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[osdn starter] June 26, 2003
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Zynot Foundation Forks Gentoo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/048221
[0]deque_alpha writes "The [1]Gentoo Linux distribution has been forked
by a group of Gentoo developers and community members. This fork is
being placed under the control of the non-profit [2]Zynot Foundation,
which will "hold the source code, trademarks, and any other
intellectual property developed by and for its community." The [3]goals
of the fork include improving stability and cross-platform reliability
to bring the Gentoo-developed technology to the enterprise and embedded
arenas." Another reader points out Zack Welsh's long article at
Zynot.org on [4]reasons for forking the Gentoo distribution.
Links
0. mailto:deque@soft h o m e . net
1.
http://www.gentoo.org/
2.
http://www.zynot.org/
3.
http://www.zynot.org/info/faq.html
4.
http://www.zynot.org/info/fork.html
Amazon Hacks For Fun and Money
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/0017257
An anonymous reader writes "There's a new BusinessWeek article looking
at [0]some of the cool hacks coming out of Amazon's [1]open API and XML
feed policy. Some nifty stuff - 27,000 developers have apparently
signed up to build hacks on Amazon data. It seems '..most are only
part-timers and hobbyists, but a growing number are serious programmers
who seek to make a living selling products based on the data Amazon is
offering on a silver platter.'"
Links
0. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2003/tc20030624_9735_tc113.htm
Hall On Worldwide Open Source Movement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2353220
[0]adamsmith_uk writes "There's an article up on ZDNet [1] summarizing
an interesting speech from Jon "Maddog" Hall about non-US open-source,
as well as protecting open-source from 'looters' - well worth a read:
'The open-source development community is an international treasure and
should be protected as such, said veteran Linux advocate Jon "Maddog"
Hall, in a talk in Birmingham, UK, that emphasized the role of
open-source software outside the United States.'"
Links
Public Domain Act Introduced Into Congress http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2248222
AnElder writes "In his blog yesterday Lawrence Lessig said
'...Congresswoman Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman Doolittle (R-CA)
[0]have agreed to introduce the Public Domain Enhancement Act into
Congress.' Today the [1]Eldred Act website features two press releases
announcing [2]the act's introduction, as well as its [3]immediate
support by '...the American Association of Law Libraries, the American
Library Association, and the Association of Research Libraries...'" We
ran a link to the petition supporting this Act [4]a few weeks back.
Links
0.
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_06.shtml#001315
1.
http://eldred.cc/
2.
http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000092.html
3.
http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000093.html
4.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1641229&tid=103
WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2211236
[0]cfarivar writes "'Like leaving a vault open, the [1]Palo Alto
Unified School District failed to place a number of highly sensitive
computer files containing student information in a locked location on
its network. Using a laptop with a wireless card outside the district's
main office, the Palo Alto Weekly [2]gained access to such data as
grades, home phone numbers and addresses, emergency medical information
complete with full-color photos of students and a psychological
evaluation."
Links
0. mailto:cfarivar @ ocf.berkeley.edu
1.
http://www.pausd.palo-alto.ca.us/
2.
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/paw/paonline/weekly/thisweek/2003_06_25.wire25.html
Comics On The Net - A Business Primer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2140242
[0]Snotty Pippen writes "There's a new article/report/white paper
called [1]Comics on the Internet: A Primer in 7 Parts that's showing up
in all the right places. It's currently being cited over at [2] Heath
Row's Media Diet and [3]The Comics Journal's Journalista blog. Media
Diet says thinks it's the first report of its kind. The Comics Journal
says it's how to migrate comic books from print to web and make it
work. I think it's a somewhat comprehensive overview, and the bit about
print-on-demand comics is interesting."
Links
0. mailto:bigbootay3@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.indignantonline.com/eclectica/comics_white_paper.htm
2.
http://www.cardhouse.com/heath/2003_06_22_archive.html#105646559165985549
3.
http://www.tcj.com/journalista/zarch200306D.html#other2
Intellivision Operating System Revealed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2017255
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the [0]IntyOS site, which
[1]has released Version 0.2 Alpha of a "multitasked operating system
for the [2]Intellivision console." According to the site, IntyOS
"..includes a powerful GUI which handles a mouse pointer, windows,
menus, icons, etc", and was "..written from scratch in CP-1600 assembly
language in order to fit exactly to the hardware specificities of the
Intellivision. Its main goal is now to see how far it's possible to go
with today's technologies on such a limited system from the early 80's"
There's also a [3]site mirror available, and the demo ROM is
[4]viewable in a Java applet.
Links
0.
http://intyos.free.fr/index.php
1.
http://intyos.free.fr/index.php?page=download
2.
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/
3.
http://intyos.spatula-city.org/
4.
http://intyos.free.fr/index.php?page=demo
Small Footprint Computers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1946244
Robert Cliff writes "VIA's [0]Mini-ITX based computers have been
covered in Slashdot before, but not by [1]this company. [2]This product
is interesting because it is a SiS based, fanless 233 MHZ system
measuring only 4.75 x 6.25 x 1.9 inches, and it can run off BOTH AC and
DC. If you need something larger / powerful, they have [3]other
Mini-ITX based systems, which they claim is built "on same factory that
builds the cases for many high-end audio products". These guys seem to
be [4]heavily promoting Linux."
Links
0.
http://www.viavpsd.com/
1.
http://www.norhtec.com/
2.
http://www.norhtec.com/products/gp/
3.
http://www.norhtec.com/products/
4.
http://www.norhtec.com/info/
RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1811255
Shackleford writes "[0]The Washington Post has an [1]article saying that the RIAA is preparing hundreds of lawsuits against Internet users who illegally trade copyrighted music files. The lawsuits will target people who share 'substantial' amounts of copyrighted music, but anyone who shares illegal files is at risk, RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a conference call today. The first round of lawsuits will be prepared during the next eight to 10 weeks. They will ask for injunctions and monetary damages against file swappers. It seems that after a federal judge ruled in April that file-sharing services have legal uses and thus should not be shut down, the RIAA has found that it must go after individual users rather than the services that they use." palmech13 points to a [2]similar article on Yahoo News. Links
0.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
1.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30875-2003Jun25.html
2.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030625/ap_en_mu/downloading_music_4
Will Cellular Swamp WiFi?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1720254
hhutkin writes "Sure, Wi-Fi is great for my home network. But what else
can it do? After reading this [0]article, I'm convinced that cellular
is becoming more ubiquitous with wireless networking than wi-fi will
ever be. Just look at all the devices that are coming on the market
using cellular technology. I can send email and pics, browse the web,
plus listen to MP3s all on one cellular device. It makes the notion of
a hotspot almost meaningless." But 802.11x is high-bandwidth, and often
unmetered ...
Links
0. http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,50167,00.html
Linux.com
Battle between Linux and Microsoft
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2048233
US-based computer maker Sun Microsystems and business software giant Oracle Corp on Wednesday announced an alliance intended to break into Microsoft's dominance in India's server market.
Dell details new Linux-on-Itanium 2 server http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1818228
Michael S. Mimoso writes "This week's release of the TOP500 supercomputing list illustrates the breadth to which Linux is present in compute-intensive environments. A Linux cluster built for the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in the United States ranked No. 3 on the list, for example."
New VariCAD 9.0.1.0 Released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1819248
Marek Dedecius writes "VariCAD (www.varicad.com)is proud to announce the recent release of its mechanical CAD system - VariCAD 9.0.1.0. The compact CAD package includes many powerful tools for 3D modeling and 2D drafting, libraries of mechanical parts, surface development, calculations of standard mechanical components, tools for working with bills of materials (BOM) and title blocks. It is a compact system featuring all necessary tools that the ...
Mandrake Goes For High Performance Clustering http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1754240
uninet writes "At the International Supercomputer Conference 2003 today, MandrakeSoft announced its latest entry to the company's growing portfolio of middle-to-high end server products. MandrakeClustering is a high performance clustering distribution for IA-32 and AMD64 (Opteron) architectures. IA-64 support should come in September, the company reported."
Better Java garbage collection with IBM's JDK 1.4. http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1743250
Anonymous Reader writes "This article discusses incremental compaction, a new feature in the memory management component of IBM JDK 1.4.0. Incremental compaction is a way of spreading compaction work across different garbage collection cycles, thereby reducing pause times. The authors discuss the need for incremental compaction, the compaction phases at a high level, and some runtime parameters. They also explain how to interpret changes in the ...
UnitedLinux Launches "UnitedLinux Ready" Partner Program for Independent http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1659249
WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- June 25, 2003 - UnitedLinux, the industry consortium comprised of Conectiva, The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX), SuSE Linux and Turbolinux, today introduced the UnitedLinux Ready Partner program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This program allows ISVs to self-test and certify their products on UnitedLinux. Upon the completion of certification, ISVs will be designated "UnitedLinux Ready" partners, easily identified by end ...
SGI Linux Cluster Scores Well on Benchmarks http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1648207
The SGI Altix 3000 server, running 64-bit Linux on Intel Itanium 2 processors, has scored very well on a number of industry standard performance benchmarks.
Sun signs up for Red Hat Enterprise Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1541215
Sun has entered into a global agreement with Red Hat to distribute the x86 versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
In Search of the Ultimate Linux-Server Programming Language http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1536226
The safe bet in programming languages for Linux servers is, of course, Java. For those whose main concern is the secure transmission of code, it cannot be beat.
Oracle tool helps migration to Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1534221
In a move to throw further weight behind the company's Linux push, Oracle Wednesday introduced a new tool to help companies migrate from their existing E-Business Suite implementations to Linux.
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