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<a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a> Potato users out there itching
to get their hands on the new 2.4 kernels may be interested in these links.
<a href="http://www.lwn.net/">Linux Weekly News</a>
have posted the Debian-News
<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0419/a/deb22-2.4.php3">message</a>
of Apr 16, which has advice on getting kernel 2.4 working on you 2.2 potato
install. The
<a href="http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html">instructions</a> should
be read carefully before upgrading.
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In other Debian news, The third revision of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (nickname
`potato') has been released. This point release, version 2.2r3, mostly
includes security updates, along with a few corrections to important bugs in
the stable distribution. The details are
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce-01/msg00002.html">
online</a>.
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<a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com">
Linux-Mandrake</a> 8.0 has been released.
New features can be studied in detail on their
<a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/8.0.php">website</a>. Highlights
include KDE 2.1.1, GNOME 1.4, Kernel 2.4.3, Xfree86 4.0.3, and
Anti-aliasing.
If you would like to donate to the project, go to
<a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations">
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations/</a>
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<P> <a href="http://www.progeny.com/">Progeny</a> Debian is
<a href="http://www.progeny.com/news/newsreleases/?newsrelease=04_09_2001">
out</a> now. The download edition is already
<a href="http://www.progeny.com/download/">available</a>, and the box set
will be on sale from April 23. Ian Murdock, Progeny CEO and President, has
said that Progeny Debian is not trying to be another distribution of Linux.
"In fact, we don't see Progeny Debian as a separate distribution. It is an
enhanced version of Debian for the commercial market. All of our development
efforts are being contributed back to the Debian community, and we hope that
our work can help make Debian better for all users", he comments.
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<a href="http://www.redhat.com/">Red Hat</a> have announced Red Hat Linux 7.1
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/2001/press_sevenone.html">
with 2.4 kernel</a>.
The Red Hat website has a complete list of the
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/products/software/linux/rhl_new_features.html">
new features</a>.
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<a href="http://www.lwn.net/">Linux Weekly News</a>
have a
<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0419/dists.php3">story</a>
on
<a href="http://www.slackware.com/">Slackware</a>'s difficulties.
Apparently, Wind River have laid off the
Slackware development staff. Patrick Volkerding, who is also laid off, says
that he has sufficient funds to publish the next edition of Slackware, but
not enough to pay developers for their input.
This was a big
<a href="http://www.slackware.com/forum/read.php?f=5&i=7887&t=7887">
topic</a>
of conversation on the Slackware forum (might break Netscape).
<p> If you want to see Slackware continue, you can donate to the project via
their <a href="http://www.paypal.com/">PayPal</a> account. Donate to
paypal@slackware.com
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<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">SuSE Linux</a>
have announced the release of SuSE Linux 7.1 for the Sparc
architecture of Sun Microsystems.
SuSE Linux 7.1 for Sparc comes with the proven Linux Kernel 2.2.18
as well as the latest Kernel 2.4.2 as a special bonus for
technophile users. SuSE Linux 7.1 is based on the program library
glibc 2.2. The popular SBUS graphics cards are supported by
XFree86 4.0.2.
Application support for LFS (Large File Support) and
IPv6 (Internet Protocol
Version 6) has grown.
<P> SuSE Linux 7.1 for Sparc (Item No. 99985-21SPC) is supplied on
five CD-ROMs with online documentation. It can be obtained
exclusively directly from SuSE at the price of EUR 159 plus VAT.
SuSE Linux 7.1 for Sparc is also available for download from
<a href="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/suse-sparc/">
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/suse-sparc/</a>
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<P> Listings courtesy <EM>Linux Journal</EM>. See <EM>LJ</EM>'s
<A HREF="http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/events/">Events</A> page for the
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<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>
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<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>
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<b>Linux Expo, São Paulo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>May 9-10, 2001<BR>São Paulo, Brazil<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linux-expo.com" target=_blank>
http://www.linux-expo.com</A><BR>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<b>SITI International Information Technologies Week</b><br>
OpenWorld Expo 2001<BR>
<td valign=top>May 22-25, 2001<BR>Montréal, Canada<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.mediapublik.com/en/" target=_blank>
http://www.mediapublik.com/en/</A><BR>
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<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>Linux Expo Montréal</b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 13-14, 2001<BR>Montréal, Canada<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxexpomontreal.com/EN/home/" target="_blank">
http://www.linuxexpomontreal.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>Open Source Handhelds Summit</b><BR>
<td valign=top>June 18-19, 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>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>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Newlix ServerWare
</FONT>
</H3>
<P> <a href="http://www.newlix.com">
Newlix Corporation</a> has developed an intelligent and customisable
administration solution for Linux based server appliances. Newlix
ServerWare contains an intelligent administration engine so intuitive that
it creators say
"it can be seen as having an entire IT team sucked right into the server
appliance!"
This technology is intended to improve the functionality and ease of use of
server appliances.
Full details are
<a href="http://www.newlix.com/products/datasheet.html">available</a> on the
Newlix website.
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<FONT COLOR="green">eCluster Internet Server Clustering
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>eCluster from
<a href="http://www.xgforce.com/">XGforce</a>
is a scalable, Intelligent load-balance
cluster system, which can be scaled up to 1024 Internet cluster
groups and each contains 1024 cluster nodes(1024X1024).
With round trip time load balance algorithm, one can cluster
any OSes on any CPUs, such as NT, Novell,
UNIXes (SUN SPARC, OS2000 BSD, Linux), etc. The
support of load balance or fail safe mode, ensured non-stoppable
and fast business transactions for SQL Database Servers, such as
Oracle, MS SQL, Informix, MySQL, Postgress, etc.
<p>
A load balance algorithm is used which includes CPU load, weighted load,
vm usage, round trip time, CPU usage, etc.
Other features include Network Traffic Distribution, Network Failsafe,
CFS(tm), and Large Network Management for both Internet and Intranet.
Ports for LINUX, SUN, FreeBSD, and NT are available and free support
is provided. For more information, consult the XGforce
<a href="http://www.xgforce.com/">website</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">ActiveState Launches ASPN Initiative
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://www.ACtiveState.com/">
ActiveState</a> has launched a new initiative to enable programming with
open source technologies. The ActiveState Programmer Network (ASPN)
includes quality assured binary distributions of Perl, Python and Tcl;
multi-language and platform IDEs; technical references, sample code, recipes
and more. For additional details or go to the
<a href="http://www.ACtiveState.com/ASPN">
ASPN website</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">OTG Software
</FONT>
</H3>
<p><a href="http://www.otg.com/">
OTG Software</a> has announced its acquisition of
<a href="http://www.smartstorage.com">
Smart Storage</a>, a privately held provider
of standards based DVD and CD storage management software.
OTG expects Smart Storage's CD/DVD technology to speed its
entry into the rich media market, to boost its international
momentum, and to enable it to offer more solutions for storing
and accessing data on the UNIX and Linux platforms.
<hr noshade width="20%">
OTG, has also announced its participation and strategic partnership in
<a href="http://www.bmc.com/">
BMC Software</a>'s Application-Centric Storage Management Consortium
(<a href="http://www.bmc.com/products/storage/index.html?p041001er">
ACSM</a>),
a partner program that provides a competitive edge and
additional avenues to members for market development, customer services and
market expansion.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Fortran
</FONT>
</H3>
Many of us involved in scientific computing make considerable use of
Fortran, either for writing our own code, or for the many libraries which
have been written in the language. Dr. Bronson Messer of the University of
Tennessee has recommended
<a href="http://studbolt.physast.uga.edu/templon/fortran.html">
http://studbolt.physast.uga.edu/templon/fortran.html</a> as a good source of
information relating to Linux and Fortran.
It has comparisons of various compilers, news, tips, etc.
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<FONT COLOR="green"><IMG ALT="Linux Focus" SRC="../gx/linuxfocus.jpg" WIDTH="143" HEIGHT="45">
</FONT>
</H3>
Here are the May-June articles for the ezine
<A HREF="http://www.linuxfocus.org/">Linux Focus</A>.
<br>
<UL>
<LI><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2001/article205.shtml">Building a Linux-controlled walking robot</a><br></LI>
<LI><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2001/article202.shtml">Through the tunnel</a><br></LI>
<LI><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2001/article190.shtml">Avoiding security holes when developing an application - Part 3 : buffer overflows</a><br></LI>
<LI><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2001/article181.shtml">Do your job with make!</a><br></LI>
<LI><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2001/article200.shtml">Introduction to BORG</a><br></LI>
<LI><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2001/article204.shtml">Real-time mp3 recording, part 2</a><br></LI>
<LI><a href="http://linuxfocus.org/English/May2001/article194.shtml">Game Review - GLTron</a><br></LI>
</UL>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Links
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
There is a
<a href="http://www.tempest.com.br/advisories/01-2001.html">
vulnerability</a> in kernel 2.4.x IPTables which you should patch if you use
Linux 2.4 for firewalling.
Quoting from the SANS Institute's alert:
"A vulnerability in the ip_conntrack_ftp module, which is responsible
for tracking incoming FTP connections, has been found. This
vulnerability could be used to bypass IPTables firewall rules if
IPTables is configured to allow RELATED connections to pass unhindered,
which is a standard configuration used with FTP servers. An attacker
can trick the ip_conntrack_ftp module into creating RELATED connections,
thus allowing various outbound connections to the network of the
firewall itself."
A <a href="http://netfilter.samba.org/security-fix/">
patch</a> is available.
<p>
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/">The Duke of URL</a> has the following
links to tempt you:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/suse71">
review</a> of SuSE Linux 7.1
http://www.thedukeofurl.org
<li><a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/systems/pogovelocity">
Review</a> of the Pogo Linux Velocity, a desktop Linux machine which sports
IDE RAID 1 or RAID 0.
<li><a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/network/wirelesslan2">
Wireless LAN Overview</a> Part 2: the Devices. This is a good article for
anyone interested in how the new 802.11b devices run on both Linux and
Windows systems. Both cards are tested on each OS.
<li>An <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/network/v92">
editorial</a> on V.92, its benefits, if you're eligible for the update
and if V.92 is really that much better than the older V.90 standard for
modems.
</ul>
<P>
Since the point of FAQ's is to get newbies up to speed, let's take this
opportunity to direct attention to <a href="http://www.tux.org/lkml">
The linux-kernel mailing list FAQ</a>. Then when you have digested that, you
can see what's happening
<a href="http://vger.kernel.org/">on-list</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.slashdot.org/">SlashDot</a> has offered the following
links in the past month:
<ul>
<li> An <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html">
article</a> discussing the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and
Apple's OS X/Darwin
<li> Slashdot have an
<a href="http://slashdot.org/interviews/01/04/04/1345213.shtml">
interview</a> with Microsoft's Doug Miller
<li>
<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/news/parrotstory_0401.html">
Parrot:</a> how the April Fool's joke of the Perl and Python merger was
perputrated.
</ul>
Suresh Ramasubramanian mailed a link to
<a href="http://www.hserus.net/dlhowto.html">
an article</a> he has prepared, providing a HOWTO
on configuring a linux box dialup connection, complete with
configuring email services (using sendmail, exim and postfix as the MTA
and mutt as the MUA) on the box. You might find this useful.
<P> Bryan Pfaffenberger writes about
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/articles/currents/0030.html">
Why Open Content Matters</a> in his
Linux Journal web column
"<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/articles/currents/">
Currents</a>".
<P> And please, some paper-clip sized sympathy for The Microsoft Office
help clip who became the latest (and most welcome ;-)
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5575112.html?tag=st.cn.1.lthd">
redundancy</a> in the tech-sector recently.
<p>
Finally, not strictly Linux, but
<a href="http://www.unixspace.com/">UnixSpace.com</a> have announced a free
on-line internet access
<a href="http://www.unixspace.com/context">service</a>
to their ConteXt database server. Includes 30Mb space, Unix shell command line, and some GUI treats focused on DataBase building.
<a name="software"></a>
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<FONT COLOR="green">SSH
</FONT>
</H3>
<P>
<a href="http://openssh.com/">
Open SSH</a> have announced the release of version 2.5.2 of their software.
The Open SSH suite includes the ssh program which replaces rlogin and
telnet, scp which replaces rcp, and
<A HREF="../issue64/dellomodarme.html">sftp</A>
which replaces ftp. Also included
is sshd which is the server side of the package, and the other basic
utilities like ssh-add, ssh-agent, ssh-keygen and sftp-server. OpenSSH
supports SSH protocol versions 1.3, 1.5, and 2.0. You cannot afford to
ignore security!
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<FONT COLOR="green">PostgreSQL 7.1 version announced
</FONT>
</H3>
The
<a href="http://www.ca.postgresql.org/index.html">
PostgreSQL</a> open source database core development community have
announced the official release of the PostgreSQL 7.1 version. Check their
<a href="http://www.ca.postgresql.org/news.html">news</a> page for more information.
PostgreSQL 7.1 will feature several upgrades and improvement from the
previous version, including:
<ul>
<li> full support for outer joins
<li> removal of the notorious 8k row length limit
<li> write-ahead logging performance enhancement
<li> even greater support for complex queries
<li> support for a larger number of complex queries
<li> a boost in overall performance (speed)
<li> improvements to the JDBC and ODBC interfaces and backup/restore
features
<li> Fuller support for ANSI SQL92 standards.
</ul>
PostgreSQL version 7.1 includes contributions from more than 120 members of
the PostgreSQL open source development community.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Python
</FONT>
</H3>
<a href="http://www.python.org/2.1/">
Python 2.1</a> has been released. Find out
<a href="http://www.amk.ca/python/2.1/">
what's new</a>, and read the full
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=31464">
release notes</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Cylant IDS for Linux: prevents unknown attacks too
</FONT>
</H3>
<P><a href="http://www.cylant.com">
Cylant Technology</a> have released CylantSecure
for Linux, an intrusion detection system that protects against both known
and previously unknown forms of attack.
It uses a modified kernel in conjunction with custom kernel modules to
provide system protection -- and becomes part of the running kernel.
Unlike other IDS products,
CylantSecure does not use rules or patterns for identifying attacks,
eliminating the need to rely on a database of known attack signatures.
Instead, it focuses on actual software behaviour and builds a statistical
model of nominal system behaviour. It enables a computer to distinguish
between normal and abnormal behaviour, and then uses that information
to stop malicious attacks before any damage can occur.
Details on the software are in an online
<a href="http://www.cylant.com/products/secure.htm">
press release</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">ICS Integrates Themes Into Open Motif
</FONT>
</H3>
<a href="http://www.ics.com/">
Integrated Computer Solutions</a> has announced the Developer's
Release of its initiative to add themes to Open Motif. Themes is a
capability supplied with Linux desktop environments that provides users with
the ability to personalise the overall look of the user interface of their
desktop.
The Developer Release of Themes for Open Motif works with GTK themes created
for Gnome. Currently, themes are
converted by hand into a format that Open Motif can process. As the Open
Motif Themes capability evolves, no conversion will be necessary and Open
Motif based applications will automatically adopt the theme set by the end
user. The objective of the initiative is to support both the Gnome and KDE
desktop environments. ICS is actively looking to recruit other Open Source
developers to help with this project.
Further details can be found at the ICS forum
<a href="http://www.ics.com/forum/forum.php?forum_idG">
website</a>.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Internet Exchange Messaging Server 5
</FONT>
</H3>
Messaging software developer
<a href="http://www.ima.com/">International Messaging Associates</a>
have launched the beta version of its latest product,
Internet Exchange Messaging Server 5 (IEMS 5). IEMS 5 supports distributed
computing environments and is said to run well on mixed Linux and Windows
platforms.
"Currently, we are working on providing support for several Linux
distributions," said Tim Kehres, IMA Managing Director. These Linux
distributions include RedHat, SuSE, VALinux, Turbo Linux, Caldera, Mandrake,
among others.
This product enables users to access
their mailboxes via POP3 or IMAP4-capable clients such as Microsoft Outlook,
Netscape Navigator, Eudora Mail, as well as the Internet Exchange Web Mail
Client.
<P> You can get a copy of IEMS 5 at
<a href="http://www.ima.com/download/v5eval.html">
http://www.ima.com/download/v5eval.html</a>.
The product overview can, also be
<a href="http://www.ima.com/pdf/iemsoverview.pdf">
downloaded</a>. Beta participants of the Linux-Windows-based
Internet Exchange Messaging Server (IEMS) 5 shall get a US$300 price
reduction (about 30% off) if
they purchase the messaging solution now than wait for its forthcoming
official release.
<P> <hr> <P>
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<FONT COLOR="green">Other software
</FONT>
</H3>
<a href="http://www.ba.be/">Better Access Networking</a> in Leuven is
<a href="http://www.teamware.com/">Teamware's</a> new reselling partner for
Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux in Belgium. Teamware Office for Linux completes
Better Access' product offering by bringing e-mail, calendar and document
management functionalities to Linux. Teamware have also made a partner
agreement with
<a href="http://www.coresys.se">
Coresys AB</a> in Sweden.
For latest news, check out the Teamware
<a href="http://www.teamware.com/mail/">newsletter</a>.
<hr noshade width="20%">
<P> The new version of
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/">
Mailman</a>, 2.0.4, compatible with
<a href="http://www.python.org/2.1/">Python 2.1</a>, is out.
<a href="http://lwn.net/">
LWN</a> have the
<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0419/a/mailman.php3">
story</a>.
<hr noshade width="20%">
<a href="http://www.insignia.com/">Insignia</a> sponsored a technical
interest forum at the recent Embedded Systems Conference. The subsequent
detailed press release is wide-ranging and available
<a href="http://www.insignia.com/news/e_041001.asp">online</a>.
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