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LINUX TODAY NEWSLETTER FOR APRIL 11, 2000
Latest News for the Linux and Open Source Community.
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TODAY'S NEWS:
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LINUXMALL.COM: FAST, CHEAP AND EASY TO CONTROL
"Amid the sometimes-hazy paradigm shift from the centralized
supercomputer to the distributed cluster model, VA Linux has,
on several occasion, teamed up with computing superpower IBM
to create deluxe superclusters and provide a turbo-charged,
lower-priced alternative to the tried-and-true supercomputer."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.LinuxMall.com/news/?1,31
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KERNEL COUSIN WINE #38 BY ERIC POUECH
Wine is a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=20000
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XTRA.CO.NZ/REUTERS: LINUX CONFERENCE FORESEES GLOBAL SOFTWARE
BATTLE
"Big business predicts a strong showing [for Linux] in the rich
North American market, while other market watchers suggest the
system will find its home in developing countries."
COMPLETE STORY:
e/technology/main/0,1194,Technology%3ANews%3EIndustry+News%3A176006,00.html
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LINUXMALL.COM: SPOTLIGHT ON MONTREAL LINUX EXPO 2000 SWINGS
BOTH WAYS
"This would be an ideal time for emergence of Linux from
Microsoft's shadow."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.LinuxMall.com/news/?1,33
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PC WEEK: SMALLER FIRMS EYE PIECE OF WEB OFFICE SUITE PIE
"Three San Francisco Bay Area companies -- ThinkFree.com,
Halfbrain.com Inc. and iAmaze Inc. -- are currently at work on
Web applications that are almost final."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2531471,00.html
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CNET NEWS.COM: VA LINUX OFFERS INEXPENSIVE DESKTOP PC
"The StartX SP2, costing less than $800, marks a new low-cost
mark for inexpensive computers from the company, the best-known
Linux computer maker."
COMPLETE STORY:
.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1682978.html?tag=st.ne.1002.thed.1003-200-1682978
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LINUXMALL.COM: BIG THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES: LINUX'S FUTURE
LIES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
"...Jim Ready, president and CEO of MontaVista Software
Inc., called Linux 'the Rodney Dangerfield of operating
systems... Linux does the hardest things--like getting
certified with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),'
Ready explained. "But no one knows that.' "
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.LinuxMall.com/news/?1,34
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32BITSONLINE: THE WORLD'S FIRST LOWEST COST MOTHERBOARD:
ABIT'S BP6
"However, you must also have a device that has Ultra ATA
66 support, as well as an OS that is able to support this
feature. Currently, only Windows 95B(OSR2), 98, NT , 2000, and
Linux can support this. Linux and W2K require beta drivers of
Ultra ATA 66 to be installed during the installation."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/bp6edit&page=1
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COMPUTERWORLD: MOBILE PHONE MAKERS TEAM ON MOBILE E-COMMERCE
"The WAP standard will be used for Internet access, Wireless
Identity Module (WIM) will be used to specify the security
element used, mobile public key infrastructure will serve as
the security framework, and the Bluetooth standard will be
used for local communication. The initiative aims to create
new standards as well."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000411D46E
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SECURITYFOCUS.COM: WELCOME TO THE NEW FOCUS ON LINUX
"I'm glad to see the new Linux area at SecurityFocus! With
the rapidly increasing acceptance of Linux in the enterprise,
sites like this are essential."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.securityfocus.com/focus/linux/intro.html
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LINUXPOWER: NETPLIANCE MEETING
"I'd like to provide the open source community and the
i-opener-hacker community a chance to give some feedback. What
would you say to the decision-makers at Netpliance if you had
the chance?"
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.linuxpower.com/display.php?id=173
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LINUXWORLD: LINUXCARE INVESTORS STAYING PUT: NEW CEO LAMBS
ADDRESSES THE RUMORS
"No matter why Fernand Sarrat left Linuxcare, or why the IPO was
delayed, there's only one question that matters: will investors
stick with the company?"
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-04/lw-04-linuxcare.html
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LINUXWORLD: FAST AND CHEAP: BUILDING SUPERCOMPUTERS WITH
OFF-THE-SHELF HARDWARE
"Beowulf is a class of Linux-based supercomputers that offer
unbeatable price-to-performance ratios on everything from
animation to computational fluid dynamics. Most people will
never own a Beowulf computer, but if you wanted to, you could
build your own."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-04/lw-04-parallel.html
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SRO: IBM'S GIVEAWAY
"...Epoch will offer its hosting services free of charge for
the first six months, providing to its customers Netfinity
servers preferably on Red Hat Linux..."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2530195,00.html
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LINUXMALL.COM: NETSCAPE 6: PICKED OR PANNED?
"To cheers, cat-calls and hisses from Slashdot respondents,
Netscape Communications released its Open Source Netscape 6
preview release 1 for download from Netscape Netcenter.
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.LinuxMall.com/news/?1,35
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MELBOURNE (FL) LUG: COREL LINUX ROADSHOW PICS AND REVIEW
"For those of you that missed it, Corel went on a 13 city tour
bringing Linux to the masses. And the masses came!"
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=20015
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MOZILLAZINE: MOZILLAZINE ON SKINS
"...there has been a fundamental misunderstanding of what
Mozilla is, where it's going, and indeed what direction the
Web and its 'standards' are leading us. ... Mozilla is not a
browser... 'Mozilla is a platform from which a browser can be
easily made, but it isn't a browser'..."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article1333.html
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LINUX STOCK NEWS RELEASES LATEST REPORT ON LINUX AND WAP,
LINUX TELOPHONY AND MUCH MORE
"Our latest feature stories: Linux and WAP, Linux Telephony
(Part One), Rants and Raves (Microsoft Ruling, Linux stocks
lock-up periods and other news) and Week in Review."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxpr.com/releases/1620.html
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LINUXPR: ONLINE PHOTOLAB UNLEASHES GIMP ON THE WEB
"...allows even beginners to perform advanced artistic and
special effects to transform photographs into oil paintings,
cubist works of art, or stone mosaics, as well as providing
traditional image corrections."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxpr.com/releases/1622.html
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OSOPINION: WHY WINE MAYBE A VERY BAD IDEA
"What is needed is an application for Windows that allows users
to run Linux Apps. (Call it LINE, maybe)."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/aweston/aweston1.html
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OSOPINION: MOZILLA, AOL, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
"...I sort of wonder where AOL/Netscape is going with
Mozilla? Will Mozilla be put on so many CD-ROMs that they
become annoying like AOL 5.0 is? ...it seems to use about the
same amount of resources as AOL 5.0. Will Mozilla replace AOL
and has AOL found a way to cut development costs?"
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/SandyMcArthur/SandyMcArthur1.html
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LINUX EXPO: COLD ENOUGH FOR A REAL PENGUIN
"...neither bad weather (eight inches of snow, below-average
temperatures) nor a general malaise on the business side of
Linux could deter thousands of penguinistas from attending the
show in Montreal's Palais des Congres."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=20021
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LINUX DEVELOPMENT KERNEL 2.3.99-PRE5 RELEASED
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=20022
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LINUXPR: PAUL NOLAN SOFTWARE INC ANNOUNCES PUBLIC BETA RELEASE
OF PHOTOGENICS 4.
"Since its unveiling at Linux World in New York in February,
Photogenics has been turning heads with its unique approach to
image processing that unleashes creative freedom for all."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxpr.com/releases/1623.html
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LINUXPR: COOLLOGIC TO SHIP COOLLINUX OPERATING SYSTEM FOR USE
IN INTERNET ACCESS
"Reduced kernel size to solve past memory footprint problems."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxpr.com/releases/1624.html
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EE TIMES: NETWORK ADAPTER TAKES ON DATA SPEED RECORD
"In a move that could dramatically improve the performance
end users see in networks, a startup this week will unveil a
radical network adapter that it claims increases data throughput
eightfold."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET20000410S0007
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CRN: SNEAK PREVIEW: LINUX SOFTWARE -- CALDERA UNVEILS OPENLINUX
2.4
"The package, which includes the operating system, office suite
and Internet tools, makes Linux a viable alternative to Microsoft
Corp.'s various flavors of Windows on the desktop."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CRN20000410S0053
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CRN: EDITORS' CHOICE -- WATCHGUARD PROTECTS NETWORKS
"The Firebox II runs a security-hardened Linux operating system,
and solid-state architecture eliminates the risk of hard-disk
failures."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CRN20000410S0029
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INFOWORLD: MONTAVISTA PORTS LINUX TO IBM POWERPC 405GP PROCESSOR
"The PowerPC 405GP chip features a number of embedded
peripherals, including on-board Ethernet capabilities, a PCI
bus interface and on-chip SRAM (static RAM)."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pi/xml/00/04/11/000411pilinuxport.xml
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INFOWORLD: VA LINUX UNFURLS DESKTOP BOX
"Enhancements made by VA Linux to the open-source operating
system include performance improvements to the kernel, recent
security upgrades, and a range of bug fixes."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pi/xml/00/04/11/000411pivalinux.xml
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SYSTEMLOGIC.NET: MEETING WITH 3DFX; EXCLUSIVE VOODOO4/5 INFO
"The Voodoo5 is 3dfx's answer to all of the disgruntled customers
who wanted 32-bit rendering, bigger textures, etc. The Voodoo5
will be the top of the line card in 3dfx's new lineup and today
we saw the 5500 which boasts 2 VSA-100 processors running in
SLI mode with 64MB SDRAM."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.systemlogic.net/articles/00/04/12/
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COMPUTERWORLD: GUILTY VERDICT COULD BOOST LINUX FORTUNES
"An exclusive Computerworld poll found that 11% of corporations
surveyed were more likely to consider other operating systems
because of last week's verdict. Linux overwhelmingly was the
alternative operating system mentioned most often, with 73%
of the vote."
COMPLETE STORY:
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MSNBC/REUTERS: LINUX FANS PREDICT BIG SOFTWARE BATTLE
"In an unlikely outcome to a David and Goliath technology battle,
a free computer operating system called Linux has the power to
shake up Microsoft's global dominance, software experts at a
Montreal trade show predicted on Tuesday."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/393611.asp
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KDE DEVELOPMENT NEWS - SUN 2 APR 2000 - SAT 8 APR 2000
"KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix
workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality
and outstanding graphical design with the technological
superiority of the Unix operating system."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=20033
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ROOTPROMPT.ORG: OMU - "ONE MAN UNIX"
"I wasn't to know that eight years later a guy called Linus
Torvalds was going to think the same thoughts and do much the
same things. The big difference was that he was in the right
place and the right time and had internet connectivity..."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=335
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PRNEWSWIRE: DIGITAL MEDIA LEADERS JOIN TO DELIVER INTEGRATED
PROGRAMMING INTERFACE [OPENML]
"OpenML, a new specification for this innovative technology,
will be developed through the combined contributions of the
members of the Khronos Special Interest Group (SIG)."
COMPLETE STORY:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000411/nv_sgi_khr_1.html
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NATIONAL POST: RED HAT CEO TAKES SHOT AT WINDOWS 'FEUDAL SYSTEM'
"The Linux computer operating system is ready and able to
replace the "feudal system" created by Microsoft Corp.,
Bob Young, chairman of Red Hat Inc., said at the Linux Expo
conference yesterday."
COMPLETE STORY:
ttp://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?s2=eworld&f=000412/256839.html
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