Interview with AES algorithm winner

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

LinuxSecurity.com has interviewed the author of the AES algorithm. Vincent Rijmen talks about the development of the
Rijndael
algorithm, his selection as the NIST algorithm of choice for AES,
thoughts on Linux and security, and the future of Internet security.

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Linux

Guide to X-terminal setup

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

X-Terminals are a great way to revive your old machine or make your
diskless workstation that much more productive. StarOffice 5.2 may not run
on your 486, but you can run it off another machine and export the display
to your monitor. From FreeOS.com.

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Linux

Ellison: The ego has landed

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

When Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, finally deigned to show up to give his keynote address
he delivered what attendees described as ‘a 40-minute sales pitch’.
And in a surprising break with tradition, the Oracle boss also slated
Microsoft’s database offerings. From The Register.

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Open Source

Streamlining domain squabbles

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Wired.com reports that websites preparing to do battle over ownership of domain names have new tools to help build their cases. Several groups are organizing the arbitration results so that arguments can be cited

New Dell laptop doubles up on disc drives

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

No, it won’t play your old vinyl records. But you’ll be able to shove just about any other type
of disc into Dell Computer’s latest high-end laptop, which sports both DVD and rewritable
CD-ROM drives. CNET reports.

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Unix

Distributions news from LWN

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Weekly News has a distributions update.

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Linux

Honoring the dearly dot-departed

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

From Wired.com: Is a memorial to the dead dot-coms funny or sad? “It feels like we’re all gathering in the palace and partying while the black plague rages out there among the peasants,” observers one mourner.

Linux and business

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Open Source activity has certainly been strong this week. As was
mentioned in this week’s front page, corporate sponsors play a large part in keeping the open source
community going. Who are these corporate sponsors and what are they up to this week? From LWN.

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Linux

High-speed synchronous adapter driver source released to GPL

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Software Group Limited releases Linux drivers and
administration utilities for its SGP hardware adapter to the public domain under the Free Software
Foundation’s General Public License, version 2, according to LinuxPR.com.

Kernel development news from LWN

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October 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Weekly News has the most recent kernel updates, including latest version and latest stable release.

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Linux