[newsforge daily] July 10, 2003

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July 10, 2003

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AirTraf: A handy Wi-Fi site survey tool
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/08/0043259

• by Lee Schlesinger - Last month I used NetStumbler under Windows to search for wireless access points in my travels. This month I gave a Linux-based alternative a spin. AirTraf is a basic site survey tool that looks for 802.11b access points and displays traffic statistics.

Stealing software the old-fashioned way
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/08/2048217

• by John O'Sullivan - The current market champions in the software industry have a dirty little secret. They depend on a degree of unauthorized software copying as part of their sales cycle.

Torvalds on OSDL, 2.6, and the future
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1516238

• by Joe Barr - Given Linus Torvalds's recent leave of absence from Transmeta to take a full-time position at OSDL to work on Linux kernel development, and with the approaching release of Linux 2.6, I thought now would be a good time to quiz Torvalds by email. As always, Torvalds was gracious and forthcoming in his replies.

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   Linux Users Standing Fast Despite SCO Legal Threats, InternetWeek Readers Say http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1911253

     SCO's Linux lawsuit and threats seem to be having little affect on IT     managers except to make them angry. Fully 91 percent of people     responding to an InternetWeek Reader Question said they will not change     their Linux deployment plans as a result of SCO's actions.

The Linux Server at the Heart of Our WLAN http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/182210

     Linux undoubtedly will support Serial ATA drives in the near future,     but before you go for a Serial ATA -based Linux solution, make sure     that Serial ATA support is not only available but stable and     documented.

Apache 2.0.47 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1815249

     The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are     pleased to announce the tenth public release of the Apache 2.0 HTTP     Server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in 2.0.47 as     compared to 2.0.46.

Analysis: x86 Vs PPC
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1753248

    Anonymous Reader writes "Nicholas Blachford (engineer of the PPC-based     PEGASOS Platform) wrote a long and detailed article, comparing the PPC     and the x86 architectures on a number of levels: performance, Vector     processing and Power Consumption differences, architectural     differences, RISC Vs CISC and more. The article is up-to-date and so it     takes the G5 into account too."

CD Encourages Businesses to Pick Up Open Source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1749243

    JB Snead writes "Windows users are finding out that Open Source     applications are a viable alternative to expensive software     licenses..."

Arcom announces the world's first PC/104 based IntelÃ&#x201a;® XScale embedded processor board http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1735218

    Jenny McCrae writes "Kansas City, USA and Cambridge, England - July,     2003. Arcom is pleased to announce the world's first ultra-low power     PC/104 form factor embedded processor board based on an Intel XScale     RISC processor. The VIPER board is a PC/104 (3.6" x 3.8") single board     computer using the 400MHz Intel PXA255 XScale application processor     (ARM v.5TE compliant) and is designed to offer a low power,     off-the-shelf solution for industrial ...

Another call for OS X on Intel chips
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1620200

     "I'm not the only one who thinks that Apple Computer's prime asset is     its software. That gorgeous user interface the company has developed     for its OS X operating system is more of a selling point than the hip     design of its iMacs and PowerBooks. And if Apple would rework its     software to run on Intel chips, I suspect quite a few PC users would     consider OS X an alternative on their Windows-based PCs," writes Paul     Gilster for newsobserver.com.

Konqi on Windows XP?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1619218

     Want to run Konqi from a Windows XP desktop? Want to use KDE's     marvellous Quanta Plus Web editor from inside Windows? Not that you     particularly like XP -- it's just that you have no choice. Well, with     NX now you can. I've compiled some background info on how to achieve     this, including some nice and revealing screenshots: Konqi on WinXP 1,     Konqi on WinXP 2, Quanta on WinXP, KDE Session on WinXP.

SuSE Linux: Standard Server 8 to ship in September http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/162215

     SuSE Linux plans to start shipping its Linux-based Standard Server 8     software worldwide in September.

A Linux Mystery: Configuring for Virtual Processors http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1534205

     Until Red Hat's improvements make it into the Linux kernel, sysadmins     are going to have to decide whether hyperthreading benefits their user     setups. That may be a hassle, but it beats taking a performance hit     from a feature that is supposed to do just the opposite.                                                             

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