[newsforge daily] May 09, 2003

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May 09, 2003

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SuSE 8.2 -- better than Mandrake for new users? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/27/1850233

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I have been using SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional for two weeks now, and it is as close to Linux desktop perfection as I have found so far. (I know I'm not the first to say this, but I figure saying it one more time can't hurt.) This doesn't mean it's totally perfect, and my experience is on one particular laptop and may not be duplicated on your hardware, but this is the first SuSE version I have actually liked -- and ...

Open Source Initiative president responds to SCO's DoS claims http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/07/1022221

• by Eric S. Raymond - In a recent press release, SCO suggests that the Linux community may be responsible for the denial-of-service attack on its servers that occurred on Friday, May 2nd. This is a baseless slur, unsupported by facts.

Linux as a competitive 'real-time' OS
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/01/1934257

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This is the lightly-edited transcript of a NewsForge IM chat with Doug Abbott, a leading real-time Linux expert and proponent.

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   Big companies save big from open source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/2047205

     Large companies can save a substantial amount of money by using open     source software products, according to a study published Wednesday by     the Swiss consultancy Soreon Research.

The Four Degrees of Freedom
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/209248

    Suresh Das writes "The past two years (2001-2003) have been one of     rollercoaster events for the Free Software community in India. Media     spotlight was never lacking for community based software development     efforts like this, what was lacking however was the critical mass of     public opinion. In these 2 years the philosophy of Free and Open Source     Software has managed to attain that much needed momentum, and currently     can be proud to have initiated ...

"Hacking Exposed Linux, Second Edition" Book Review http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1959229

    LogError writes "The Hacking Exposed security titles don't need any     introduction. Written by the experts in the security field, they     provide loads of information as seen from both perspectives related to     a system administrator - securing and hacking. As the security scene is     actively progressing, the books from the Hacking Exposed series receive     upgrades in the form of new editions. Today, we take a look at second     edition of the successful ...

Fujitsu and Red Hat Enter Into Global Partnership to Offer Mission-Critical Linux Solutions http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1440242

    Fujitsu Limited and Red Hat today announced that they have signed a     global partnership agreement to technically enhance and market Red Hat     Enterprise Linux solutions for enterprise customers running     mission-critical applications on Fujitsu's Intel-based servers powered     by IntelÃ&#x201a;® XeonTM and ItaniumÃ&#x201a;® processors. The agreement significantly     expands the scope of the companies' cooperative relationship to date.

Iyonix Linux port established
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1830212

    The developers of the XScale powered Iyonix, Castle Technology, have     this afternoon launched their Linux for Iyonix project in order to     provide a port of the Linux kernel to Iyonix users. We've learnt that     Castle are "commited to producing a full Debian Linux distribution for     the Iyonix".

A Conversation with Jim Ready
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1744201

    Linux may well play a significant role in the future of the embedded     systems market, where the majority of software is still custom built     in-house and no large player has preeminence. The constraints placed on     embedded systems are very different from those on the desktop. We     caught up with Jim Ready of MontaVista Software to talk about what he     sees in the future of Linux as the next embedded operating system (OS).

Novell open-sources UDDIv2 server code ... http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1740204

    Vijay KN writes "Novell Nsure UDDI Server is a UDDI 2.0 registry built     on Directory Services technology. It offers a secure access to the     registry contents (authentication and authorization), unified account     management, and distribution of the registry by leveraging Directory     Services. It works with any LDAP(V3) based directory backend. When     integrated with Novell eDirectory, it gives the best performance and     added features for Enterprise ...

Interview with Eric Pouech
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1616237

     This week's interview is with Eric Pouech. Eric hails from France and     has been involved with Wine for a number of years. His involvement has     centered around multimedia work, the wine console, and the debugger.     Most of the questions below center on one of those areas.

   Big companies save big from open source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1521209

     Large companies can save a substantial amount of money by using open     source software products, according to a study published Wednesday by     the Swiss consultancy Soreon Research.

Catapult Ships Linux Test Systems to Fujitsu Limited http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/08/1437208

    Catapult Communications Corporation today announced the first shipments     of LANCE, its new Linux-based telecom test system, to Fujitsu Limited     in Japan. LANCE is a single-user test system that can be used for     design and feature verification, interoperability, and acceptance     testing -- functions that almost all telecom companies need.                                                             

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