[newsforge daily] April 01, 2003

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April 01, 2003

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Dalai Lama announces Yellow Hat Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/213251

    Dharamsala, India, 1 April 2003 - The Dalai Lama today announced the     official release of Yellow Hat GNU/Linux. Produced by the Gelugpa or
"Yellow Hat" sect of Tibetan Buddhism, this GNU/Linux distribution is
    designed to encourage benevolence and cooperation. The Dalai Lama said,
"The experience of sharing free software will teach all human beings
    the principle of benevolence toward other beings. Software is     formalized knowledge, and sharing ...

New managing editor joins NewsForge.com
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1645253

• By Lee Schlesinger - You're going to be seeing my name around here, so I thought I'd use my first byline to introduce myself. I'm Lee Schlesinger, and I've joined OSDN as managing editor. I'll be keeping tabs on the editorial side of NewsForge.com and DevChannel.org.

Open Source needs centralized PR, not development http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/1322252

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - It happened again: A complaint was brought up on a free software email list I'm on about the lack of a certain type of open source program, but there are several healthy projects in that area I knew about, and other list members pointed out yet others. Why didn't we all know about all of them? And if we don't know, how can we expect potential corporate open source adopters, who aren't on "inner circle" Linux and ...

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Random Hacks of Kindness Volume #3 published http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/022209

    An Anonymous Reader writes "Affero announced today the March 2003     publication of their community newsletter, Random Hacks of Kindness.     Good work and support provided by members of Freenode,     LinuxQuestions.org and Scoop Media communities are recognized. Care2002     is the featured open source project that is doing great things in the     health care community."

Scyld Computing and OSDgroup offer Beowulf Training http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1915209

    John Weathersby writes "Oxford, MS/Annapolis, MD March 31, 2003 The     Open Source Development Group, Inc, (www.osdgroup.com) and Scyld     Computing Corporation (www.scyld.com) have formed a strategic alliance     to provide training programs for Beowulf clustering technology.

SuSE Linux Firewall on CD 2
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/176209

     In line with industry trends towards software appliances for security     applications, SuSE has released a bundled OS plus firewall software     installation. It comes with a minimal SuSE Linux preconfigured boot-up     system, which hardens the OS in turning off non-essential services. As     with other software appliances, a key benefit is being able to install     the firewall together with the OS, easily turning a PC into a     relatively robust appliance.

OpenZaurus 3.2 is released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1658217

     I hereby announce the release of OpenZaurus 3.2. OZ (OpenZaurus) is an     alternative Linux distribution for Handheld devices, primarily the     Sharp SL-5000D and SL-5500 PDAs. Said distribution includes the Opie     graphical environment, and numerous enhancements to both kernel and     userspace when compared to the stock Embedix distribution on the     Zaurus.

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IBM Moves Lawsuit from State to Federal Court http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1631239

    Anonymous Reader writes "IP attorney John S. Ferrell and     MozillaQuest.com's Mike Angelo discuss IBM's removal of SCO's Caldera v     IBM lawsuit to federal court. Why did IBM move the lawsuit to the     United States District Court for Utah? What effect will moving Caldera     v IBM to the District Court for Utah have on the outcome of the     lawsuit? What is IBM's defense likely to be? Will it work? All these     questions and more discussed in this in-depth, ...

   Tarantella Enterprise 3 Validated on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1628221

    Tarantella, Inc., a leading supplier of secure, application access     software, today announced that Tarantella Enterprise 3, Version 3.3 has     been successfully validated on the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8     (SLES8) platform.

SuSE Linux 8.2: Evolutionary, but not Revolutionary http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1535251

    Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews posted an informative review of the     upcoming SuSE Linux 8.2. While the article concludes that this is     mostly an incremental point release with no major new features, we     learn about some minor installation problems, some usability issues,     tools that are there and tools that are missing (e.g. samba) and more."

IDT Offers Free Linux-Based Software Package for Interprise Family of Integrated Communications Proc http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1613240

    IDT(TM) (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; Nasdaq: IDTI), a leading     communications IC company, today announced it will provide royalty-free     Linux(R)-based software packages optimized for all members of its     Interprise(TM) family of integrated communications processors.     Providing the fundamental building blocks for a wide range of     Linux-based embedded designs, the IDT Linux solutions enable system     designers to add value through application code ...

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Debian's Own SourceForge
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/168237

    Raphael Hertzog recently announced Alioth, a SourceForge installation     dedicated for Debian use. All developers automatically have accounts,     though anyone may get an account. Quoting the front page, the purpose     of Alioth is multiple: to provide facilities to free software projects     supported by Debian developers, to make it easier for non-Debian     developers to contribute to projects initiated by Debian, and to     support projects whose goal is to ...

Growing trust in Linux not reflected in sales http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/165212

     Confidence in open source software is growing, but there has been no     growth in overall usage, according to new research.                                                             

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