In April there were 73 news posts.
| News archive - April 2002 |
| Simpsons creator predicts show's end |
| BBC report that Matt Groening has dropped the first hint that The Simpsons is on it's way out. |
| April 30, 2002, 6:02 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Alan Cox attacks the European DMCA |
| Another one from The Register, Alan Cox has a dig at the DMCA, but also a wake up call to the Open Source community. Geeks, prepare to take this one to the streets by the end of the year. |
| April 30, 2002, 5:37 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off! |
| "A somewhat obscure Microsoft site aimed at helping schools deal with donated computers flatly states: ''It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine.''" We're all screwed then! |
| April 30, 2002, 5:28 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| SuSE Linux 8.0: Good software, poor distro |
| "Those of you who have read my posts at the DesktopLinux.com discussion forum may have noticed I'm a fan of SuSE's distribution. You might even be shocked by the title of this article. But don't get me wrong, I love SuSE Linux 8.0, even though I've been disappointed by some elements of it. But let's start at the beginning..." |
| April 30, 2002, 6:32 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux 2.5.11 kernel released |
| The latest development kernel, featuring: a large ALSA update; a new NTFS driver; IDE, SCSI and block device code updates; USB work; and many other driver updates. |
| April 29, 2002, 7:47 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Future tech: Hack-proof chatting |
| Interesting read on the current state of Quantum Cryptography. |
| April 29, 2002, 11:50 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| May bill have mercy on our souls... |
| The BBC Reports: "Microsoft is considering launching a rescue bid for the cash-strapped broadcaster ITV Digital..." |
| April 28, 2002, 8:28 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Terraform 0.9.0 released |
| Remember the awesome Vista, fractal landscape generator? Something I used to death back in the days of my Amiga 1200. Here's what new in the Terraform 0.9.0 release: "Lots of interface fixes and cleanup, new povray rendering architecture, new river system, new seed option, new local configuration directory, added support for PPM and e00 files, fixed broken PGM ASCII reader, new colormap (wasteland), improved object placement, lots of minor fixes." |
| April 27, 2002, 3:11 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| SuSE touts user-friendly v8.0 |
| The Register reports on the release of SuSE 8.0 Professional Edition. |
| April 27, 2002, 3:03 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| KOffice 1.2beta1 released |
| "The KDE Project today announced the immediate release of KOffice 1.2beta1, the first preview release for KOffice 1.2, scheduled for release this September." For the impressive list of improvements, see the link above. |
| April 26, 2002, 4:11 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| SuSE 8.0 now shipping |
| Desperate to try KDE 3.0 installed as part of a distribution? Well SuSE is the first to do so with their 8.0 release. The installation program YAST is also completely improved, and the distribution comes with the 2.4.18 kernel, glibc 2.2.5, and GNOME 1.4.1 RC1. |
| April 26, 2002, 3:50 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Time magazine article on Mozilla |
| Time magazine covers Mozilla in a one-page article. Be sure to check out the scanned print version for the amusing South Park-like Mozilla beast pinning Billy G into submission. |
| April 26, 2002, 3:34 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Inside the Xbox |
| Salon reports, "Sales have been disappointing, and the co-creator of Microsoft's game console just quit his job -- a day before a book portraying him as a hero hit the bookstores." |
| April 26, 2002, 3:18 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| GNOME 2.0 Beta 4 released |
| "The GNOME 2.0 Desktop Beta 4 release, ''Thank You'', is ready for your bug-busting and testing pleasure and available for immediate download." |
| April 25, 2002, 6:05 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| End of era as AMD's Sanders steps aside |
| News.com reports, "He's been hounded by Intel, criticized by shareholders and declared financially--not to mention physically--dead. But when W.J. ''Jerry'' Sanders steps down as Advanced Micro Devices' CEO later this week, he does so knowing that he accomplished his goal: AMD is a major player in the PC industry." |
| April 24, 2002, 7:35 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| XFree86 10 years old |
| Slashdot reports on XFree86's tenth birthday. |
| April 24, 2002, 7:16 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux 2.5.10 kernel released |
| Yup, just 24 hours later the next Linux development kernel has been released, and contains much, considering. Included are driver updates and some minor problems encountered with 2.5.9. |
| April 24, 2002, 6:37 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Mandrake 8.2 for PPC released |
| Yet more Mandrake news. This time the release of Mandrake 8.2 for PowerPC users. This release offering G3 optimisation, among other things. |
| April 23, 2002, 8:15 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Mandrake and KDE 3.0 |
| I'll definitely be trying this one out tonight. "We have released KDE 3.0 packages for Mandrake 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2, and a short installation guide." |
| April 23, 2002, 8:11 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Mandrake 8.2 retail packs released |
| "The packaged versions of Mandrake 8.2 are available! The Mandrake 8.2 ProSuite is ideally suited for server deployment and use in a business/industrial environment. The PowerPack Edition and Standard Edition focus on workstation use. Both the ProSuite and the PowerPack include Sun's StarOffice 6.0." |
| April 23, 2002, 8:05 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Introduction to Linux package types |
| LinuxPlanet has a impressive introduction to Linux package types. Ideal for beginners. |
| April 23, 2002, 7:42 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux 2.5.9 kernel released |
| The usual ton of changes, in this the latest development kernel. |
| April 23, 2002, 6:30 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Anything MS can do Nintendo can do better |
| The XBox may of dropped to £199 in order to compete with Nintendo, but Nintendo have replied with a drop to £129. This could get messy! Let the games begin! Nintendo's GameCube is set for release in a fortnight's time. |
| April 23, 2002, 12:56 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Gates: GPL will eat your economy, but BSD's cool |
| Bill, Bill, Bill... no Bill... stop it Bill... Bill! |
| April 23, 2002, 11:06 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Intel breathes life into Moore's Law |
| News.com reports, "Chipmaker Intel has ordered a test version of a new tool it says will allow the company to hurdle an impending industry-killing roadblock and continue to punch up chip performance." |
| April 23, 2002, 2:34 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| PHP 4.2.0 released |
| "This latest release contains over one hundred changes, bug fixes and improvements over the previous release, PHP 4.1.2. Among the highlights are experimental support for Apache 2, cleanups in variable handling and overhauls of various PHP components, including the domxml, posix, sockets and iconv extensions." |
| April 23, 2002, 2:22 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux Expo Birmingham (UK) 2002 |
| Held on the 29th and 30th May 2002, the Birmingham Linux Expo should be quite a treat with the likes of Bob Young (Co-founder and Chairman, Red Hat), Richard Stallman (GNU and FSF Founder), Adam Jollans (EMEA Linux Software Marketing Manager, IBM), Dirk Hohndel (CTO, SuSE) making appearances. |
| April 23, 2002, 2:14 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Sylpheed 0.7.5 released |
| You may favour another email client (with me it's KMail), but Slypheed won't fail to impress. This release available in tarball and RPM has many changes, many more than the last three releases, and is worth a look. |
| April 23, 2002, 1:10 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Game On: The culture and history of videogames |
| 40 years of game development in one exhibition! The display, ''Game On'', hosts over 250 separate exhibits and has everything from the very first video game, Space War! running on an authentic DEC PDP-1 from the 60's, to the bleeding edge of Game Cube, PS2, and that Xboxy thing. It's being held in London, and is off to the States in 2003. |
| April 23, 2002, 12:02 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Keeping e-mail encryption alive |
| Phil Zimmermann talks PGP. "People are very concerned about this development..." (Network Associates pulling the plug on the product) "...and would like to do something about it,'' Zimmermann said. ''A way will be found." |
| April 22, 2002, 11:53 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Gates denounces Microsoft penalties |
| The BBC Reports, "Bill Gates, Microsoft's founder and chairman, has told a court in Washington that his company would be crippled if sanctions demanded by a group of US states were implemented." Apparently my mate Bill could be spending 2 days in the witness box. Bless him! |
| April 22, 2002, 11:40 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| CRUX 0.9.3 for i586 now available |
| From the site, and only 195.6Mb, "Jürgen Daubert's i586 version of the CRUX 0.9.3 ISO is now available for download." |
| April 20, 2002, 4:13 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| 14 Pokemon GBA pics |
| Here's a site with 14 nice pics from the highly anticipated first Pokemon outing on the Gameboy Advance. The first I've seen so far. 2 pics of the girl and boy trainer looking a little more grown-up and a lot more futuristic; 3 pics of new Pokemon, likely to bring the count to 351; 4 battle screenshots; 5 walkabout screenshots, possibly to improve since the game is still under development. Note the: shadow, reflection and ripples on the water; footprints in the sand; fog; futuristic looking Pokemon Center and Poke Mart. Looking good. |
| April 20, 2002, 12:58 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| TransGaming unleashes WineX 2.0 |
| Hmmm... I wonder if I can get Jedi Knight 2 to work? |
| April 19, 2002, 1:10 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| End of the road for Duron |
| I don't think this is the greatest idea. Durons could always knock the socks of the Intel equivalent. |
| April 19, 2002, 1:07 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Xbox price drops for Australia and Europe |
| Why am I still not interested in getting one? |
| April 19, 2002, 1:04 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Win-XP silently downloads files |
| Why am I not surprised. |
| April 19, 2002, 1:02 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Mozilla 1.0 RC1 released |
| Well here you go folks, at long last Mozilla 1.0 release candidate 1.0 has been released. |
| April 19, 2002, 4:05 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| HP to build world's fastest Linux supercomputer for U.S. Department of Energy |
| NewsForge reports, "The 8.3 teraflop machine -- roughly 8,300 times faster than a current personal computer -- would be the second most powerful supercomputer in the world, if it were running today. ... The new supercomputer will have 1.8 terabytes of memory and 170 terabytes of disk space." |
| April 18, 2002, 9:50 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| U.S. considers Microsoft Passport as national ID |
| One step away from barcodes on our foreheads. |
| April 18, 2002, 8:52 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Opera 6.0 for Linux beta 2 released |
| "Today, Opera Software ASA released Opera 6.0 for Linux Beta 2 with improved features and looks that increase the speed and enjoyment of Linux users worldwide. The earlier version of Opera for Linux, Opera 5, reached a milestone with one million successful downloads and installations." |
| April 18, 2002, 6:30 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Hancom cancels 'Professional' edition of office suite |
| "The decision not to ship the more elaborate edition of the several-months-overdue product comes as Hancom breaks its ties with theKompany.com, with which it had been involved in a sometimes contentious association since last August. Shawn Gordon, president of theKompany.com, had served as CEO of Hancom USA, a position he is expected to relinquish." |
| April 16, 2002, 6:37 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Red Hat 7.3 beta 2: Product review |
| Linux Journal takes a look at Red Hat 7.3 beta 2, and notably the included KDE 3.0rc3. |
| April 15, 2002, 6:58 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| CRUX 0.9.3 released |
| The superb lightweight CRUX distribution sees a new release. Much of the software has been upgraded since its previous January release, with the latest and greatest. It now features things like the 2.4.18 kernel, XFree86 4.2, and glibc 2.2.5. New to this version is the replacement of Netscape 4.79 with Mozilla 0.9.9. A wise move, I'm sure you'll agree. Its creator has even added a CRUX handbook. |
| April 15, 2002, 6:36 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux 2.5.8 kernel released |
| A massive amount of fixes and updates in this the latest Linux development kernel. |
| April 15, 2002, 6:16 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Open letter to Michael Robertson from Bruce Perens |
| Bruce Perens covers all bases in an open letter to Michael Robertson of Lindows, asking him to honour the GPL. |
| April 14, 2002, 1:57 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 review |
| ZDNet reviews the much talked about Linux PDA, the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500. |
| April 12, 2002, 11:31 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Ogg player for Zaurus announced |
| And now for the cool news, "A new application announced Thursday makes the Sharp Zaurus the first personal portable Ogg Vorbis player." |
| April 12, 2002, 10:58 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| FSF asks Lindows, 'Where's the source?' |
| With the release of Lindows Sneak Preview 2 I was thinking about this just the other day. What to make of this article? Hmmm... |
| April 11, 2002, 10:11 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Eight new IIS security holes exposed |
| The Register reports, "There are eight new security stuff-ups affecting various editions of Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server), the most serious of which will enable an attacker to take over the system, MS revealed today." |
| April 11, 2002, 3:06 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Copyright [CBDTPA] bill universally rejected |
| Thank cripes, the ramifications against freedom were nightmarish. Democracy wins the day. |
| April 11, 2002, 2:52 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Red Hat bitten by Linux's low cost |
| Spotted on LWN and by The News & Observer, is this article on Red Hat's current and future financial situation. Worth the read. |
| April 10, 2002, 10:42 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Moving towards Mozilla 1.0 |
| "We're very close to the finish line for 1.0. To help make Mozilla 1.0 our best release ever, mozilla.org will be creating a Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 1 (''RC1'') for broader testing and feedback. Depending on the results of this testing we will follow with the final Mozilla 1.0 release or an RC2." |
| April 10, 2002, 7:07 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Arthur Andersen axes 7,000 jobs |
| "Arthur Andersen LLP will lay off about 7,000 employees, or just over a quarter of its workforce of 26,000, as the company continues struggling to survive its role in the Enron Corp. scandal." A firm conducting an audit has a 'sacred responsibility' as it were to be completely and totally 'above board' in all respects. The State of New Hampshire has already told Arthur Andersen that their services were 'no longer required' and that is being repeated all across the entire spectrum of clients for them. This company is toast. As it should be. Now it's Enron's turn. The CEO of Enron ought to be in prison. As should the person from Arthur Andersen that actually 'did the nasty' to the documents and anybody else that knew about it. No excuses for this type of behavior. |
| April 10, 2002, 12:49 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Writing GTK+ programs with the Free Pascal compiler |
| An interesting Linux Journal article, especially since I and many others learnt Pascal and Delphi at college. |
| April 9, 2002, 1:11 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Unix servers breaking out all over |
| News.com reports, "The Unix server floodgates are opening this week, with Compaq Computer and SGI showing off new systems at the same time that powerhouses IBM and Sun Microsystems release new machines." ''Mmmm... come to daddy, 72-processor computer.'' (Cue Homer drooling sound.) |
| April 9, 2002, 12:55 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| LFS 3.3 released |
| Linux From Scratch receives an update. A worthwhile project for anyone with a bit of time to spare. Highly recommended. |
| April 8, 2002, 5:43 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Debian 3.0 (Woody) May 1? |
| Slashdot reports, "...in a message to the debian-devel-announce mailing list, Anthony Towns, Debian's Release Manager, wrote: ''I'm becoming increasingly confident in woody's release readiness. So, to go out on a limb: Debian 3.0 (codenamed woody) will release on May 1st, 2002.''" |
| April 6, 2002, 8:17 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| gPhoto 2.0 released |
| LinuxToday has a short press release on the release of gPhoto 2.0. |
| April 6, 2002, 1:50 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Apache 2.0 goes gold |
| Slashdot reports on the release of Apache 2.0.35, the first the Apache Foundation has announced available for General Availability. Alas mod_perl and mod_php still aren't available for it though, so it'll still be some time before Apache 2.0 makes its presence known. |
| April 6, 2002, 1:39 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Red Hat Linux 'skipjack' beta 2 released |
| The next beta release of Red Hat 7.3/8.0 has been released, with another quirky announcement. Featured is the 2.4.18 kernel, XFree86 4.2.0, GNOME 1.4 (including Evolution), Mozilla 0.9.9, and much, much more. |
| April 5, 2002, 11:11 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Quest for PDA Utopia: Qtopia? |
| LinuxDevices has an article on how to compile your first Qtopia (think KDE for the PDA) application. |
| April 5, 2002, 7:55 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Man takes sledgehammer to faulty PC |
| The Register reports on this amusing story. Got to admire folk like this, "After returning a persistently faulty PC to a shop five times over three months, a Wisconsin man snapped and took it apart with a sledgehammer in front of shocked shoppers." |
| April 5, 2002, 7:06 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| KDE polishes Linux desktop |
| ZDNet gives some brief coverage of the KDE 3.0 release, and GNOME 2.0 gets a mention. "The software is being shipped with such Linux implementations as SuSE Linux 8.0, arriving later this month, and Turbolinux. Mandrake Linux 8.2, released last month, comes with a beta version of KDE 3.0." |
| April 5, 2002, 6:45 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Langa Letter: Silent censorship |
| "Beware this column! No, there's nothing scandalous in Fred Langa's advice, although some poorly-made E-mail and content filters would think so." Definitely worth a read. |
| April 5, 2002, 12:44 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Banks running Linux |
| The FT has an interesting article on how Linux is making significant inroads in the world of banking. |
| April 4, 2002, 10:58 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Vector Linux 2.5 released |
| "Okay we did beta testing, we went with release candidate 1 and 2. We put Vector Linux thru it's paces but it could not be broken. The installation was a joy to behold, the program mix was perfect and God is using Vector Linux now. So with little trepidation we announce the release of VECTOR LINUX 2.5 final. Here are some of the highlites: kernel 2.4.17, glibc-2.2.4, highly automatted installation, new X configuration tools, added security, improved application mix, better USB support with hotplugging, choice of scsi ide pentium or i386 kernels, three installation options, console only, XFree-4.2 or XFree-3.3.6, the usual bug fixes and application updates." |
| April 4, 2002, 6:10 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Anti-Unix Web site on the fritz? |
| News.com updates us on the Microsoft/Unisys anti-Unix campaign with a ''mysterious'' downing of their site the day after it was discovered the site was being run with FreeBSD and Apache. "When it comes to Unix, Microsoft and Unisys are suddenly silent." |
| April 4, 2002, 12:50 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r6 released |
| LinuxToday reports, "This is the sixth revision of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (codename 'potato') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections of serious bugs." |
| April 4, 2002, 12:30 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| KDE 3.0 released |
| Sound the fanfare, Slashdot reports on the release of KDE 3.0, available via FTP, with an official announcement still to come. (Update: Shortly after this posting kde.org added a lengthly press release and changelog.) |
| April 3, 2002, 6:27 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Gentoo Linux 1.0 released |
| A distribution making quite a name for itself, sees a 1.0 release. "Gentoo Linux 1.0 features Linux 2.4.18+ and a modern GNU development environment (glibc-2.2.5, gcc 2.95.3), XFS, ReiserFS, ext3, LVM, ALSA, pcmcia-cs support built-in to the kernel, ''vanilla'' (stock) kernel packages/compatibility for those who prefer unpatched kernels, Xfree86 4.2, OpenGL, KDE 2.2.2/3.0 beta and GNOME 1.4..." |
| April 1, 2002, 11:38 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| High-profile anti-Unix site runs Unix |
| News.com reports, "A Web site sponsored by Microsoft and Unisys as a way to steer big companies away from the Unix operating system is itself powered by Unix software." |
| April 1, 2002, 5:25 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| GNOME 2.0 Beta 3 released |
| GNOME 2.0 Beta 3, available for your testing pleasure. |
| April 1, 2002, 12:27 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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