[newsforge daily] April 14, 2003

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April 14, 2003

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Using Mozilla 1.3's "Junk" email filter
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/0336205

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - My new Mandrake 9.1 installation includes Mozilla 1.3, which comes with a simple Bayesian email filter that does a pretty fair job of getting rid of junk email before you waste eyeball time on it. But it is not a perfect utility, and unless you set it up correctly some of the email you want to read will inevitably end up in the "Junk" folder. This article explains some tricks I found to prevent this from happening, ...

Linux not ready for the desktop? Give me a break! http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/203248

• Lee Schlesinger - I'm tired of reading on an almost monthly basis articles asserting that Linux isn't yet ready for the desktop. Nonsense! Linux is about as ready for the desktop as Windows is. It's simply a matter of corporate and user inertia that's keeping Linux marginalized.

Linux Advisory Watch - April 11th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/0314230

    By Benjamin D. Thomas This week, advisories were released for snort,     sendmail, samba, dhcp, file, kernel ptrace, zlib, man, mutt, metrics,     moxftp, glibc, heimdal, seti, kde, apache, cvs, kerberos, mysql, httpd,     and openssl. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo,     Immunix, FreeBSD, Mandrake, Slackware, SuSE, and Trustix.

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Is Linux getting too easy?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/14/0531200

    Anonymous Reader writes "In The view from the desktop, Dennis E. Powell     wonders if Linux is becoming so easy that our skills are atrophying and     new users aren't learning those skills at all."

guanxiCRM to become the most popular CRM in China http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/14/0343258

    ABOD writes "SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net) statistics show that     guanxiCRM (http://www.guanxiCRM.com) has been downloaded 1500 times     since this CRM package was released only 3 weeks ago.

Success with Linux on the Home Desktop
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/2346209

    Anonymous Reader writes "A user takes on Red Hat Linux 8 and Mandrake     9.1 and he finds that for his requirements, Linux on the desktop is a     success. Read the article at OSNews.com."

An Introduction to Open Source Communities http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/053227

     Open source software communities are one of the most successful-and     least understood-examples of high-performance collaboration and     community-building on the Internet today. Other types of communities     could benefit enormously from understanding how open source communities     work.

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Open Media Toolkit goes GPL
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/052209

     The Open Media toolkit (OMT), a platform independent C++ framework for     developing real-time 2D/3D multimedia applications, has recently been     released under the GNU General Public License. OMT has reportedly been     used to develop a number of commercial applications including games     from Disney, Hasbro, Mattel, Scitex, and HumanCode.

Partition Expert: Your Very Own Partition Techie http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/050237

    Anonymous Reader writes "A few months ago I had a few minutes of free     time on my hands and so I made a stop at Best Buy to browse for some     networking equipment. As I walked toward the hardware section, a     software package caught my eye that I hadn't heard of before: "Acronis     PartitionExpert." Realizing the need for a good partitioning tool in     many environments that use GNU/Linux, I made a mental note to contact     Acronis when I got back to the ...

   Linux enables new Internet/DVD player http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0457219

     A new Linux-based set-top box has been announced by Video Without     Boundaries Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). The VWB-3000 "MediaReady     Internet/DVD Player", which is roughly the size of a normal DVD player,     combines the functions of DVD player and Intenet access. Consumers can     use the new device to browse the web, play streaming media, access     their email, watch DVDs, and "even sing karaoke from any television,"     the company said.

   Dawn of the dynamic enterprise
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0456240

     IT strategists and visionaries peering into 2004 and beyond see a     potentially catastrophic flaw in existing enterprise solutions:     complexity. How serious is it? Every business that hosts or outsources     large-scale solutions will take a hit.

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   India seeks global role in embedded software http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0455243

    Indian software companies are stepping up embedded-software development     to mine a promising business vein. After years of developing software     internally, suppliers like Wipro, Sasken, HCL Technologies and Mistral     Software now look to cash in on their expertise globally.

   Honeypots get stickier for hackers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0454250

     If Lance Spitzner has his way, network defenders will get sweeter on     the "honeypot"--a traditional method of detecting online intruders.                                                             

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