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| gPhoto for digital cameras |
| Development,
November 20 |
| The first official release of gPhoto,
the GNU digital camera application, is now available. "gPhoto 0.4.1
ships with 16 different camera libraries and supports 90+ different digital
still camera models, from Agfa, Apple, Canon, Casio, Chinon, Epson, Fuji,
Hewlett Packard, Kodak, Konica, Minolta, Mustek, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic,
Philips, Polaroid, Ricoh, Sanyo, and Sony.
" |
| |
| ssh from Definite Linux
safe |
| Security, November
20 |
| The folks at Definite Linux
dropped us a note to let
us know that the release of ssh shipped with Definite Linux is not
vulnerable to the recent security flaw caused by the inclusion of the RSAREF
libraries. |
| |
| More comments on ssh-1.2.27
exploitable hole |
| Security, November
19 |
In this week's Security
Summary, we mentioned an exploitable hole in ssh-1.2.27 which shows
up if the package is compiled with "RSAREF" defined. We mentioned that
FreeBSD contained packages that were known to be exploitable, while Debian
GNU/Linux and the international rpm packages were not. Please note that
the non-international rpms may indeed be vulnerable. You can check
your ssh installation by typing:
% ssh -V
which, if the packages are vulnerable, will report:
Compiled with RSAREF.
If your packages report that you are vulnerable, you should consider acquiring
packages that are not vulnerable and reinstalling, pulling down the source
code and compiling it yourself or taking a look at OpenSSH
instead. |
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| proftpd 1.2.0pre9 packages
for SuSE |
| Security, November
19 |
| Although no advisory has been released or posted to their site, SuSe
has made available proftpd-1.2.0pre9
packages as well. (Thanks to Tobias Burnus.) |
| |
| Central Ohio LUG meeting |
| Announcements,
November 19 |
| Here is the information for the next
meeting of the Central Ohio Linux User's Group. |
| |
| Linux Training in Goettingen,
Germany |
| Announcements,
November 19 |
| The Service Network GmbH, official
training partner of SuSE, announced the
availability of Linux and Samba training
in Goettingen, Germany starting November 1st. "The new location has
everything a participant would expect: Experienced trainers, perfectly
reachable via car and train. Several hotel alternatives direcly nearby.
The training center is near the city for recreation after the course." |
| |
| A different take on
Net appliances |
| Press, November
19 |
| This Comdex
article, after the usual comments on Linux at the show, took a poke
at the proliferation of Net appliances. "By now you may have heard the
most compelling thing about Comdex was the sheer number of non-PC devices
being ogled at booths. Market research firm IDC predicts that by 2001 the
number of Net appliances shipped will surpass the number of PCs shipped.
... However, the majority of booths I visited had little more going for
them than a well-organized marketing pitch. Their product isn't shipping,
they don't know when it will, and they're not sure what it'll cost if it
ever fights its way out of marketing concept. They'd love to get your name
and address so they can put you on a mailing list for more information.
It's like telemarketing, except that I wasn't eating dinner when they pitched
me." |
| |
| More Linux Business
Expo Praise |
| Press, November
19 |
| PRNewswire
commented on the "worldwide" impact of the LBE. "The worldwide impact
of Linux was felt in Las Vegas this week at the record-breaking debut of
the LINUX Business Expo. The event, co-located with COMDEX at the Las Vegas
Hilton, included over 68 companies and attracted well over 38,000 business-to-business
buyers.
Byte.com
awarded the "Linux Pavilion" Best of Show. "Excitement you can feel.
The Linux Pavilion was larger than the first Windows Pavilion years ago.
Think about that."
And the Washington
Post added "Linux, the first operating system to become a true competitor
to Microsoft's Windows, barely existed at Comdex two years ago. This year
the Linux Business Expo received nearly equal billing to the Comdex floor
show itself." |
| |
| Computer Weekly: Linux
best for Long Distance Learning |
| Press, November
19 |
| Distance
learning...powered by Linux talks about why the Manchester Institute
for Information Delivery (MIID), part of Manchester Metropolitan University,
switched from NT to Linux to support their program. "The benefits to
MIID of making the switch have been clear - it has been able to re-deploy
one full-time member of staff since introducing the more reliable Linux-based
solution, Pincher says. At the same time, it is able to provide students
with a more reliable service. " (Thanks to Alan J. Wylie.) |
| |
| osOpinion: Singing the
Penguin mating call |
| Press, November
19 |
| TJ Miller, Jr., talks about the phenomenon
of Linux' rise in the press, then addresses the potential danger of
being the darling of the media. "Most of the folks gushing over Linux
these days (especially those in the mainstream press) wouldn't know ipchains
from tire chains, but they're all fired up about Linux. This leads to one
huge challenge for the GNU/Linux community: We had better be damned ready
to stand and deliver - the press is already making a flurry of rosy promises
that are starting to look pretty tough to fulfill." |
| |
| PCWorld: Linux, Linux
Everywhere |
| Press, November
19 |
| More
praise for Linux coming out of its strong position at the Linux Business
Expo this week. ""At this point, the perception is that Linux is viable
(only) for servers," said Dan Kusnetzky, a program director at International
Data Corp., a research firm in Framingham, Massachusetts.
But at Comdex this week, announcements and demonstrations from the
show floor might change that perception." |
| |
| LPI Weekly News |
| Commerce, November
19 |
| The latest installed of news from the Linux
Professional Institute is out, the LPI
Weekly News. It provides a link to the LPI Incorporation document and
reports that funding looks good and the first Linux certification exam,
T1a, is on track. |
| |
| ABC News answers questions
about Linux |
| Press, November
19 |
| Following up on other recent articles they've run,
ABC
News answers some basic questions for people new to Linux. "Q U
E S T I O N: Is Linux available for my personal computer? Will Linux interface
with my friends who use Microsoft? Will it interface with my local Internet
Web provider? What's the cost?" |
| |
| isapnp module for 2.2.x
kernels |
| Kernel, November
18 |
Greg Herlein dropped us a nice announcement
of the availability of the isapnp module for the 2.2.x kernel series.
"This tarball contains a the first hack at a backport of
the new isapnp module that is in the 2.3.X series kernel to work on Linux
2.2.X series kernels.
It is relatively untested. It creates the /proc/isapnp file and seems
to find all the isapnp devices in the system. You can read the first isapnp
device, though there seems to be an issue iterating to find the next card.
Any testing reports or bugs found are kindly appreciated."
|
| |
| MacMillan Exam Guide
for LPI |
| Commerce, November
18 |
| MacMillan has announced
the release of two books tracking information for the Linux
Professional Institute Certified (LPIC) Linux Level 1-Test 1a, the
first of several certification tests from The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI). |
| |
| Linux-friendly banking |
| Commerce, November
18 |
Gordon Haverland wrote in to mention that he had been looking for Linux-friendly
banks in Canada and finally found one, ING Direct, who responded with this
email:
Thank you for your interest in ING DIRECT. The Linux operating
system is compatible with the ING DIRECT website. If you experience any
difficulties when accessing the site located at www.ingdirect.ca
please contact us immediately via email or call toll-free 1(888)464-3232
or locally at (416)756- 2424.
We hope you enjoy the site.
|
| |
| Linux 2.2.14pre7 |
| Kernel, November
18 |
| Yet another prepatch
for 2.2.14 has been released, with another set of bugfixes and some Sparc
and PowerPC updates. |
| |
| KDE 2.0 in Action |
| Development,
November 18 |
| KDE develop mosfet has put together a web
page with screenshots of KDE2.0 in action. "This version is not
just 1.0 with some new features, but a complete update from the ground
up." [From Slashdot] |
| |
| The Chopping Block:
more Worldforge news |
| Development,
November 18 |
| The next issue of the Chopping
Block includes a comprehensive look at the WorldForge gaming system,
tips on quality testing techniques, a lesson in 3D modeling and some of
the legends of Cambria. |
| |
| More Press on BangaloreIT |
| Press, November
18 |
| This Indiatimes.com
article calls Linux the focal point of the recent BangaloreIT conference
in India. In addition, within the Linux Pavilion, they comment on the Linux
India stall. "Moreover, the crown jewel of the pavilion is the stall
put up by Linux users group and PC Quest. Underlining the motto that ``seeing
is believing'', the stall is busy doing concept selling. It demonstrates
Linux running on a variety of platforms, running an assortment of software
packages -- including office suites, networking and systems administration,
Internet access, multimedia and graphics applications."
This followup
article speaks with Gopi Krishna Garge, another leading member of the
Bangalore Linux User Group. "He reveals that Linux has reached a fair
amount of awareness in the enterprise sector (Internet service providers
in India, for instance, have adopted Linux) which is enough to trigger
a boom but the same has not yet happening at the individual desktop." |
| |
| Atul Chitnis garners
a headline |
| Press, November
18 |
| This not-particularly-accurate story
on Linux in India talks with Atul Chitnis, coordinator of Linux India,
the organization of Linux LUGS in India, and also mentions the success
of the recent Linux Pavilion at BangaloreIT. "This pavilion was one
of the most talked about exhibits and it drew hordes of people who ranged
from the peripherally curious to the completely committed." |
| |
| Storm Linux 2000 to ship
with new game |
| Distributions,
November 18 |
| Stormix has announced
that Storm Linux 2000 will ship with a demo version of "Krilo, a new puzzle-strategy
game developed by BlackHoleSun." |
| |
| U.S. Gov't builds monster
Linux Computer (ZDNet) |
| Press, November
18 |
| Inter@ctive Week looks
at Argonne's new Beowulf cluster. "Dubbed Chiba City for the futuristic
city described in William Gibson's novel Neuromancer, the cluster will
be open for use by researchers at other national labs, universities and
even U.S. industry. Each node in the cluster is to be a dual processor
server from VA Linux Systems, giving the cluster a total of 512 central
processing units." |
| |
| CRN on Corel Linux |
| Press, November
18 |
| Computer Reseller News looks
at Corel Linux. "Corel executives were careful to delineate their
client-side focus. Analysts said Linux adoption has been hampered by a
lack of mainstream applications such as spreadsheets and word processors.
On the server side, Corel expects to continue to work with such powers
as Red Hat and Caldera Corp., said Derik Belair, product manager of emerging
technologies for Corel." |
| |
| SuSE reports DOS vulnerability
in syslogd |
| Security, November
18 |
| SuSE has issued an
advisory regarding a vulnerability in syslogd which can allow a Denial-of-Service
attack. Upgraded packages are provided. |
| |
| Ottawa Citizen on Corel's
stock price |
| Press, November
18 |
| The Ottawa Citizen looks
at the increase in Corel's stock price. "Corel got a lift from a
$698-million U.S. deal by Red Hat Inc. of South Carolina for Cygnus Solutions
of Sunnyvale, California, which could help spread acceptance of the Linux
open-source operating system." |
| |
| Who controls free software?
(Salon) |
| Press, November
18 |
| This
Salon article worries about the fate of gcc now that Red Hat owns Cygnus.
"Even if most individual free-software developers appear unconcerned
with the implications of the Red Hat-Cygnus merger, corporate competitors
to Red Hat might have reason to be nervous." |
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| LWN for November 18,
1999 available |
| LWN, November
18 |
| Linux Weekly News for November 18, 1999
has been published.
Inside this week's Linux Weekly News:
...plus the usual array of reports, updates, and announcements. |
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