[newsforge daily] July 25, 2003

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July 25, 2003

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Linux Advisory Watch - July 25th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/25/0344235

• by Benjamin D. Thomas This week, advisories were released for apache, kernel, nfs-utils, cups, phpgroupware, fdclone, several, gnupg, phpgroupware, mpg123, mozilla, semi, ethereal, and xpdf. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Linux, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, Trustix, TurboLinux, and YellowDog Linux.

Gambling on Linux pays off in Nevada
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1646215

• by Karen D. Schwartz - When Churchill County School District in Fallon, Nev., asked Dan O'Barr to find a replacement for an aging and expensive PIX firewall in 2000, the technology manager for the school district learned it would cost $20,000 to upgrade the hardware and acquire additional licenses through Cisco Systems. O'Barr decided he had nothing to lose by trying to create a firewall with Linux. Even though he didn't have much experience ...

Making Mac and Linux play nicely together http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1836248

• by Joe Barr - I recently decided to start making more use of a neglected computer of mine. It's an eMac that has been sitting quietly on my kitchen table the past two years. I decided to explore how best to share files, printers, and applications between a Macintosh and my desktop Linux box.

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   Multiple Linux 2.4 Kernel Vulnerabilities http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1758226

     Red Hat has released an advisory reporting the existence of multiple     vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.4 kernel. Exploitation of these issues     could expose sensitive information to local attackers, permit denial of     service attacks or allow malicious local users to gain elevated     privileges.

   Asian Linux: Some keen, others cool
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1736255

     Asia can leapfrog Western countries in the development of Linux-based     applications but some governments are not latching on to this     opportunity, says a senior IBM executive.

   Mandrake Linux 9.2 Beta
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1735200

     Mandrake Linux 9.2 Beta 1 has arrived to offer you the opportunity of     an entertaining summer bug squashing. Ranking of this next Mandrake, as     for level of refinement, is partly in your hands. Join forces with the     Mandrake Development team! Install the Beta and send your reports.     Remember however that this is an experimental distribution not suitable     to everyday-tasks machines. Take care.

Government optimistic about ability to meet challenges of knowledge economy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1730245

     The Federal Government has implicit confidence in its ability to meet     the challenges of the knowledge economy. Towards this end, the     government says efforts are being made to give Nigeria a respectable     place in the global Information Technology community by harnessing the     large potentials that exist in the country.

Open Survey Pilot Version 1.0
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1649218

     Opensurveypilot is a strong opensource webbased system for generating     complete online surveys, polls and many more. You can generate a survey     and get the whole statistics in the backend with a powerful API to     generate Charts in any way or export the data to EXCEL. Download: The     download will be available in the next days.

Jahshaka at Siggraph 2003!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/174247

    Jah Shaka writes "Jahshaka will be on display in the Khronos booth,     #3535 at Siggraph running on the industries first OpenML card! OpenML     is going to drastically change the way computers handle video by truely     bringing the worlds of video and 3d together. Feel free to stop by and     find out how this amazing technology will be changing the way you work!     For information on the show you can go to the Khronos website We will     also be discussing OpenML ...

EC funds project to promote Open Source in embedded systems http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/172223

     The European Commission (EC) has funded a project to promote the     adoption of Open Source software, including Linux, in embedded systems.     The project, known as Industrial Embedded Systems (INES), was funded by     the European Community's Fifth Framework Programme for research,     technological development, and demonstration activities. The initiative     is investing in twenty-three "key actions," and the INES project is     part of key action 4.2.4, ...

Red Hat turning retail-boxed Linux 9 into a development-only version http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1652225

     By keeping its desktop Red Hat Linux product on a controlled release     cycle, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Linux vendor makes it easier for     consumers and small business users to have a reliable version to     install and use on their machines.

SuSE Linux SAP Support Deal Gives 'One Throat to Choke' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1651213

     Because SuSE Linux has a single code base, when the company develops     bug fixes or adds a service pack it can "churn that back into the code     in less than half a day."

eCosCentric partners with SuperH
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1611249

    Alex Schuilenburg writes "CAMBRIDGE, UK -- July 24, 2003 -- eCosCentric     Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today announced their     partnership with SuperH Inc to deliver the eCos real-time operating     system and RedBoot firmware on SuperH RISC CPU cores. The partnership     will extend the existing eCos coverage of SuperH embedded development     boards to include the SH-4 MicroDev Platform, enabling a wide range of     developers to evaluate eCos and the ...                                                             

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