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Hello, everyone. This is the Linux newsletter, a once-a-week review of
ONLamp.com's news and articles about open source administration,
development, and use. Though last week was a holiday week here in the
U.S., we still worked slightly less hard to bring you more information you
can use. Here we go.
Noel Davis started the week with another Security Alerts column. This
time, remote vulnerabilities may exist in libgd (and applications that use
it, including many PHP installations), zip, Samba, Kaffeine and xine, zgv,
and BNC. Please check with your vendor for updates. (Don't recognize
these apps? Check the story for descriptions.)
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/11/24/security_alerts.html
In a unique twist for programmers, Liza Daly's "Choosing a Language for
Interactive Fiction" considers Inform and TADS, the two dominant platforms
for modern interactive fiction. Here's a chance to explore several
exciting topics in programming: natural language parsing, reusability,
interface design, frameworks, and games.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/24/interactive_fiction.html
In October, EuroBSDCon 2004 happened. Federico Biancuzzi was there to
take in a couple of dozen talks, a few hallway confersations over coffee,
and a bit of beer. "Inside EuroBSDCon 2004" describes what he saw and
heard and proposes new ideas for feature BSD conferences:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/11/24/eurobsdcon2004.html
In this week's weblogs, speaking of interactive fiction, Brian Jepson
brags about playing Zork on a BlackBerry:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5989
Andy Oram promotes his clever short story "Fair Players," a fanciful tale
about fair use:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5963
Preston Gralla cringes at the knowledge that Microsoft provides security
for the Air Force:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5973
Derrick Story praises independent media creation after watching "Bubba
Ho-Tep":
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5978
Uche Ogbuji documents some Mac OS X annoyances and fixes to save you the
trouble:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5984
Ming Chow makes a list of affordable geek Christmas gifts:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5985
Jason Deraleau is the latest to praise Ubuntu Linux:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5988
This week's Open Source Project of the Week is Konstruct, a script for
automating the compilation of KDE.
http://osdir.com/Downloads+index-req-viewdownloaddetails-lid-770-ttitle-Konstruct.phtml
That's all for now. Come back soon to read about Python unit testing,
PostgreSQL automation, and Linux RAID.
Until next time,
chromatic
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O'Reilly Network
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ONLamp.com and Linux Devcenter Top Five Articles Last Week
1. Inside EuroBSDCon 2004
European BSD fans recently had the opportunity to meet and talk during
EuroBSDCon 2004. Federico Biancuzzi was there. Here are his thoughts from
the conference and ideas on how to improve conferences for the rest of the
European BSD community.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/11/24/eurobsdcon2004.html
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2. Choosing a Language for Interactive Fiction
Retro gaming is hot, and what could be more retro than interactive
fiction? If you pine for the days of white mailboxes, twisty little
passages, and Babelfish all in your mind, perhaps you long to create your
own interactive fiction world. Liza Daly starts down that path by
explaining how to choose the right IF language.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/24/interactive_fiction.html
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3. FreeBSD for Linux Users
BSD and Linux are both Unix workalikes. How different can they be? In
certain cases, very! Though the systems share a family tree, their
differences sometimes stand out. Dru Lavigne explains FreeBSD's runlevels,
startup scripts, kernel configuration, and documentation systems to Linux
users.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/11/11/FreeBSD_Basics.html
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4. Speeding up Linux Using hdparm
Instantly double the I/O performance of your disks or, in some cases, show
6 to 10 times your existing throughput!
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html
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5. Trouble in iptables
Noel Davis looks at problems in Linux iptables, OpenSSL, PuTTY, rssh,
Quake II Server, libmagick6, HP Serviceguard, Xpdf, FreeRadius, WVTFTPD,
GNU tftp, and pppd.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/11/19/security_alerts.html
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