[newsforge daily] March 14, 2003

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March 14, 2003

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SmartCertify now offering new Linux Professional Institute courseware http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/1837248

• by Tina Gasperson - SmartCertify, a very aggressive online marketer of its tech training and testing services, is now offering Linux Professional Institute (LPI) certification courseware. How do we know? We got a spam - uh, we mean, a monthly newsletter! That's the thing about having really smart preschoolers. Every time we get up to check the roast, they're right there in our recently vacated computer chair, signing us up for more email lists.

Michael Robertson: the Steve Case of Linux http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/1819238

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - AOL sucks. There are many better, lower-cost ISPs. And Lindows sucks. There are many better, lower-cost Linux distributions available. These are articles of faith among sophisticated Internet and Linux users. But the Internet as a whole owes a lot to AOL and Steve Case, and Lindows is doing as much for Linux as AOL has done for the Internet, whether you like it or not.

BOFH is now passé, according to one consultant http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/1621236

• by Tina Gasperson - Rick Freedman, IT consultant and author, says he sees changes coming in the typical IT admin job description. No longer will sysadmins or network administrators be able to get by on technical talent alone. In the near future, they're going to need - gasp - people skills.

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Windows out, Linux in
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1847217

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     While recent research from Gartner Dataquest shows that Linux server     sales are up compared to Unix boxes (see the first newsletter of last     week), that's not the whole story when considering how much Linux is     actually being used in enterprise networks.

1GHz PPC-based Linux-compatible SBC targets DoD "smart platforms" http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1716238

     Synergy Microsystems announced a PowerPC-based single-board computer     that the company says was designed specifically to meet the DoD's     emerging "smart platform" requirements.

1dok.org at the CeBIT 2003 ...and more
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1713233

    dada9700 writes "1. CeBIT: In cooperation with the Federal Ministry for     Education and Research (BMBF), the Fraunhofer Institute for open     communication systems and the Technologietransferzentrale     Schleswig-Holstein 1dok.org will fill one of the Future Talks subject     blocs at the CeBIT 2003 on 18 Mar 2003."

Microsoft blesses VM technology
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1710237

     In late February, Microsoft acquired technology that could     significantly change the way companies acquire server hardware and     deploy Windows-based operating systems on the client and the server.     For Microsoft, the acquisition of Connectix virtual machine (VM)     technology signals a major change in its attitude toward the     virtualization of its operating systems.

Mandrake Linux 9.0 for AMD 64-bit technology is available http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1655232

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    Gael Duval writes "MandrakeSoft today announced the release of Mandrake     Linux 9.0 for Opteron® processors based on AMD 64-bit technology. This     development will lead to a planned release in April 2003 of the     'Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1' for AMD Opteron®, a product     dedicated to server deployment in medium to large accounts. Later in     June 2003, MandrakeSoft will release 'MandrakeClustering' for     Opteron®, an easy-to-use clustering solution ...

How Open Source Software Harms the Environment http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1650207

    turmeric writes "As you may know, Open Source has always lagged far     behind in many 'consumer' type of features. Among the most prominent     are 'power saving' modes featured on many of the newer PCs. The     subsystems, of hardware, BIOS, and operating systems, reduce the amount     of power consumed by the computer when it is not in use, and thus save     energy and the environment. However, it is clear that by eschewing     these features as being for 'lame ...

Mandrake Linux Advisory: usermode
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1559207

     The /usr/bin/shutdown command that comes with the usermode package can     be executed by local users to shutdown all running processes and drop     into a root shell.

Debian Security Advisory - qpopper user privilege escalation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1551211

    Florian Heinz posted to the Bugtraq mailing list an exploit for qpopper     based on a bug in the included vsnprintf implementation.

O-STEP Seeks to Step Up Open Source Transition http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1541213

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     Stepping up to give software makers a push to open source their     products, The Center of Open Source & Government Tuesday unveiled the     Open Source Threshold Escrow Program, or O-STEP.

Community: Island Nation's ISP is All Open Source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1537226

     The government of Kiribati (Pacific Islands) has given the technical     management of the country-code Top Level Domain .ki to Telecom Services     Kiribati Limited, the sole ISP for Kiribati.                                                             

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