[newsforge daily] March 17, 2003

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March 17, 2003

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The state of SuSE
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1421252

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I spent a little time on AIM with SuSE U.S. rep (and all-around nice guy) Holger Dyroff, discussing SuSE's new products, trends in Linux desktop/consumer use, and the state of Linux market penetration in general. This transcript has been edited (very lightly) only for grammar and spelling, not content. Make sure you read all the way to the end, where Holger mentions SuSE's take on SCO's decision to commit corporate ...

PCQLinux 8.0 (Aquamarine): A "super" distribution http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/11/1252203

• By Clinton Goveas - A respected Indian monthly magazine, PCQuest, has come out with its own Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux 8.0, which it claims addresses everything from a home desktop to a supercomputer.

Linux Advisory Watch - March 14th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1025253

    by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week advisories were released for zlib,     sendmail, qpopper, file, snort, mysqlcc, netscape-flash, ethereal,     usermode, tcpdump, and lprold.  The distributors include Caldera,     Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux, Gentoo, Mandrake,     NetBSD, Red Hat, and SuSE.

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Linux System Security: The Administrator's Guide to Open Source Security Tools, 2/e http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2355211

    LogError writes "Choosing "Linux System Security" for a title of your     book is surely a pretentious step. But usually, when someone picks this     kind of name for a planned publication, he or she is sure to deliver     the quality readers expect. I'm satisfied to say that, in this case,     the authors do provide the level of information suitable for the book's     title."

SCO-Caldera v IBM: Conectiva Rejects SCO-Caldera's Linux-Related Allegations http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0533228

    An Anonymous Reader writes "SCO-Caldera's Complaint belittles and     insults Linux developers, the Linux kernel, GNU/Linux, Linux     distribution providers -- in essence the entire GNU/Linux and free     software community."

   Techniques emerge for speeding simulation with Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0529216

     Linux-based workstations can provide a significant Verilog simulation     speedup over more expensive Sun Solaris workstations, but only if the     Linux workstations are carefully chosen and properly used, according to     engineers who shared their experiences in the latest (March 14) E-Mail     Synopsys Users Group mailing.

   Q&A: Sun's Neil Knox weighs in on blades, Linux and strategy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0526253

     Although it's among the market leaders in the low-end server business,     Sun Microsystems Inc. has in recent years been known much more for its     success at the high end. In this interview with Computerworld, Neil     Knox, executive vice president of Sun's volume systems product group,     talked about his company's recent blade-server product launch, its     emerging throughput computing strategy and Linux.

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   Debunking the Linux-Windows market-share myth http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0524246

     There are dozens of reasons why people have underestimated how quickly     Linux has been grabbing Windows' market share. Windows starts out with     a false boost and maintains its illusory market share even as it gets     replaced by Linux. In 2004, don't be surprised when Linux overtakes     Windows to become the main focus for developers.

LindowsOS 3.0 Review
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/2129214

    Anonymous Reader writes "A review of LindowsOS 3.0 that doesn't take on     the hype surrounding this distribution. Read it at OSNews.com."

GNOME 2.2 Gains Muscle and Polish
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1915254

     One of the cardinal virtues of open-source software is its penchant     for preserving choice. It's no surprise, then, that there's more than     one good option available when it comes to the desktop environments     through which users interact with Linux and similar operating systems.

The Wrong Choice: Company rejects Linux, learns a lesson http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/191230

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "Charged with implementing an application     server that ran on both Linux and Windows 2000, webmaster Joe Sechman     immediately chose Linux. Unfortunately, Sechman, who works for a large     organization he preferred not to name, couldn't persuade his company's     executives to back his choice."

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Sistina execs: Linux-based SANs spell success http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/173259

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "Scalability used to be the straw that broke     Linux's back. That's not the case anymore, according to Matt O'Keefe,     CTO of Sistina Software Inc., in Minneapolis, Minn. "With a Linux     cluster, an IT shop can design the system from the get-go so that it     can handle very large amounts of data," he said."

CA releases more Linux products
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/171204

    Computer Associates (M) Sdn Bhd has released more solutions for     integrating Linux-based resources into a cross-platform environment.                                                             

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