[newsforge daily] April 23, 2003

 OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK                 DAILY EDITION * NEWSLETTER

----------------------------------------------------------------------

April 23, 2003

                                  NewsForge                                  

  NewsForge Reports

Oregon Open Source bill not dead yet
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/215203

• Doug Dingus - Portland Oregon - Despite reports to the contrary, the Oregon Legislature is continuing to debate the issue of Open Source software use in State government. HB 2892 has already been though a General Government Committee hearing despite strong lobbying efforts from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Computing Technology Industry Association, and the American Electronics Association (AeA). This is a big win with more to come if ...

Review: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0 on AMD Opteron hardware http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1914216

• Russell Pavlicek - New versions of Linux normally make the technical community curious about what additional features and improved capabilities are included. However, the latest release from SuSE focuses not on adding new software features but on making Linux available on a brand new hardware platform: the AMD Opteron. After taking the new system for a spin, I'm pretty impressed.

Tracking Tux: Research Round-up
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/206211

• By Barbara French, Tekrati - Red Hat garners favored status from Gartner and Illuminata, while Sun just gets scorched. Amid the Sun beating, an Aberdeen benchmark offered small respite, finding that Sun can at least beat Dell in scalability and cost of ownership. Meanwhile, Yankee Group cranks out practical advice to those focused on NT 4.0 replacement and Gartner helps ease open source into enterprise best practices.

   NewsForge NewsVac

DJ with Linux: OpenJay.org arrives!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1441217

Do you need help?

In addition to our free technical library, Pantek provides professional IT services to companies who utilize Open Source software: Learn more about Pantek's Technical Support offerings Place an order for 24/7/365 Technical Support here Learn more about Pantek, who we are, and what we do Chat with a Live Operator Related newsfeed.osdn.com Links devchannel-hpc-txt-mm devchannel-webservices-txt-mm freshmeat-update-txt-mm newsforge-daily-txt-mm osdn-business-txt-mm osdn-developer-txt-mm osdn-everything-txt-mm osdn-starter-txt-mm sffoundry-clustering-txt-mm sffoundry-distributed-txt-mm sffoundry-games-txt-mm sffoundry-java-txt-mm sffoundry-large-txt-mm Request more information about Pantek

    romaninz writes "This site focus on a new music image: the OpenSource     computer DJ...or simply OpenJ! Applications, development,     learning...the whole world for a DJ!"

 Mandrake Linux PowerPack Edition 9.1
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/170224

    Mandrake Linux 9.1 is in virtual lockstep with Red Hat and SuSE, but     offers cleaner fonts and support for partitioning NTFS drives.

Axceleon Announces Full Support for the AMD Opteron http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1431219

    Jacob Webb writes "Axceleon's EnFuzion certified for servers and     workstations built on AMD 64-bit architecture.

Linux 'Just Works' For Me (or, how I came to love Red Hat and Gnome) http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2323238

    Anonymous Reader writes "The testament of a Linux user through his     years of running Red Hat Linux and why it works adequately for his     needs. The editorial article is at OSNews."

Tonight Live: The Battle Rages On, plus JBoss > http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2316204

Do you need more help?

In addition to our free technical library, Pantek provides professional IT services to companies who utilize Open Source software: Learn more about Pantek's Technical Support offerings Place an order for 24/7/365 Technical Support here Learn more about Pantek, who we are, and what we do Chat with a Live Operator Related newsfeed.osdn.com Links devchannel-hpc-txt-mm devchannel-webservices-txt-mm freshmeat-update-txt-mm newsforge-daily-txt-mm osdn-business-txt-mm osdn-developer-txt-mm osdn-everything-txt-mm osdn-starter-txt-mm sffoundry-clustering-txt-mm sffoundry-distributed-txt-mm sffoundry-games-txt-mm sffoundry-java-txt-mm sffoundry-large-txt-mm Request more information about Pantek

    Tonight LIVE on www.thelinuxshow.com - At 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and     9pm et.... Kevin Hill, Arne Flones and Russ Pavlicek; are back live     tonight (Doc will not be in the Linux Lounge tonight, and Jeff is under     the weather, but may stop by). We have a great show lined up tonight on     The Linux Show!

Gaming and Linux in 2003
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1656208

     It is no secret that the vast majority of current game titles will     never see the light of day on Linux. With Loki dead and gone, and their     old stock quickly running out, some would go as far as to say that     Linux gaming is dead as well.

Legislating Open Source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1652208

     One of the biggest obstacles to deployment of open source is sheer     inertia: One reason that a government agency might choose not to deploy     it is simple laziness on the part of its IT professionals and decision     makers.

Sage, IBM partner for Linux BMS delivery http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1644227

    In one of the strongest endorsements of Linux as a viable mid-range     business platform to date, Sage and IBM have inked an Africa-wide     agreement to deliver Sage's business management solutions (BMS) on     IBM's Linux-running hardware.Sage is one the largest supplier of BMS     and related products and services to small to medium businesses (SMBs)     in the world. As such, this news is significant in a number of ways.

Linux lab revamps supercomputer plans
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1640207

Can we help you?

In addition to our free technical library, Pantek provides professional IT services to companies who utilize Open Source software: Learn more about Pantek's Technical Support offerings Place an order for 24/7/365 Technical Support here Learn more about Pantek, who we are, and what we do Chat with a Live Operator Related newsfeed.osdn.com Links devchannel-hpc-txt-mm devchannel-webservices-txt-mm freshmeat-update-txt-mm newsforge-daily-txt-mm osdn-business-txt-mm osdn-developer-txt-mm osdn-everything-txt-mm osdn-starter-txt-mm sffoundry-clustering-txt-mm sffoundry-distributed-txt-mm sffoundry-games-txt-mm sffoundry-java-txt-mm sffoundry-large-txt-mm Request more information about Pantek

    The Open Source Development Lab is getting a new chief executive, along     with more ambitious plans for corporate sponsorship.

Review: Photoshop under Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1623221

    Anonymous Reader writes "DesktopLinux.com previews the upcoming     CrossOver Office 2.0 release from CodeWeavers that introduces support     for Adobe Photoshop, among other featured enhancements. Embedded Linux     support engineer, and former Adobe test engineer, Cal Erickson gives     the new release extensive testing. Read on for his review . . . Read     full story."                                                             

Copyright (c)1999-2003 Open Source Development Network. All rights reserved Received on Wed Apr 23 11:55:01 2003