial industry? Because they think that we, the Linux users, wouldn't ...

Education 'portal' for Linux launched
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1534259

• by Tina Gasperson -With the slogan, "Who you are...What you need" Linux advocate Jonathan Hughes launched the Linux in Education portal on February 20th. The site is designed specifically to provide teachers and other people involved in education with tools, resources, and information about implementing Linux.

Linux Advisory Watch - February 21st, 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1111251

• 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 mod_dav, w3m, cups, php, mysql, openssl, mailman, syslinux, nethack, bitchx, util-linux, apcupdb, pam, shadow-utils, and imp.  The distributors include ...

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Happy Fifth Birthday to mozilla.org
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/1930258

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    Anonymous Reader writes "MozillaZine reports that mozilla.org is     five-years-old today."

India Gets Its First Linux Publication
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/1424202

    India's first Linux magazine recently hit the stands, and free software     enthusiasts are looking to the Delhi-published magazine to help build     interest in non-proprietary software in a country that likes to call     itself a (potential) software superpower.

The Danger of Software Patents
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/1224243

    A.Guru prasadh writes "Speech by Richard M. Stallman at Government     Model Engineering College,Kochi, India on 18th Feb 2003"

HDTV via GNU Radio
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/1222220

    Discussion: NortonDC writes "High Definition TV has been successfully     captured in its native data stream from an over the air broadcast by a     software defined radio...

NewToLinux looking for translators
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/1220252

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    Tom Chance writes "NewToLinux are looking for people to translate out     tutorials and articles into languages other than English, to increase     accessibility for those whose first language isn't English. Anyone who     would feel confident translating into other languages is welcome and     encouraged to help out."

New ``topdown'' uvm in NetBSD-current
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/1219231

    Jan Schaumann writes "Andrew Brown has committed changes to -current     implementing a new ``topdown'' uvm. With these changes, the areas for     heap growth and mmap(2)'ed be separate, are now one and the same,     allowing either one to grow much larger than before.

Africa prepares for open source launch in Geneva http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/1215221

    Anonymous Reader writes "Africa took centre stage in Geneva on Friday     with the launch of the Open Source foundation for Africa at the World     Summit on the Information Society."

QUIK Computing announces release of Ace Operator v 1.0b http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/22/148248

    QUIK Computing is pleased to announce the release of Ace Operator     version 1.1.0b. Ace Operator is an instant messaging call center     solution that can be accessed from web pages.

Book Review - Cisco Secure Virtual Private Network http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/22/144200

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    Mirko Zorz writes "This publication is designed to give the readers     basic knowledge of planning, administering and maintaining Virtual     Private Networks. It does provide some general VPN related information,     but as it is a written reference for the Cisco Secure Virtual Private     Networks courses, book will be of a great use to the readers wanting to     enable VPN with their Cisco products. Read more at Help Net Security."

MontaVista Software Enables New Intel® Network Processors http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/22/142233

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Intel Developer Forum, Feb. 20, 2003 — MontaVista     Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, announced     that MontaVista™ Linux® Professional Edition will support the new     Intel® IXP420, IXP421 and IXP422 network processors unveiled at the     Intel Developer Forum that opened earlier this week in San Jose, Calif.                                                             

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