2004 September

I have been saying it for awhile now. Microsoft is hoping to battle Open Source on two distinctive fronts. The first is through their “media campaign” and the second is by beginning to creep into Open Source waters themselves. According to CNET, looks like the creeping has begun to pick up the pace a little [...]

Calling all Gnome fans! No, I do not mean Lockergnome fans, obviously I already have your attention. No, I am referring to Gnome for Linux users. Looks like there are some bugs that the developers could use some input on. That is one thing I like about Linux in general, everybody gets to jump into [...]

Any Gentoo fans in the house? Or Gentoo-curious gnomies? You may enjoy reading this article about using Gentoo as a server for ISP/webhosting chores.

I first mentioned the SME Server in my Small Business Server post a week or so ago, and now I’m bringing it up again because there’s a cool new announcement regarding the future of the SME Server: Lycoris, makers of the popular Desktop/LX distro, have assumed hosting and development of the SME Server project.

Gnomie Adrian Williams read yesterday’s post about a user’s Xandros experience, and he had this to add:

India’s National Informatics Center, a subsidiary of its Department of Information Technology, has launched a site to share the center’s experiences with open source software, with the intent of using it to build applications. The site will focus on database software, JDBC links, issues with languages in JSP and PHP applications, as well as drivers [...]

Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: getmail
Package : getmail
Vulnerability : symlink vulnerability
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0880 CAN-2004-0881
Debian Bug : 272561
Advisory

Microsoft has announced that Windows XP Starter Edition is to be made available in Russia, in an effort to combat piracy and the rise of Linux.

In accordance with our Grand Plan (TM), the Evolution Team is pleased to
announce Evolution 2.0.0 has been released to coincide with GNOME 2.8
Download the following:

Andrew Kantor at USA Today reports: “A couple of weeks ago there was a big announcement in the computing world: Linux Standard Base 2.0 was released. [...]“
I was kind of confused by this statement. From what I’ve seen, Linux doesn’t usually take small steps in anything. Being an avid Linux nut, I decided to read [...]

Joe Barr has checked in with a new CLI Magic column, this time covering the ifconfig command. ifconfig is a very handy command for managing all of the network interfaces on your system.

Tina Gasperson’s latest linux.com report discusses an application service provider’s move from Sun Solaris systems to Linux. In the process, they discovered they were able to consolidate their software onto a smaller number of servers and still see a great performance increase at less cost.

Mark Drone, co-founder of the TechGeeks listserv, recently installed Xandros on a Dell laptop and reported his experiences to the list. He’s granted me permission to reproduce his post here:

The first time I heard about this distro was some weeks ago on Distrowatch. Since then, I have read and seen quite a bit about it. So what’s so different about Ubuntu? As far as I can tell, many factors are responsible: a brand new Gnome 2.8 desktop, the fact that it’s Debian-based, and it’s [...]

With the recent release of Slackware 10, there has been an upsurge in interest for this great distro. So why should you try Slackware? Because it’s a fast, rock solid, stable distro that is constantly being updated with the latest software releases. But you have heard that Slackware is not for new Linux users? I’ve [...]

Linux-powered surveillance cameras are not all that new, as companies like Axis and Panasonic have been making them for some time. These network-capable cameras include built-in web and FTP servers for flexible deployment and remote viewing, making them handy for companies with large networks or for small businesses looking for a cheap method of keeping [...]

I attended a wedding (and the ensuing reception) yesterday, and, like a fair number of other folks, spent more than a few moments near the beer taps. I was briefly talking tech with someone, and Linux came up. Suddenly, I remembered The Bar Monkey.

Canada-based Useful, Inc., is marketing their new DiscoverStation software, which is based on 1-Box, a Linux-powered system designed to provide desktops to up to 10 connected users.

It looks like Novell is starting to practice what it preaches (or at least use what it sells) by migrating their internal desktops from Windows to Linux. The full scoop can be found in this vnunet interview with Novell CIO Debra Anderson.

Based on Debian Linux, Quantian is an awesome remastering of the Knoppix distribution. The software contained in it is definitely aimed toward the scientific community. Perfect for those of you needing access to powerful scientific programs who wish to remain in a Linux environment.