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<li><a HREF="#distro">Distro News</A>
<li><a HREF="#general">News in General</a>
<li><a HREF="#software">Software Announcements</a>
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<P> Linux 2.4.3 is out.  See the 
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<P> 
The April issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> is on newsstands now.
This issue focuses on Internet/Intranet.  Click 
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue84/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>.  

<P> The March/April issue of 
<A HREF="http://embedded.linuxjournal.com"><I>Embedded Linux Journal</I></A> was
mailed to subscribers in February.  
Click 
<A HREF="http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/magazine/issue02/">here</A>
to view the table of contents.  Professionals working in the embedded field
in the US, Canada or Mexico can get a <EM>free</EM> subscription by clicking
<A HREF="http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/">here</A>.  Paid
subscriptions to other countries are also available.

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<a name="distro"></a>
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<center><H3><font color="green">Distro News</font></H3></center>

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

<P> <a href="http://www.calderasystems.com">
Caldera Systems</a> have announced the open beta availability of its new
OpenLinux server product, code-named "Project 42," and an agreement with
Lutris to ship the Enhydra Open Source Java/XML application server with the
new version. The product is based on the new Linux 2.4 kernel and targets
OEMs and VARs.
Project 42 incorporates a secure Web server, a file and print server, and a
set of network infrastructure servers, including DHCP, DNS, and firewall.

<hr noshade width="20%">
<p>
Caldera and <a href="http://www.sco.com">
SCO</a> have unveiled Open UNIX 8, incorporating support for Linux
applications.
Open UNIX 8 will maintain compatibility and continuity with the UnixWare 7
operating system while providing a complete Linux environment. In addition,
the product will incorporate support for the execution of unmodified Linux
Intel Architecture binaries.

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

<P> <A HREF="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</A> has chosen Ben Collins as the
new Debian Project Leader (DPL).


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<FONT COLOR="green">Progeny Debian
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Progeny Linux Systems have announced that
Release Candidate 1 of Progeny Debian is now available for
download.  Progeny Debian is based on woody, the current testing
version of Debian,  and made by a team of leading Debian developers.
Company CEO Ian Murdock, has said that he expects any changes after RC1 to
be bug-fixes and cosmetic improvements

<P> Features of RC1 include:

graphical installation and configuration tools,
a GNOME interface for debconf,
improved hardware detection and USB support,
optional migration to GRUB,
 and automated multiple installations.

<P>  Software included in RC1 includes:
<ul>
    <li>Kernel 2.2.18 (2.4 optional)
    <li>XFree 86 4.0.2.
    <li>glibc 2.2.
    <li>Netscape 4.76 and Mozilla 0.7.
    <li>GNU parted
    <li>Open SSH.
    <li>GRUB 0.5.96.1
</ul>

<P> For more information about Progeny Debian, visit 
<a href="http://www.progeny.com/">www.progeny.com</a>.

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<p>
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">SuSE Linux</a> have released apparently
very positive news about the future of Linux in Germany. A poll commissioned
by SuSE showed that 56 percent of the interviewed PC users have heard of
Linux and ten percent already use the alternative operating system at home
or at work. This statistic indicates that, in terms of distribution, Linux
is second to Windows. Furthermore, 23 percent of the computer users consider
switching to Linux when upgrading their equipment.  This information was
obtained from a survey recently conducted by the market research institute
TNS EMNID, Bielefeld, Germany.
<hr noshade width="20%">
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">SuSE Linux</a> 
are now offering a new Server Version for professional users.
SuSE presented the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server at CeBIT in
Hanover, Germany. 
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server  is
an operating system streamlined for the utilization in servers. 
It has been optimized for security and stability and
comprises all relevant server services.

<hr noshade width="20%">
SuSE's PowerPC Edition 7.1 will be released in early April.  It has k
ernel 2.4.2 and
ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) for PowerMacs.  SuSE's administration
and configuration tool YaST2 is complemented by YOU (YaST Online Update) for
updating individual packages after the install.  

<P> It also has KDE2, XFree86
4.0.2 and SaX2, the expanded graphical configuration tool which ensures a
simple and secure setup of supported graphics cards, is also a new feature. An
improved version of MOL (Mac on Linux), the virtual machine used to start MacOS
in Linux, complements the distribution.

<P> The range of supported IBM computers with PowerPC processors has been
considerably enlarged. SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition now runs on IBM
Power3 machines. The possibility to use up to 3 GB RAM and an expanded
multi-processor support provided by Kernel 2.4 make SuSE Linux 7.1
PowerPC Edition especially attractive for IBM pSeries 640. Thus, SuSE
Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition is the first Linux solution that supports these
computers "out of the box".

<P> The package includes 6 CDs, a 500-page manual and 60 days installation
support for EURO 49.00.


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<center><H3><font color="green">News in General</font></H3></center>

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<FONT COLOR="green">Lion worm (DNS/BIND security alert!)
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> 
Anyone using BIND should be aware that there is a new worm on the loose. 
The Lion worm attacks certain versions of BIND (the domain name
server program).
<a href="http://www.sans.org/">The Sans Institute</a> have plenty of 
<a href="http://www.sans.org/y2k/lion.htm">information</a> on the worm, and
indicate that Bind versions 8.2, 8.2-P1, 8.2.1, 8.2.2-Px are vulnerable.
BIND 8.2.3-REL has been reported as not being
vulnerable (this information is preliminary and potentially incomplete). 
The BIND vulnerability is the TSIG vulnerability
that was reported back on January 29, 2001.

If you believe your system has been compromised,
the SANS Institute has a program
<A HREF="http://www.sans.org/y2k/lion.htm">Lionfind</A> that detects
it.
Now is a good time to get the latest version of BIND from your
distribution vendor, run named as non-root, or switch to a
BIND alternative.
<p>
It is also worth looking at general security issues. To get an idea of how
security should be done, check out 
<a href="http://project.honeynet.org/challenge/results/">
the results</a> of the 
<a href="http://project.honeynet.org/">Honeynet
</a> forensic challenge. Candidates downloaded the partition images
of a compromised Linux system and had to find out "who, what, when,
where, how". The results show how professionals go about doing these things,
but also how difficult and time consuming recovering from a compromise can
be. The lesson is "BE PREPARED!"


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

<P> Listings courtesy <EM>Linux Journal</EM>.  See <EM>LJ</EM>'s
<A HREF="http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/events/">Events</A> page for the
latest goings-on.

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<tr><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>
	http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr> 

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<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Free Web ROI Seminar by Akami Technologies</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>April 3, 2001<BR>Seattle, WA<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.akamai.com/roitime/" target=_blank>
        http://www.akamai.com/roitime/</A><BR>
        </td></tr>                                                      

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux Expo, Madrid</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>April 4-5, 2001<BR>Madrid, Spain<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linuxexpomadrid.com/EN/home/" target=_blank>
        http://www.linuxexpomadrid.com/EN/home</A><BR>
        </td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Lugfest IV</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>April 21-22, 2001<BR>Simi Valley, CA<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.lugfest.org/" target=_blank>
        http://www.lugfest.org</A><BR>
        </td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux Expo Road Show</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>April 23-27, 2001<BR>Various Locations<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com/" target=_blank>
        http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr> 

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux Africa 2001</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>April 24-26, 2001<BR>Johannesburg, South Africa<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.aitecafrica.com" target=_blank>
        http://www.aitecafrica.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr>                      

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Open Source Development Network Summit</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>April 30 - May 1, 2001<BR>Austin, TX<BR>
        <A HREF="http://osdn.com/conferences/handhelds/" target=_blank>
        http://osdn.com/conferences/handhelds/</A><BR>
        </td></tr>                              

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux for Industrial Applications</b><br>3rd Braunschweiger
	Linux-Tage<BR>
        <td valign=top>May 4-6, 2001<BR>Braunschweig, Germany<BR>
        <A HREF="http://braunschweiger.linuxtage.de/industrie/" target=_blank>
        http://braunschweiger.linuxtage.de/industrie/</A><BR>
        </td></tr> 

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux@Work Europe 2001</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>May 8 - June 15, 2001<BR>Various Locations<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.ltt.de/linux_at_work.2001/" target=_blank>
        http://www.ltt.de/linux_at_work.2001</A><BR>
        </td></tr>  

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux Expo, S&atilde;o Paulo</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>May 9-10, 2001<BR>S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com" target=_blank>
        http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr>   

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>SANS 2001</b><BR><td valign=top>May 13-20, 2001<BR>
	Baltimore, MD<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.sans.org/SANS2001.htm" target=_blank>
       	http://www.sans.org/SANS2001.htm</A><BR>
        </td></tr>   

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>7th Annual Applied Computing Conference</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>May 14-17, 2001<BR>Santa Clara, CA<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.annatechnology.com/annatech/HomeConf2.asp" 
	target=_blank>
        http://www.annatechnology.com/annatech/HomeConf2.asp</A><BR>
        </td></tr>  

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux Expo, China</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>May 15-18, 2001<BR>Shanghai, China<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com/" target=_blank>
        http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr> 

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>SITI International Information Technologies Week</b><br>
	OpenWorld Expo 2001<BR>
        <td valign=top>May 22-25, 2001<BR>Montr&eacute;al, Canada<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.mediapublik.com/en/" target=_blank>
        http://www.mediapublik.com/en/</A><BR>
        </td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr> 

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

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Linux Expo, Milan</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>June 6-7, 2001<BR>Milan, Italy<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com" target=_blank>
        http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr>   

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><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/events/usenix01/" target=_blank>
	http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01</A><BR>
	</td></tr> 

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></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>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>     
	<b>Internet World Summer</b><BR><td valign=top>July 10-12, 2001<BR>
	Chicago, IL<BR>
	<A HREF="http://www.internetworld.com/" target=_blank>
	http://www.internetworld.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
	<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</b><BR>
	<td valign=top>July 23-27, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
	<A HREF="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target=_blank>
	http://conferences.oreilly.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>10th USENIX Security Symposium</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>August 13-17, 2001<BR>Washington, D.C.<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec01/" target=_blank>
        http://www.usenix.org/events/sec01/</A><BR>
        </td></tr> 

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>HunTEC Technology Expo & Conference</b><br>Hosted by Hunstville IEEE<BR>
        <td valign=top>August 17-18, 2001<BR>Huntsville, AL<BR>
	URL unkown at present<br>
        </td></tr>    

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Computerfest</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>August 25-26, 2001<BR>Dayton, OH<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.computerfest.com/" target=_blank>
        http://www.computerfest.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

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

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>The O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer Conference</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>September 17-20, 2001<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
        <A HREF="http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/call_fall.html" 
	target=_blank>
        http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/call_fall.html</A><BR>
        </td></tr> 

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<tr><td valign=top>
	<b>Linux Lunacy<br>Co-Produced by <i>Linux
	Journal</i> and Geek Cruises</b><BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lunacy/cruise.html" target=_blank>
        Send a Friend <i>LJ</i> and Enter to Win a Cruise!</A><BR> 
	<td valign=top>October 21-28, 2001<BR>Eastern Caribbean<BR>
	<A HREF="http://www.geekcruises.com/" target=_blank>
	http://www.geekcruises.com</A><BR>
	</td></tr> 

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<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>October 30 - November 1, 2001<BR>Frankfurt, Germany<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/linuxworldexpo/index.html" 
	target=_blank>
        http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/linuxworldexpo/index.html</A><BR>
        </td></tr>

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<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>5th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>November 6-10, 2001<BR>Oakland, CA<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linuxshowcase.org/" target=_blank>
        http://www.linuxshowcase.org/</A><BR>
        </td></tr> 

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<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>November 7-8, 2001<BR>Houston, TX<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.strictlyebusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
        http://www.strictlyebusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr> 

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<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>LINUX Business Expo</b><BR>Co-located with COMDEX<br>
        <td valign=top>November 12-16, 2001<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com" target=_blank>
        http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
        </td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top>
        <b>15th Systems Administration Conference/LISA 2001</b><BR>
        <td valign=top>December 2-7, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
        <A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2001/" target=_blank>
        http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2001</A><BR>
        </td></tr>  

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

<P> <A HREF="http://www.linuxfocus.org">LinuxFocus</A> is a Linux webzine
that's been around for years, but may not be familiar to some <I>LG</I> readers.
Unlike <I>LG</I>, which is essentially in English with some foreign-language
translations, <I>LF</I> was founded with the goal of providing non-English
speakers with "enough [Linux] information in their native
language that they can join in the Linux community."  Currently, seven 
languages are fully supported and four more are partially supported.  
Translations happen both ways: there are currently six French articles waiting
to be adopted by English translators.  <I>LG</I> fully supports <I>LF</I> and
wishes it success.



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<FONT COLOR="green">NetworX and AMD Supply Cluster to Boeing
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>The Boeing Company is using a 
<a href="http://www.linuxnetworx.com/">
Linux NetworX</a>
cluster powered by 96 
<a href="http://www.amd.com/">
AMD</a>
Athlon
processors. The system, designed as a high performance cluster, is being
used by Boeing Space & Communications in Huntington Beach, Calif. to run
computational fluid dynamics applications in support of the Delta IV
program. Boeing Delta IV engineers tested multiple processor platforms at
Linux NetworX facilities prior to buying the cluster, and selected the AMD
Athlon for its price and performance advantages.  

<hr noshade width="20%">

<P>Linux NetworX has also announced the  development of LinuxBIOS for the 
Alpha platform. 
In conjunction with the LinuxBIOS Open Source project, Linux NetworX has
replaced SRM firmware on the Alpha platform with a Linux-based BIOS. Users
will now have the ability to boot to Linux directly out of the ROM on the
motherboard.
<P>

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<FONT COLOR="green">Python Software Foundation & Python Cookbook
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> 
<a href="http://activestate.com/">
ActiveState</a> have announced involvement in 
the launch of a collaborative programming book, the
Python Cookbook, with O'Reilly &amp; Associates.  The Cookbook will be a
repository of reviewed Python recipes that have been contributed
by the Python community for the community. It will be freely available
for download.  For details please go to the 
<a href="http://activestate.com/Corporate/Communications/Releases/Press983583358.html">
website</a>.

Activestate will also be a founding co-sponsor of the new Python Software
Foundation (PSF).  The PSF's is to
provide educational, legal and financial resources to the Python community.
More information is available in the full
<a href="http://activestate.com/Corporate/Communications/Releases/Press983863928.html">
press release</a>

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<FONT COLOR="green">Penguin Computing Selects Arkeia Backup for Linux Servers
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>
<a href="http://www.arkeia.com">
Knox Software Corp.</a> have announced that
the company has entered into a reseller agreement with Penguin Computing
Inc. Under the agreement, Penguin Computing will now
offer Knox's flagship network backup application, Arkeia, for bundling
with Penguin's pre-configured custom Linux servers. 

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<FONT COLOR="green">IBM, Biotech and Linux
</FONT>
</H3> 

<a href="http://www.ibm.com/">IBM</a> has been very active on
the <a href="http://ibm.com/linux">Linux</a> front in recent months.
IBM efforts in the emerging 
<a href="http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/lifesciences/">
biotechnology</a>
marketplace received a boost
with the  announcement that 
<a href="http://www.strubix.com/">Structural Bioinformatics</a>
 has chosen DB2 for Linux as its strategic development platform
for future applications. DB2 will be used to manage more
than two terabytes of high-resolution 3-D protein structures, which are used
in the development of new medicines.
<p> For more information on IBM's Linux developments, refer to their 
<a href="http://ibm.com/linux">website</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">OEone Teams Up with EarthLink
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> 
<a href="http://www.oeone.com/">OEone</a>
and 
<a href="http://www.earthlink.net">EarthLink</a>
are
<a href="http://www.oeone.com/index.php?SCREEN=news/announcements">
working together</a> to integrate EarthLink's Linux based
Internet access software with
OEone's Internet-computer operating environment platform. 

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<FONT COLOR="green">TeamLinux and Muze to Expand Relationship
</FONT>
</H3> 
<P> 
<a href="http://www.team-linux.com">
TeamLinux</a> 
is to expand its relationship with
<a href="http://www.muze.com">Muze Inc.</a>
						
to provide hardware support and
service for its existing and future kiosk customers. 
This new multi-year contract provides for TeamLinux to be
the premiere
provider for all hardware and service. Muze will continue to provide its
proprietary software and be the first level of contact for any Muze system
issues. 

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<FONT COLOR="green">Sair Linux & GNU Certification
</FONT>
</H3> 
Sair Linux have announced their new 
<a href="http://www.linuxcertification.com">website</a>
The Web  site  has  information about
Sair Linux and GNU Certification.
The company provides training, certification, and educational aids (books
etc.,).
Sair also invites LUG's to sign up and receive a "Welcome Kit" including
T-shirts, brochures, information on Sair Linux, Distro CD's.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Agenda Computing Sell Linux PDA
</FONT> </H3> 

<P>California-based
<a href="http://www.agendacomputing.com/">
Agenda Computing</a> are launching a pure
Linux PDA (personal digital assistant)
to challenge Palm in the war for market share. 
Each Agenda VR3 and VR3r is loaded with unique software and hardware
features like 16MB of Flash memory, which eliminates the problem of data
loss associated with RAM-based units. It also supports 7 languages, is
e-mail compatible, and will send a
memo or message to a printer by wireless infrared transfer. 

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<FONT COLOR="green">Keyspan Ships 4-port USB Serial Adapter for Linux</FONT>
</H3> 
The 
<a href="http://www.keyspan.com">
Keyspan</a> USB 4-Port Serial Adapter is intended to allow
4 serial devices to be connected to a single USB port. Each of its male DB9
ports allows connection to RS232 serial devices at data rates up to 960
Kbps. In addition to supporting Linux 2.4, the Keyspan USB 4-Port Serial
Adapter works with various Windows flavours. (Note, this is not a review,
consult the company for full details.)

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

<P> <A HREF="http://www.galleo.com/">Galleo</A> is a mobile multimedia
communicator.  It's a nifty-looking PDA with e-mail, web and music
capabilities.  Unfortunately, their web site is not so nifty: I can't get the
menu buttons to show.  So click on the Galleo image or try this link to their
<A HREF="http://www.galleo.com/products.html">follow this link</A> to get to
the products page and use the text links from there, and click on "Virtual
Tour".  (Requires Javascript and who knows what [Shockwave?] for the movie.)

<P> The 
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org">
Duke of URL</a>
has the following to offer:

<ul>
<li> <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/trustix12">
Review of Trustix Secure Linux 1.2</a>
<li><a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide9">
Linux Buyer's Guide #9</a>
<li><a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/tribes2preview">
Tribes 2 Linux Preview</a>
<li> <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/turbolinux61">
TurboLinux Workstation Pro 6.1 Review</a>
<li> <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxapps">
A Beginner's Guide to Linux Apps</a>
</ul>

<P>


Some links from the folks at ZDNet's
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/">Anchordesk UK</a>
<ul>

<li> <a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7107682,00.html">
Linux is too much</a>: a look at how big Linux distributions packed with
thousands of apps are likely to leave the average desktop user dazed and
confused.

<li> 
Two looks at the new kernel:
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7107784,00.html">
Linux 2.4: It's here! Now what?</a>  and 
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7107835,00.html">
Much ado about kernels</a> 

<li>
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7108709,00.html">
How to succeed at selling free software</a>

<li>
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7108822,00.html">
Why Linux is like pizza</a>

<li>
<a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7108937,00.html">
Nautilus: here today. Eazel: gone tomorrow?</a>
</ul>

<P> <A HREF="http://debianhelp.org">debianhelp.org</A> offers, um, help on
Debian.

<p>
<a href="http://www.linuxvalley.com/">
Linux Valley</a>,
an Italian portal for the Linux operating system,
has been updated.
It offers a range of interactive and community services.

<p>
Microsoft says Linux is a 
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-4825719-RHAT.html?tag=ltnc">
threat</a>
to intellectual-property rights. <I>Linux Journal</I> 
<a href="http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/articles/conversations/020.html">
disagrees</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.lwn.net/2001/0322/a/paranoid-backup.php3">
Paranoid Backup</a>
is designed to "work with cheap tape drives and cheap tapes
without shoe-shining or losing data; to never overwrite old backups; and to use
as few tapes as possible."
<P> The Pentagon's research agency is preparing to demonstrate a 
<a href="http://www.eet.com/story/OEG20010321S0049">soldier's radio</a>
 designed to provide mobile communications among individual
troops on the battlefield. The network
will be based on the Linux operating system.
Courtesy Slashdot.
<P>
The Linux Expo Birmingham 2001 web site
is now 
<a href="http://www.linuxexpobirmingham.com">
online</a>.  For information on other Linux-Expo events, consult their
<a href="http://www.linux-expo.com/">website</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.olinux.com/">OLinux</a> have an  
<a href=http://www.olinux.com.br/artigos/279/1.html>interview</a>
with  Rick Lehrbaum from  LinuxDevices.com. OLinux are also currently
looking for an investor or a company willing to translate and promote OLinux
around the world.
<p>Doug Eubanks has put together a new Linux/RoadRunner 
<a href="http://dougemt.no-ip.com">help site</a>. He aims to consolidate
the various threads in the field.
<a name="software"></a>

<P> An article on 
<A HREF="http://www.internetweek.com/newslead01/lead032901.htm">
Microsoft's complicated licensing terms</A> for enterprise users.
The title for the Slashdot link is, "Microsoft Turning Screws on Customers".

<P> <hr> <P> 
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<FONT COLOR="green">Tom's Root/Boot Updated
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Tom Oehser has released a minor, but recommended, update to tomsrtbt.
Current version is now 1.7.218.
Get it from: <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">http://www.toms.net/rb/</a>.
This is something everybody should have on hand in case you someday have to
boot from an emergency floppy.



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<FONT COLOR="green">AbsoluteX Now Available for Download
</FONT>
</H3> 

AbsoluteX, "Linux With a Twist," is available for download at
<a href="http://www.absolutex.org/">
www.absolutex.org</a>. 
It was unveiled at the Annual Linux Showcase in Atlanta
and is now available to developers worldwide under LGPL.

AbsoluteX is an X-Window developer toolkit created by 
<a href="http://www.epitera.com">
Epitera</a>
to streamline and facilitate the process of developing
customized GUIs for the Linux operating system. Based on the C++
programming language, AbsoluteX is a standard template library (STL) with
multiple inheritance methodology, efficient messaging, and programming
methods that separate logical and visual aspect class libraries. 

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<FONT COLOR="green">Loki Games
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <a href="http://www.lokigames.com/">Loki Software</a> has  
announced an agreement with developer-driven computer and 
videogame publisher Gathering of Developers to bring the hit PC games 
<a href="http://www.runegame.com">
Rune</a> and 
<a href="http://fakk2.godgames.com">
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2</a> to Linux early this year. Testers are required,
<a href="http://odin.lokigames.com">
register here</a>.

<P> Furthermore,
in a race to GPL freedom, Loki Software, Inc. are releasing
the latest in their line of open source projects: a complete set of
end-user and developer tools for managing software releases.
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.lokigames.com/development/setup.php3">Setup 1.5.8</a>
includes support for Loki's new
XML product database.  This database allows you to 
determine if your product is complete or corrupt.
<li><a href="http://www.lokigames.com/development/loki_update.php3">Loki Update Tool 1.0.6</a>
allows quick and easy
updates of any Loki software. 
<li><a href="http://www.lokigames.com/development/loki_uninstall.php3">Loki Uninstall Tool 1.0.3</a>
allows anyone to quickly and easily
remove any Loki software they install.
<li><a href="http://www.lokigames.com/development/loki_patch.php3">Loki Patch Tools 1.0.1</a>
will allow you to build patches for
any project, complete with pre/post install scripts.
</ul>

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<FONT COLOR="green">"Emerald Isle" Ispell
</FONT>
</H3> 

A new version of the package 
<a href="http://borel.slu.edu/~kps/ispell">"ispell-gaeilge"</a> 
which lets users of
International Ispell check their Irish Gaelic spelling has been released
recently. Developed by Kevin P. Scannell, a mathematician at Saint Louis
University, the package boasts a dictionary of over 200,000 entries
covering the many grammatical variations of Irish language words.

Mentions of it in Irish national newspapers have introduced many
people to the world of Linux for the first time. For people frustrated with
the lack of support for minority languages in Windows, projects such as the
<a href="http://www.linux.ie/projects/mandrake-ga/">
Irish localisation
</a> of
<a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com">
Mandrake Linux</a> offer real encouragement.
Other projects, such as the spelling checker 
<a href="http://www.gaelspell.com/">GaelSpell</a>,
are improving the tools available to Windows users, but also help all computer
users by providing quality word-lists.


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<FONT COLOR="green">GARLIC Version 1.1 Released
</FONT>
</H3> 

Version 1.1 of garlic, free GPL molecular visualisation program for Linux and
Unix, is available at 
<a href="http://pref.etfos.hr/garlic">
http://pref.etfos.hr/garlic</a>. 
It aims to be ANSI and POSIX compliant and may
be easily ported to different Unix-like platforms.

Garlic may be used to analyse proteins, DNA and other large molecules.
The latest version includes a number of plot-options, 
not available in version 1.0:
helical wheel, averaged hydrophobicity, hydrophobic moment, Venn diagram and
Ramachandran plot. A screenshot
<a href="http://pref.etfos.hr/garlic/gallery">
gallery</a> is available.


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<FONT COLOR="green">The FIEN Group to Sell 
Teamware Office for Linux in the U.S.
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <a href="http://www.teamware.com">Teamware Group
</a>, a 
<a href="http://www.fujitsu.com">Fujitsu
</a>
subsidiary, and 
<a href="http://www.thefiengroup.com">
The FIEN Group</a>, a Southern
California-based technology consulting organisation have signed a partner
agreement according to which The FIEN group will sell Teamware Office 5.3 for
Linux groupware to customers across the USA.
Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux includes facilities for electronic mail,
time and resource scheduling, discussion groups as well as document storage
and retrieval. The famous Teamware Office groupware suite has
been in the market since 1989 and was ported to Linux platform in spring
2000.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Opera to be released as ad-ware
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> 
<a href="http://www.opera.com">
Opera Software
</a> has announced that the final
release  of its Linux browser will be available for free to
all users.  The free version has full functionality but contains banner
ads.  If you don't want banner ads, you can register your free copy for $39, or
buy the adless version for the same price.  If you are interested in this
product, Opera 5 for Linux beta 7 is 
<a href="http://www.opera.com/linux/">
now out</a>.

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<FONT COLOR="green">Open Motif Now Supports Latest Linux 2.4 Kernel Distributions
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <a href="http://www.ics.com">
Integrated Computer Solutions</a> has released an updated
version of Open Motif Everywhere. This new release officially incorporates
Open Group Patch 3 and Patch 4 into the Open Motif release. These patches
include bug fixes and updates to the Motif libraries, clients and
the demo source code. RPM (version 4) are also provided for both Red Hat
Linux 7, SuSE Linux 7.1 and other distributions using glibc 2.2. 
The latest ICS
Open Motif binary and source packages are available for free download at
ICS's Motif Community site, 
<a href="http://www.motifzone.net">the MotifZone</a>. They
are also available for $29.95 on ICS's Open Motif Everywhere distribution CD
that can be purchased through 
<a href="http://store.ics.com">the ICS Store</a>.

<P> <hr> <P> 
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<H3><IMG ALT=" "   SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">Kaspersky Lab Introduces the New Version of 
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Kaspersky Lab  have announced the release of the new version of Kaspersky
Anti-Virus for Linux (3.0 Build 135.3).
This new version adds several features, including 
installer support for different Linux
distributions,
and a ready-made
solution to integrate centralised virus filtering for Postfix e-mail
gateways.
The new version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus is available for 
<a href="http://www.kaspersky.com/download.asp">download</a> from
the Kaspersky Lab Web site. 
All registered users of previous versions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux
may upgrade to the new version free of charge.

<P> <hr> <P> 
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<H3><IMG ALT=" "   SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">Other software
</FONT>
</H3> 

<p>Rob Pitman has released a LGPL licensed software package  that provides
a "graphical user interface" between a Java application and an ASCII
terminal.  The package emulates the API of the Java AWT 
and the Swing toolkit. It provides "graphical" widgets such as
Frames, Dialogs, Labels, TextFields and Buttons. One can design the GUI of
an application using any Java IDE and then port it to use a text
interface with little work.
You can get more information about the package at:
<a href="http://www.pitman.co.za/projects/charva/index.html">
http://www.pitman.co.za/projects/charva/index.html</a>.

<hr noshade width="20%">

<p>
<a href="http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/">Mahogany
</a> Version 0.62 is out.
Mahogany is an OpenSource(TM) cross-platform mail and news client. It
supports a range of protocols and standards (POP3, IMAP4, MIME, etc.,),
secure communications via SSL, and can be extended  using its built-in
Python interpreter and loadable modules.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.tuxia.com/">TUXIA</A> specialises in embedded Linux
software suites for Internet and Information appliances.  TASTE (TUXIA
Appliance Synthesis Technology Enabled) is a solution based on Linux Kernel 2.4
with an embedded Mozilla browser and other functionalities, that can be
integrated into any hardware platform.



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