In January there were 78 news posts.
| News archive - January 2002 |
| Sony announces Linux for Playstation 2 |
| Playstation 2 running Linux, to be released in the US, in May 2002. |
| January 31, 2002, 10:02 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Copy-protected Digital VHS |
| Now video tapes are to be copy-protected as well, using a new system called D-VHS. |
| January 31, 2002, 9:36 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Microsoft Passport hurts users |
| A short, worth reading article: "The Electronic Privacy Information Center sent a letter to all 50 state attorneys general, asking them to protect consumers against what it called Microsoft's unfair and deceptive trade practices because the federal government has failed to act."
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| January 31, 2002, 7:56 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Caldera OpenLinux 3.1.1 released |
| Caldera has released OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1 and OpenLinux Server 3.1.1, amongst it's features is the 2.4.13 kernel, and KDE 2.2.1. The link above leads to the press release. |
| January 31, 2002, 6:59 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux 2.5.3 kernel released |
| The 2.5.3 development kernel has just been released, featuring a variety of updates and fixes. |
| January 31, 2002, 1:32 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Time to rewrite the DMCA |
| News.com is running a must read article on the DMCA. "The day is already here in which copyright owners use ''click on'' licenses to limit what purchasers of a copyrighted work may do with it. Some e-book licenses, for example, prohibit the reader from reading the book out loud. Some go so far as to make it a violation of the license to even criticize the contents of a work, let alone to make a copy of a paragraph or two."
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| January 29, 2002, 11:54 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| BBC backs MP3 alternative |
| "Its development has drummed up enormous interest in the media industry largely because it's free; the current licence for the MP3 codec works out at about £5.30 per device. Audio buffs also claim that Ogg offers better sound quality through stereo channel coupling, which allows music to be compressed at a lower bit rate for almost CD-quality sound, and point out that Ogg files take up nearly 40 per cent less space than MP3 files." |
| January 29, 2002, 10:36 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| IBM Developer Works: LPI Certification 101 Exam Prep, Part Two: Basic Administration |
| This leads to a series of online tutorials that even if you have no interest in Linux Certification should prove interesting reading. The LPI Certification is a distro-neutral certification which appeals to me greatly. You'll need to setup a user ID and password. Took all of 2 minutes. :) Enjoy... |
| January 29, 2002, 12:42 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| 40X CD writer, fastest on the planet |
| Here's me with a 4X CD writer, and a 40 speed appears. Sheesh, time for an upgrade: "For filling a standard 74-minute/650MB CD, the PlexWriter managed to finish the task in less than three and a half minutes..."
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| January 28, 2002, 6:20 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Trimming TV time |
| I just hope all people that built and advocate this device know they value money above all else: "Using a process called ''microediting,'' the length of movies, programs, or anything on television can be cut down without chopping entire scenes. It works by eliminating duplicate frames of video, actually creating time where it did not exist before. The process lets TV stations use the time saved to run more ads."
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| January 28, 2002, 6:06 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| A streaming media player for the rest of us |
| Joe Barr speaks about the excellent Xine media player, and suitably rants about the DMCA. "Attitude makes a world of difference. Xine installs easily, offers clear documentation, and is supported by development community that encourages newbies. Oh, and as a streaming media player for Linux, Xine performs fabulously."
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| January 28, 2002, 3:13 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Xandros readies Corel Linux distribution |
| Xandros, the company that paid Corel $2 million to license Corel Linux, related apps, and to take on the original development team; as well as licensing their core technology to LindowsOS, is to make a comeback in April. "The company said it would also make an announcement later in the week related to the beta release of Xandros Desktop 1.0, its debut desktop operating system product."
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| January 28, 2002, 2:50 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Return to Castle Wolfenstein for Linux |
| Finaly the new version of Wolfenstein has been released for Linux. If like me you remember playing it to death as a child on a 386, you can now relive your youth. |
| January 27, 2002, 5:21 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Mandrake 8.2 beta 1 released |
| New pre-release version of Mandrake out: "Code red alert for all Mandrake Linux users: After several weeks of sleepless nights spent at taming the cooker snapshot, Mandrakesoft developers team had to take a short nap. The half-finished distribution immediately spotted its chance, escaped from captivity, and nested itself on a public FTP server under a name 'Mandrake Linux 8.2 (beta1)'."
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| January 27, 2002, 1:11 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| That Linux AMD bug in technicolor detail |
| The Register covers the Linux AMD bug in technicolour detail, thanks to the help of its readers. |
| January 26, 2002, 12:08 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Review: LindowsOS sneak preview - it's not vaporware after all |
| NewsForge has a review of LindowsOS sneak preview, including three screenshots. |
| January 26, 2002, 3:36 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| IBM debuts first-of-its-kind Linux-only mainframe |
| "IBM today announced plans to deliver two new dedicated Linux servers, including a first-of-its-kind Linux-only mainframe that requires no traditional mainframe operating system experience." |
| January 25, 2002, 6:50 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Borland C++ for Linux |
| Borland will further its open-source strategy next Tuesday when it details plans for C++ on Linux at the LinuxWorld Conference in New York."We are taking our C++ development solution to the Linux platform. We have seen a lot of Linux developers who used to be Unix developers..."
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| January 25, 2002, 5:56 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Pentium 4 'Northwood' vs. Athlon XP 2000+ under Linux |
| Linuxhardware.org check out the latest offerings from both Intel and AMD. |
| January 25, 2002, 5:14 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Loki's demise confirmed. |
| Despite some wonderful ports, of some of the greatest games, Loki is now out of the picture. This letter though, raises some interesting points, with a few comments we can all take on board. |
| January 25, 2002, 5:09 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Get your default KDE and GNOME desktops in line |
| "An article targeting system administrators in need of configuring default KDE and GNOME desktops for new users." |
| January 24, 2002, 8:40 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Get your default KDE and GNOME menus in line |
| "An article targeting system administrators in need of configuring default KDE and GNOME menus for new users." |
| January 24, 2002, 8:39 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| AMD's official position: this is not a CPU bug |
| Regarding the recently reported problem with Athlon/Duron/Athlon MP AGP Linux users, it turns out it's not a CPU bug: "The GART and the CPU see two different views of memory, and it's the kernel's responsibility to map memory in such a way as to prevent bad interactions. Currently, that isn't happening. Third-party drivers such as the NVIDIA driver for Linux may also have some problems in this area. Now that the Linux kernel development community is aware of the issue, they have started the process of devising a good approach to avoid this memory corruption problem."
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| January 24, 2002, 7:23 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Does publicly funded research have to result in open source code? |
| Lisa from O'Reilly writes, "Does Publicly Funded Research Have to Result in Open Source Code? Two opposing viewpoints on whether all software created by publicly funded research should be licensed as open source." My opinion, raving Linux zealot aside, is yes, yes it does. Anything other is unacademic. Besides, it's publicly-funded, hence the end product should be available to the public. |
| January 24, 2002, 2:14 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| KDE 3.0 release plan |
| Personally I believe KDE 3.0 to be the biggest thing for Linux in 2002 (and to a lesser extent, GNOME 2.0, with a handful of big name desktop apps in third place). All making the online press, and more importantly, the non-Linux (non-niche--and dare I say--non-geek) press sing that bit louder about the virtues of Linux on the desktop. Attracting more to the light, as it were. The KDE 3.0 release plan has RC 1 tarballs ready for testing on January 28th, an RC 1 public release billed for February 4th, 3.0 final tarballs for testing on March 8th, and 3.0 final to be released to the public on March 18th. |
| January 24, 2002, 1:39 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Redmond Linux now called Lycoris |
| The link will lead you to Redmond Linux's, um I mean Lycoris' new site, Lycoris.com: "Redmond Linux Corp. now called Lycoris, Redmond Linux Personal now called Desktop/LX."
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| January 23, 2002, 7:28 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Sources: AOL not bidding for Red Hat |
| I think most agree it was fun while it lasted: "AOL Time Warner apparently is not making a bid to buy Linux manufacturer Red Hat, said sources familiar with the matter."
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| January 22, 2002, 2:14 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| CRUX 0.9.2 released |
| CRUX 0.9.2, the lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution, has just been released. Rest-assured I'll be reviewing this soon. Excellent news is that the ISO no longer features the source, bringing it down from a 413Mb download (for 0.9.1) to just 196Mb. Can't wait to play with the latest version of this superb distro. |
| January 21, 2002, 8:02 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| 17 million paperweights? |
| After a month of use, the 17 million copies of XP could become so much paperweights: "The surprise is the way it's implemented in Windows XP: You see, unlike the WPA [Windows Product Activation] in the Office XP/2002 products, one misstep with the version of WPA inside Windows XP (the operating system) may leave you unable to boot your PC; unable to access or back up your files; and in fact, unable to do *anything useful at all* with your PC. Your shiny new XP system will be nothing but a giant paperweight! "
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| January 21, 2002, 7:35 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| A hard look at Linux's claimed strengths |
| James at LinuxGuru.net writes, "This article is a long depth (36 pages in lynx) article giving an indepth apprisal of the key strengths of Linux." All in all, CIO's would be wise to read this well-investigated article. |
| January 21, 2002, 7:21 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Alan Cox to leave if RH AOL buyout happens? |
| From Slashdot, the latest on the AOL acquiring Red Hat, has Alan Cox posting this to the Linux kernel mailing list: "Well I've no idea on the rumours (and if I did I wouldnt tell you!) but Im insulted that anyone believes I would continue working for RH if aol/time warner owned them." Good for you Alan, I'm ''guessing'' RH would be a bit miffed about losing their star employee. |
| January 21, 2002, 6:58 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Major Linux/Athlon CPU bug discovered |
| I recently installed the nVidia drivers so I could play TuxRacer on my Athlon. Problem is it kept inexplicably hanging Linux. Now I know why. The CPU bug affects Athlon/Duron/Athlon MP AGP users. Fortunately there's a way around it, and: "Alan [Cox] is going to try to add some kind of Athlon/AGP CPU bug detection code to the kernel so that it will be able to auto-downgrade to 4K pages when necessary."
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| January 21, 2002, 2:06 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Think twice, Red Hat |
| Andy Oram at O'Reilly has this to say on the AOL acquiring Red Hat rumour: "I just think that Linux has more places to go than most of us now imagine. An independent and quick-thinking Red Hat will be free to go those places as well. I think some of those directions will not be where AOL or Time Warner want to go. If Red Hat is the one to suffer, I don't want the rest of the Linux community to suffer too."
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| January 20, 2002, 2:09 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Xfree86 4.2.0 out |
| Good news folks, Xfree86 4.2.0 has been released. In one of the above Slashdot comments you'll find a list of mirrors and three posts down from that you'll find links to the readme, release notes, installation details and driver status. |
| January 19, 2002, 11:16 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat |
| From the Washington Post no less, comes this news: "AOL Time Warner Inc. is in talks to buy Red Hat Inc., a prominent distributor of a computer operating system, an acquisition that would position the media giant to challenge arch rival Microsoft Corp., according to sources familiar with the matter."
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| January 19, 2002, 11:32 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Opera 6.0 Technology Preview 3 released |
| The latest Technology Preview of Opera 6.0 has been released. |
| January 18, 2002, 8:14 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Sorcerer GNU Linux review |
| Ladislav at DistroWatch writes, "Would you like a Linux distribution which is 100% optimised for your hardware? Would you like one which includes the very latest software packages as they are released by their respective maintainers? How would you feel if we told you about a Linux distribution where the entire download-compile-install process of any software (including the Linux Kernel, glibc, GCC, KDE) is done by one simple command? Intrigued? Then read on. Welcome to the magic world of Sorcerer GNU Linux!"
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| January 18, 2002, 7:13 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| What's new in GNOME 2 for users |
| "Lots of rumors have been going around that GNOME 2 won't have any new user-visible features, but while this was the plan and would have resulted in releasing sooner (cough), it's not really what happened. ;-) So here's some hype for you." |
| January 18, 2002, 6:47 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| GNOME 2.0 alpha released |
| "The first public testing release of the GNOME 2.0 Desktop ... is ready for your testing pleasure ... Due for general consumption in March, the GNOME 2.0 Desktop is a greatly improved user environment for existing GNOME applications." |
| January 17, 2002, 10:58 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Flat-screen iMac wows design guru |
| Let's face it, the new iMac is pretty damn fine looking. Strange yes, but that's what turns those heads. Makes my 17'' monitor and full tower look like something out of the Cold War: "When you first look at the machine, it doesn't even look like it has a CD drive. But if you look in detail, it's very impressive, it's all there."
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| January 17, 2002, 7:52 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| 2.5 kernel status update |
| Think of this as a Wonderful World of Linux 2.6 alpha 0.0.1: "I've seen several times on this list people wondering what features were in the works for 2.5 and what the status of the development was. I did some grepping on the archive and put together a list of things that have been discussed / worked on for 2.5 over the past year or so."
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| January 17, 2002, 6:20 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Bill G calls for security in MS products. |
| Isn't Microsoft and Security in the same sentence a contradiction in terms? Not according to this CNet article, reporting a leaked email.Claimed quotes include: "When we face a choice between adding features and resolving security issues, we need to choose security..." and "Our products should emphasize security right out of the box."Well, if their serious about it, good luck to them! But speculators reckon this could just be a PR stunt. |
| January 17, 2002, 11:28 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux test version gets faster USB |
| ZDNet reports on the initial USB 2.0 support added to the Linux 2.5.2 kernel: "USB 2.0 enables data-transfer speeds of 480mbps--40 times the speed of the USB 1.1..." A patch for the 2.4 kernel is also available. |
| January 17, 2002, 1:11 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Microsoft builds the government Linux market |
| A well constructed article summing up the current state of the Microsoft vs. Linux battle, which side is your government on? |
| January 16, 2002, 11:32 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| SGI transfers 3D graphics patents to MS |
| Title says it all really. Might not sound too important, but think about the implications. Think Xbox, think DX, think... crush OpenGL!"...Microsoft paying $62.5 million for unspecified ''intellectual property'' rights to SGI."
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| January 16, 2002, 10:08 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Tux Racer pre-orders! |
| Along with the release of a jazzy new site and 3-page gallery, Sunspire Studios is now taking Tux Racer pre-orders. Pre-orders are $24.99 and it's expected to ship the first week of February. The commercial Tux Racer features 4 characters, 18 tracks, 3 difficulty levels, split-screen mode, and a new improved 3D engine from the one featured in the downloadable demo. |
| January 16, 2002, 9:33 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Borland backs down |
| Surprise, surprise: "Borland has backed down from its horrible Kylix/JBuilder license after all the bad press they received on Slashdot and Freshmeat."
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| January 16, 2002, 9:17 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Introducing XFS |
| Part 9, of Daniel Robbins superb Advanced filesystem implementor's guide. This time, ''Introducing XFS'', a third journalling filesystem to play with. |
| January 16, 2002, 7:33 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Privacy flaw continues to dig IE hole |
| "New privacy-enhancing controls in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 can be rendered useless by a long-known security flaw in Windows Media Player, a noted security expert said Tuesday." |
| January 16, 2002, 1:04 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Ogg Vorbis - Why change? |
| A nice little article on Ogg Vorbis, and why you should choose it over MP3. |
| January 16, 2002, 12:53 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| KernelTrap interview with Alan Cox |
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"Probably the greatest thing has been seeing all that Linux has made possible around the world, many of which with proprietary licenses charged in US currency simply could not have happened. Being able to say ''have a copy, have as many copies as you want, make changes, localize it, build an entire local computing industry'' to anyone in the developing world is something very special. Even in the developed world its created so many great things, like the LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) putting Linux in schools that simply could not have afforded to do it any other way. " (Note that KernelTrap's been down for a good part of the day so (for now) this links to a Slashdot mirror of the article.) |
| January 15, 2002, 11:55 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux 2.5.2 kernel released |
| The latest development kernel, 2.5.2 has been released. Included, amongst other things, is a devfs update, initial USB 2.0 support, and merging by Dave Jones. |
| January 15, 2002, 6:56 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| A first look at Gnumeric 1.0 |
| "Gnumeric has many of Microsoft Excel's features, but it's not a copy. Gnumeric adds new tools not available anywhere else, and thanks to clean code and a dedicated team of developers, it's only going to get better." |
| January 14, 2002, 12:27 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Counting Caldera's dwindling millions on the fingers of one hand |
| "Caldera's going to be down to only a million or two in the bank by the end of next month out of the $120 million in venture capital and IPO money it's burned through, according to an analysis by the company's former corporate controller." |
| January 13, 2002, 9:17 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Borland Kylix/JBuilder license reviewed |
| Disgraceful behaviour by Borland, reported by Freshmeat and Slashdot: "T.J. Duchene has posted a horrifying review of Borland 's license for Kylix and JBuilder 5. The license requires giving Borland the right to enter your property, search your systems and records for license compliance. The license also requires the waiving of a jury trial by all parties for all suits including class action suits. This type of gestapo licensing will not be accepted by even the most hardcore anti open-source companies."
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| January 13, 2002, 4:12 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Evolution 1.0.1 released |
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"Ximian Evolution version 1.0.1 is now available. Evolution 1.0.1resolves a number of smaller issues discovered in the 1.0 release, andoffers enhanced stability and functionality." To be exact, 121 bugs were fixed in this release. Pretty impressive, considering 1.0 was released on the 3rd December. |
| January 13, 2002, 3:47 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Redmond Linux Build 44 first look |
| Texstar takes a first look at the latest Redmond Linux beta--as good the final product since it's to be released in a matter of days. He for the most part, speaks well of it, as have many others. Interesting is the second reader comment down, where the poster links to a page containing 26 screenshots. |
| January 13, 2002, 9:52 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Lindows.com 2001 wrap-up |
| Don't for a second think I'd touch LindowsOS with a barge-pole (I have no desire to be reminded of my pre-Linux days), but that doesn't mean others won't. And if these two screenshots linked to by the above DesktopLinux post are anything to go by, many will likely be attracted to LindowsOS, as a Windows alternative with an uncanny resemblance. Albeit, if it ever gets released. |
| January 12, 2002, 8:30 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux in the hand |
| Always nice to see the BBC mention Linux, and HancomLinux also gets a mention, seems they're making quite a name for themselves: "The Japanese electronics company Sharp has bucked the trend in handheld computing by launching a new personal digital assistant (PDA) using the Linux operating system."
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| January 12, 2002, 11:45 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Preemptible kernel now compatible with 0(1) scheduler |
| Anon. writes, "This afternoon Robert Love announced the release of a preemptible kernel patch that is compatible with Ingo Molnar's new 0(1) scheduler. †The patches both now work together in the stable 2.4 kernel tree and the 2.5 development kernel."
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| January 12, 2002, 10:14 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Judge tosses Microsoft schools settlement |
| "In his 21-page ruling, U.S. District Judge J. Fredrick Motz agreed with opponents that the proposed deal in the antitrust cases would itself be anti-competitive." |
| January 12, 2002, 9:20 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Korean Government order 120,000 copies of HancomLinux |
| "HancomLinux ... has announced that they have concluded an agreement with the Central Procurement Office of the Korean Government to supply the 120,000 copies of desktop Linux office packages in this year. ''HancomLinux Deluxe 2.0'' is the product that combines the MS compatible office suite and Linux OS." |
| January 12, 2002, 8:38 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Microsoft rigs ZDNet UK .Net poll |
| "In December, Java was more popular than .Net for building Web services, according to a ZDNet UK poll, but weeks later the position had dramatically reversed; investigation revealed just what lengths Microsoft will go to to promote its products." |
| January 10, 2002, 8:01 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux Gamers FAQ |
| A first-stop resource for the Linux gamer. |
| January 9, 2002, 9:11 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| XMMS 1.2.6 released |
| XMMS 1.2.5 was released on June 8th 2001, so this the release of XMMS 1.2.6 is great news. Included are many bug-fixes and a few new features. |
| January 9, 2002, 9:03 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| User fury as Sun puts x86 Solaris to sleep |
| "Sun is putting the Intel version of its Solaris Unix OS in the deep freeze, citing support and development costs as the reason. There won't be an x86 version of Solaris version 9 this year, but Sun will support existing versions for seven years..." |
| January 9, 2002, 6:33 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Understanding Linux configuration files |
| "This article explains configuration files on a Linux system that control user permissions, system applications, daemons, services, and other administrative tasks in a multi-user, multi-tasking environment. These tasks include managing user accounts, allocating disk quotas, managing e-mails and newsgroups, and configuring kernel parameters. This article also classifies the config files present on a Red Hat Linux system based on their usage and the services they affect." |
| January 9, 2002, 6:22 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Microsoft losing to Linux in China and Pakistan |
| A monumental mistake by IBM allowed Microsoft to rise to the top, seems now history could be biting back: "Prior to China's joining the World Trade Organization, certain obligations were required to meet the entry requirements.†One of these requirements was to effectively curtail the use of illegal software, the majority of which is Microsoft based.†Having now started to put this stipulation into action, the Redmond-based software giant could now end up being the biggest loser."
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| January 9, 2002, 7:40 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| 10 years of Samba! |
| Unix is 30, Perl is 14, Linux is 10, and now so too is Samba: "We're now heading towards Samba 3.0, and things are looking pretty good. The code has grown by about a factor of 100 since that first release in 1992, which in some ways is a pity as its now rather too large to read in one sitting, but it does have one or two features not present in the first version. Samba 3.0 will support Active Directory and has many structural improvements that give us a much firmer base for the next 10 years of Samba."
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| January 8, 2002, 6:28 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Writing CDs with Linux |
| Find out how to burn CDs in Linux with X-CD-Roast and KOnCD in the latest issue of LinuxFocus. |
| January 7, 2002, 5:16 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Lawmaker: Is CD copy-protection illegal? |
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"Record companies' efforts to protect CDs against digital copying are beginning to draw scrutiny from lawmakers concerned that the plans might violate the law." (That and irritate the public, something chronic.) |
| January 6, 2002, 2:43 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Computers shouldn't make you feel dumb |
| I like this amusing article, because, ''Guess, what? All us mere mortals have 'been there', one time too many.'' |
| January 5, 2002, 10:58 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| How to run a Microsoft-free shop |
| An excellent 12-step guide all CIOs should read: "DO YOU FIND that you're incapable of stopping upgrades? Do you spend much of your day patching security holes? Do you have a vague sense that you're spending too much money on software? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you may have become overly dependent on Microsoft. Here's a handy 12-step program to cure your condition."
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| January 5, 2002, 7:39 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| The IDC top 10 IT industry tips for 2002 |
| "Linux will have a ''breakout year.'' Last year there were a number of ways the market could have gone - including into the tank. Now it seems clear that Linux has become a viable alternative for enterprise use." |
| January 4, 2002, 11:49 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Getting ready for GNOME 2, Part 1 |
| Nice introductory piece, on coding with GTK+ 2. |
| January 3, 2002, 11:58 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| MS struggles to discredit Linux |
| A follow-up to Brian Valentine's recently leaked Microsoft email. Was it genuinely leaked? Your guess is as good as mine. |
| January 2, 2002, 8:32 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| OGG Vorbis RC3 released |
| Good news for all MP3 fans: "In our Winners and Losers list for 2001 we listed the Ogg Vorbis digital codec as a product to watch for the 2002 lists, predicting it to be a watershed year for the open source format. With the start of the new year the long awaited RC3 release of the Vorbis codec is out."
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| January 1, 2002, 10:54 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Gnumeric 1.0.0 released |
| "After almost 3.5 years of development and months of testing, the team is happy to release an officially stable version of Gnumeric, GNOME Office's spreadsheet." |
| January 1, 2002, 10:12 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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