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<H4 ALIGN="center">"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<li><a HREF="#general">News in General</a>
<li><a HREF="#software">Software Announcements</a>
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December 2000 <I>Linux Journal</I>
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<P> 
The December issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> is on newsstands now.
This issue focuses on System Administration.  Click 
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/80/index.html">here</A>
to view the table of contents, or 
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/index.html">here</A> 
to subscribe.
<FONT COLOR="green">All articles through December 1999 are available for
public reading at 
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/mags.html">http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/mags.html</A></FONT>.  
Recent articles are available on-line for subscribers only at 
<A HREF="http://interactive.linuxjournal.com">
http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/</A>.  



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<FONT COLOR="green">ASP Linux
</FONT>
</H3> 

<a href="http://www.asplinux.com.sg">ASP Linux</a>
 - the first Singapore made Linux distribution for PC - has been developed by
SWsoft with the needs of Application Service Providers in mind. It combines a
user friendly Linux distribution (Red Hat 7 compatible) for home
and office desktops with professional server software packages
for ASPs, ISPs NSPs and others.
SWsoft are currently looking for mirrors located in Asia Pacific Region
for their distribution, source code and applications.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Caldera
</FONT>
</H3>

<P> OREM, UT-November 1, 2000: In a follow up to last month's item, 
<a href="http://www.calderasystems.com/">Caldera Systems</a>
announced its Linux
management solution (formerly code-named "Cosmos") has been named Caldera
Volution. The product, currently in open beta, is still available for download
from Caldera's Web site at
<a href="http://www.calderasystems.com/beta">www.calderasystems.com/beta</a>

Volution is a browser- and directory-based management product for
Linux systems that utilizes the strengths of LDAP directories.
Using Volution, network administrators can create policies and profiles to
manage a half dozen or thousands of Linux systems, without having to
individually manage/touch each.

<hr NOSHADE WIDTH="20%">
<p>
OREM, UT-November 6, 2000: Caldera Systems, Inc. announces its
upcoming Linux/Unix Power Solutions Tour 2000 which runs from November 14th
through December 12th.  The 12-city tour targets those who develop and
deploy on Linux and Unix-including VARs, ASPs, ISVs, developers, resellers,
consultants and corporate IT professionals. 
This tour presents Caldera's vision of the future for Linux and UNIX and
Linux training.
Each presentation on the tour includes two sessions: a morning business
briefing and an afternoon Linux Essentials course with hands-on training,
including for-sale software and solutions guides.
You can get more details from
<a href="http://www.calderasystems.com/partners/tour">
www.calderasystems.com/partners/tour</a>,
or call toll-free on  1-866-890-8388.


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<FONT COLOR="green">NeoLinux
</FONT>
</H3> 

<a href="http://www.neoware.com/">Neoware Systems</a>
showcases the first embedded Linux
designed specifically for desktop computing appliances at Comdex Fall 2000.
NeoLinux 2.0 is the latest version of its embedded Linux operating system.
NeoLinux features a newly designed, customizable user interface
designed specifically for desktop computing appliances, and made up of two
main components.
ezConnect provides  a user interface to allow users and administrators to
easily create connections to run a range of applications (e.g. MS Windows
applications on servers, or UNIX applications over X). ezSnap allows new
software features to be  easily added to appliances across a network.
As a stand-alone product NeoLinux 2.0 is
available for $60 per appliance with one year of technical support and
upgrades.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Storm
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Storm sent us some links which may be of interest to those wanting to
find out about this distribution...
<ul>
<li>     LinuxISO.org  
<a href="http://www.linuxiso.org/distro-battle.html">Battle of the Distro's</a>
 - A Comparative Review of 5 Linux distro.'s.
<li>     LinuxISO reviews the   
<a href="http://www.linuxiso.org/stormix-firewall-review.html">
Storm Firewall</a>.
<li>
<a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-10/lw-10-vcontrol_3.html">
LinuxWorld.com</a>
 reviews of Storm Linux 2000.
</ul>


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<FONT COLOR="green">Upcoming conferences and events
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Courtesy <I>Linux Journal</I>.  For the latest updates, see <I>LJ's</I>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/events/">Industry Events</A> page.


	<table cellpadding=10 border=0>

	<tr>
	<td valign=top>
		<b>USENIX Winter - LISA 2000</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>December 3-8, 2000<BR>New Orleans, LA<BR>
		<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org" target=_blank>www.usenix.org</A>
	</td></tr> 
		    
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		<b>Pluto Meeting 2000</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>December 9-11, 2000<BR>Terni, Italy<BR>
		<A HREF="http://meeting.pluto.linux.it" target=_blank>
		meeting.pluto.linux.it</A>
	</td></tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign=top>
		<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>January 30 - February 2, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
		<A HREF="www.linuxworldexpo.com"
target="_blank">www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

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		<b>ISPCON</b><BR><td valign=top>February 5-8, 2001<BR>Toronto, 
		Canada<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/" target=_blank>
		events.internet.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign=top>
		<b>Internet World Spring</b><BR><td valign=top>March 12-16, 2001<BR>
		Los Angeles, CA<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/"
		target=_blank>events.internet.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>  

	<!--gray row--><tr bgcolor="BFBFBF"><td valign=top>
		<b>Game Developers Conference</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>March 20-24, 2001<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
		<A HREF="http://www.cgdc.com/" target=_blank>www.cgdc.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign=top>
		<b>CeBit</b><BR><td valign=top>March 22-28, 2001<BR>
		Hannover, Germany<BR><A HREF="http://www.cebit.de/" target=_blank>
		www.cebit.de</A><BR>
	</td></tr> 

	<!--gray row--><tr bgcolor="BFBFBF"><td valign=top>
		<b>Linux Business Expo</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>April 2-5, 2001<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
		<A HREF="http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
		www.linuxbusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr> 

	<tr>
	<td valign=top>
		<b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>May 23-24, 2001<BR>Location unknown at present<BR>
		<A HREF="http://www.stricltyebusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
		www.strictlyebusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr> 

	<!--gray row--><tr bgcolor="BFBFBF"><td valign=top>
		<b>USENIX Annual Technical Conference</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>June 25-30, 2001<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
		<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/" target=_blank>www.usenix.org</A><BR>
	</td></tr> 

	<tr>
	<td valign=top>
		<b>PC Expo</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>June 26-29, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
		<A HREF="http://www.pcexpo.com/" target=_blank>www.pcexpo.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

	<!--gray row--><tr bgcolor="BFBFBF"><td valign=top>
		<b>Internet World</b><BR><td valign=top>July 10-12, 2001<BR>
		Chicago, IL<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/"
		target=_blank>events.internet.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign=top>
		<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>July 23-26, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
		<A HREF="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target=_blank>
		conferences.oreilly.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

	<!--gray row--><tr bgcolor="BFBFBF"><td valign=top>
		<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
		<td valign=top>Conference: August 27-30, Exposition: August 28-30, 2001<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
		<A HREF="www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td valign=top>
	<b>Linux Lunacy<br>Co-Produced by <i>Linux
	Journal</i> and Geek Cruises</b><BR>
	<td valign=top>October 21-28, 2001<BR>Eastern Carribean<BR>
	<A HREF="http://www.geekcruises.com/" target=_blank>
	www.geekcruises.com</A><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="green">OEone and Tatung Join Forces
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P>Toronto, ON - October 31, 2000:
A joint agreement has been
announced between Ottawa-based 
<a href="http://www.oeone.com/">OEone</a> and 
<a href="http://www.tatung.com/">Tatung Co.</a>
of Canada. The two
companies will be working together to bring fully-integrated, Linux-based
Internet Computer solutions to leading OEM customers.
The core of this deal is an exclusive arrangement between the two
parties to fully integrate OEone's Linux-based Operating Environment and web
applications with Tatung's All-In-One plus additional custom computer
designs.

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<FONT COLOR="green">SGI and ePeople Linux support
</FONT>
</H3> 
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Nov. 6, 2000: SGI and ePeople are bringing a
new online technical support marketplace to Linux users. Linux users can
receive support through a new 
<a href="http://www.support.sgi.com/linux/helpdesk"> SGI Online Helpdesk</a> 
or through the 
<a href="http://www.epeople.com">ePeople</a> marketplace web site.
<P>  The agreement also allows the more than 200 SGI open source operating
system support technicians to join the ePeople marketplace to provide
fee-based Linux support to anyone who needs it. 
SGI also offers Web-based service incident packs, called WebPacks, from
its Online Helpdesk. WebPacks are prepaid
service agreements available in quantities of 5, 10 or 20 incidents,
(e.g. a 5-incident WebPack costs $449 (U.S. list)).


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<FONT COLOR="green">Clarksville Linux Users Group
</FONT>
</H3>
Kinda a local news item (Tennessee, USA), but LUG's are a very important part
of the whole Linux movement:
The 
<a href="http://www.cllug.org/">CLlug</a> 
meets the third Thursday of every month in the Claxton
Bldg, third floor @ Austin Peay State University. CLlug has been around
for almost one year and is actively recruiting new members.
Mark, from CLlug, tells us that they are pushing for further Linux use in
the University, in particular by linking in with staff who
already use Open Source software. The group have also got the use of the
College's projection facilities for meetings and classes.

<p>Our Editor, Mike, recommends looking up 
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/glue">GLUE</a> (Groups of Linux Users
Everywhere) for anyone interested in finding like-minded
individuals in their area, or in publicising new groups.


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<FONT COLOR="green">IBM/KDE League and Voice Technology
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> November 15, 2000 (Las Vegas, Nevada): Further to their existing support
for Linux, IBM  are now joining the KDE League, and integrating their Via
Voice technology into KDE.
IBM's ViaVoice is currently the only voice recognition software
commercially available for the Linux operating environment.
<p>The KDE League is a group of industry leaders and
KDE developers formed to focus on facilitating the promotion, distribution and
development of KDE.
The League will not be directly
involved in developing the core KDE libraries and applications, but rather
will focus on promoting the use of KDE and development of KDE software by
third party developers.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Linuxcare and Eazel partner
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>SAN  FRANCISCO Nov. 7, 2000: 
<a href="http://www.linuxcare.com">Linuxcare</a>  and  
<a href="http://www.eazel.com">Eazel</a>
announced a partnership geared toward speeding Linux development.   


<P> Under  the agreement, Linuxcare will provide email support services to
customers of  Eazel's  Network  User  Environment  which  includes  Eazel
Services and the Nautilus    client    for   Linux   systems   which   can
be   downloaded   at 
<a href="http://www.eazel.com">www.eazel.com</a>.
Linuxcare will also maintain a
Linux knowledgebase support site  at  Eazel.com  by capturing documentation
and software updates, as well as managing and updating support FAQs.
Linuxcare's services will support the preview of Eazel's Internet services
and  Nautilus  client that  is  being integrated  with the GNOME 1.4
windowing system.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Training Pages (UK's Largest Online Training Directory) Reaches 10,000 Courses
</FONT>
</H3> 
Training Pages announced that it had just passed the landmark of ten
thousand (10,000) distinct and separate courses.
<P> Training Pages runs entirely on open source software,
including the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the MySQL
database and the PHP scripting language.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Announcing Release 0.9.2 of the Computer History Graphing Project
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> Version 0.9.2 of the Computer History Graphing Project has now been
released.  The project aims to graph all of computerdom in one large family
tree.
This version contains an updated version of the unified parser program,
parsech. It can now optionally output a DBM hash containing the parsed data.
The documentation has also been updated, in addition to the data trees. More
specifically, the NeXT, Palm, Windows, and Apple Darwin trees have all been
updated. The project's web site is located at
<a href="http://comp-hist.sourceforge.net">comp-hist.sourceforge.net</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Links
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Adobe beta tested a Linux version of FrameMaker, then decided not to
release a product.  <A HREF="http://www.lwn.net/2000/1130/">Linux Weekly News speculates why.</A>

<P> Is the Internet in China, rather than heralding an age of open
communication, actually solidifying Big Brother's control?  
<EM>Linux Journal</EM> author Bryan Pfaffenberger argues so in his web article
<A HREF="http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/articles/currents/0024.html">The Internet in China</A>.

<P> Tips on getting that <A HREF="http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/">darned mouse wheel</A> to scroll under X.

<P> Links from 
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/">The Duke of URL</a>:
<ul>
<LI>
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/mandrake72">
Linux-Mandrake 7.2</A> review.

<li>
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/bestlinux2000r2">
BestLinux 2000</a> 
review
<li>
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/systems/pogogig">Review</a>
of Pogo Linux Gigahertz machine, a dual boot machine that has Red Hat 7 and
Windows Me
<li>
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide6">
Monthly buyer's guide</a>, 
updated  to include an SMP system in the line-up.
<li>
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/contests.shtml">
The Duke of URL  and O'Reilly</a> 
 are giving away a signed book weekly to launch
their new newsletter. Sign
up for the newsletter and you're entered.
</ul>

Links from <a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk">Anchordesk</a> and 
<a href="http://www.zdnet.co.uk">ZDnet</a>:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?61170:**(*subr_id)**">Should all
software be open sourced?</a>
A look at the advantages and disadvantages
of open source versus proprietary software.
<li>
<a href="http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?62771:**(*subr_id)**">Linux's Sun Rises:</a>
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Japanese wing takes flight
and its first certification exams in a language other than English.
<li>
<P> 
<a href="http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?63619:**(*subr_id)**">
Open source software is NOT free!</a>
Rick Lehrbaum examines the hours and sweat invested by individuals and
companies  in creating, testing, and maintaining it.
<li>
<P> 
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7106917,00.html">The  open-source life</a>
The author of an important development tool for Linux programmers,
writes about his project (the LTT) and complex GPL copyright issues.
<li>
<P> 
<a href="http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?65357:**(*subr_id)**">
The coders' collective:</a>
FreeDevelopers.net
is seeking to reinvent the way companies produce software.  Is the
world ready for a democratically-elected software company?
<li>
<P> 
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7107164,00.html">Open-source rumble?</a>
A look at the rivalries in the open source community, and the effect on
software development.
</ul>

<p>
<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/490500.asp#BODY">MSNBC</a> have a good 
report from COMDEX 2000, focusing on the rise of embedded Linux systems.

<p>
A look at <a href="http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/linux/2000/10/09/rt.html">
Gnutella</a>, and possible legal implications.

<p>
<a href="http://www.sage-au.org.au/osda/">
Open-source developer's agreement</a>
(clauses for the contract between
developers and their employers)

<p>
<a href="http://slashdot.org/books/00/09/25/2233200.shtml">Slashdot review
of a book</a> 
explaining the Open Source revolution to non-tekkies.

<p>
<a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-11/lw-11-penguin_4.html">
From Linuxworld</a>, an article alleging that MS is using Linux code in the
latest Windows versions to make their product more stable.


<p>
Traceroute Java Servlet sources (under Linux) are now available
for free downloading from the
<a href="http://cities.lk.net/trdownload.html">
http://cities.lk.net/trdownload.html</a>




<a name="software"></a>
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<center><H3><font color="green">Software Announcements</font></H3></center>

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<FONT COLOR="green">IBM Small Business Suite for Linux
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Somers, NY, November 6, 2000 . . . IBM today announced the industry's first
Linux-based integrated software solution for small businesses.
It delivers the tools necessary to help
customers with messaging and collaboration, productivity, Web site creation
and design, and data management. IBM also includes a fully integrated
install program.

<P> "This offering provides small businesses, and the Value-Added Resellers
(VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) that serve them, everything
they need to do serious e-business on Linux.," said Scott Handy, director,
Linux solutions marketing, IBM Software.  "The IBM Small Business Suite is
first-of-a-kind for Linux and delivers the three most requested servers:
database, e-mail and Web application server software, delivering a great
solution at a great price."

<P> The suite is available for US$499 at
<A HREF="http://www.ibm.com/shopibm">www.ibm.com/shopibm</A>.  Site licenses are also
available.  Supported distributions
include Caldera, Red Hat, SuSE and TurboLinux.  The installer program and 
desktop software are available in ten European and Asian languages.

<P> The Small Business Suite for Linux includes the following software:

<H4>Lotus Domino Release 5.04</H4>
Is a leading messaging and collaboration solution that allows customers to
get e-mail and Web sites up-and-running rapidly with a unified,
easy-to-manage administrator interface.  This solution provides desktop and
mobile e-mail, Web access, calendaring, group scheduling, bulletin
boards/newsgroups, workflow and database access. Domino sends and receives
e-mail using standard Internet e-mail protocols including native Internet
addressing, SMTP routing, and supports a wide variety of clients and
devices including a Web browsers, Lotus Notes clients, POP3 and IMAP4 mail
clients.

<H4>IBM WebSphere Application Server, Standard Edition Version 3</H4>
This delivers an open and flexible Web application runtime environment for
internal and external Web pages by allowing Java servlets to run on top
of an HTTP server including the Apache Web server or the included IBM HTTP
server powered by Apache.  The WebSphere Application Server makes it easy
to build security-enhanced, individual Web sites providing Web access to
credit, delivery, order processing or other business-critical information.
This offering also provides interaction with IBM DB2 Universal Database for
access to managed relational data directly from Web applications.

<H4>IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 7</H4>
This award-winning database is a powerful, easy-to-use multi-media ready
relational database management
system with the ability to handle the ad-hoc structured queries for a wide
variety of data types including text, data, voice, image or any binary
object.  Reports can be customized and generated from the information to
help run a small business more efficiently. Data from third party
applications that support DB2, such as accounting information, can be
stored, retrieved and reported on from DB2, routed or shared in a teamroom
with Lotus Domino or made accessible to
customers or suppliers over the internet with WebSphere Application Server.

<H4>IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder</H4> 
Includes the necessary templates, tools
and multimedia tutorials for creating and publishing Internet and intranet
Web sites and pages in minutes. This easy-to-use software is designed to
appeal to the ever-growing community using Linux as both a development
platform and a Web server environment.

<H4>IBM Suites Installer</H4>
This tool assists in the distributed installation and
configuration of the suite components and other applications, providing a
quick and easy way for customers to install the software.

<H4>WebSphere Studio</H4>  
Is a complete set of tools integrated and designed to
support all Web development levels, permitting content authors, graphic
artists, page scripters, Web programmers and webmasters to work on the same
projects simultaneously. WebSphere Studio features automated Web site
building, Java  applications and a host of other design and publishing
capabilities.

<H4>Domino Designer</H4>  
This rapid Web site design and development tool is used
to bring back office data to the Web and implement e-business processes
using HTML authoring, site/page design, frameset design and application
preview.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Wolfram Announces Mathematica 4.1
</FONT>
</H3> 

November 27, 2000--Champaign, IL: 
<a href="http://www.wolfram.com">Wolfram Research, Inc.</a> 
announces the release of Mathematica 4.1, the latest
version of their technical computing system.
Mathematica now supports all major
Linux platforms natively.
With Mathematica 4.1 and Parallel Computing Toolkit, the Linux
clusters popular in both academic and commercial settings can
easily solve large-scale problems.
There are currently more than
150 users of this powerful combination, including the Cornell
Theory Center.
<p>
Product details are available at
<a href="http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/newin41.">
www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/newin41.</a>

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<FONT COLOR="green">Omnis Studio 3.0 now brings business solutions to the web even faster
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> Omnis Software has announced the release of Omnis Studio 3.0, the latest
version of their  4GL rapid application development
(RAD) program. The new release incorporates extensive changes to their web
server and Web ClientT technologies, significantly speeding up web-based
business applications. It also includes a range of other enhancements to
make the development experience more intuitive, easier to use, and more
powerful.
<p>Omnis Studio is a high-performance
visual RAD tool that provides a component-based environment for building GUI
interfaces within e-commerce, database and client/server applications.
Development and deployment of Omnis Studio applications can occur
simultaneously in Linux, Windows, and Mac OS environments without changing
the application code.
<P>  A demonstration copy of Omnis Studio 3.0 can be downloaded from the web
site: <a href="http://www.omnis.net">www.omnis.net</a> and more details of the new version are available at:
<a href="http://www.omnis.net/v3">www.omnis.net/v3</a>.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Backup Utility Integrated into Linux NetworX Evolocity Clusters
</FONT>
</H3> 
SANDY, Utah, Nov. 8, 2000: 
<a href="http://www.linuxnetworx.com/">Linux NetworX, Inc.</a>
announced today the
integration of BRU(TM) Backup &amp Restore Utility into its Evolocity(TM)
cluster solutions. BRU is an award winning backup software solution for Linux
systems from 
<a href="http://www.estinc.com/">Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc.</a>.
<P> 	The reliability of tape device technology today is extremely high,
but the potential for errors on the tapes following the writing of the
archive can still occur in some cases.  BRU has the ability to effectively
detect and recover from errors when reading a tape to allow successful
completion of the restore.  
<p>
Evolocity cluster systems include computational hardware,
ClusterWorX(TM) management software, RapidFlow(TM) 10/100 and Gigabit
Ethernet Switch, applications, and storage, including the BRU backup
utility. 



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<FONT COLOR="green">Tribes(tm) 2 Coming to Linux: Beta Testers Needed
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P> Tustin, California - November 9, 2000:  
Loki Software, Inc.,  
publisher of commercial games for the Linux operating system, announces 
an agreement with Sierra Studios(tm) to bring the highly-anticipated 
Tribes(tm)  2 to Linux.
<P> Loki is porting this first-person action game alongside the Windows 
development, and is now accepting beta tester applications for the Linux 
version. Interested participants should visit 
<a href="http://www.lokigames.com">www.lokigames.com</a> and 
complete an online registration form.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Mahogany 0.60 GTK+/Win32 mail client with Python scripting
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> A new release of the `Mahogany' e-Mail and News client has been made.
Mahogany is an OpenSource cross-platform mail and news client. It
is available for X11/Unix and MS Windows platforms, supporting a wide
range of protocols and standards, including POP3, IMAP and full MIME
support as well as secure communications via SSL.  Thanks to its
built-in Python interpreter it can be extended far beyond its original
functionality.
<p>
Source and binaries for a variety of Linux and Unix systems are
available at 
<a href="http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/">http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/</a>
and
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mahogany/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/mahogany/</a>
<P> Binaries for Win32 systems and Debian packages will also be made available
shortly.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Opera for Linux Beta2
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> The latest beta of Opera for Linux is
available at <a href="http://www.opera.com">Opera.com</a>.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Announcing GtkRadiant 1.1 Beta for Linux and Win32
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P> Loki Software, Inc. and QERadiant.com are pleased to release GtkRadiant 
1.1 beta for Linux and Win32. GtkRadiant is a cross-platform version of 
the Quake III Arena level editor Q3Radiant. GtkRadiant offers several
improvements over Q3Radiant and many new features.
<P> For more information, please visit
<a href="http://www.qeradiant.com/gtkradiant.shtml">
http://www.qeradiant.com/gtkradiant.shtml</a>.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Open Source Development Toolkit from Epitera
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> LAS VEGAS - November 15, 2000:  AbsoluteX, a new Open Source development
toolkit, was officially launched at COMDEX 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
AbsoluteX is an X-Window developer toolkit created by Epitera
(
<a href="http://www.epitera.com">http://www.epitera.com</a>
) to streamline and facilitate the process of developing
customized GUIs (graphical user interfaces) for Linux. It is available for
free download at (
<a href="http://www.absolutex.org">http://www.absolutex.org</a>
).
Epitera believes AbsoluteX will
help get Linux out of the exclusive IT world and into the mainstream desktop
world of home, work and novice users.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Open Motif available on IA64 TurboLinux
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. have announced  the first port of Motif to the 
upcoming IA64 platform from Intel. ICS says that this is important for the Linux community, 
because most of the existing Enterprise applications written for UNIX 
platforms (e.g., Suns, HP, SGI, etc.) use Motif as a GUI toolkit. Without 
the port of Motif to the IA64, it will be difficult and expensive for 
Enterprises to migrate to Linux.
<p>
A full 
<a href="http://www.ics.com/about/whatshot/press_releases/motif64.html">
press release</a>
is available. The software is also available for download from:
<a href="http://www.motifzone.net/download/dldform.php">
http://www.motifzone.net/download/dldform.php</a>



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