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Scottish firm’s software watches worker surfing

Author: JT Smith

A Scottish company claims to be the first to have created a digital
map of the dark side of the Web that will track employees’ use of
the Internet, reports ZDNet UK News,

Amdahl to exit mainframe business

Author: JT Smith

Instead, Amdahl plans to focus all its hardware investments on Fujitsu-branded Unix systems based on Sun Microsystems’ UltraSPARC microprocessors, reports ComputerWorld on InfoWorld News.

Category:

  • Unix

Comments on FHS testsuite run

Author: JT Smith


Linux Weekly News article states
, “Not all of the test results are fair in my opinion: some are real
bugs in Debian, others are bugs in the testsuite or the result of
using an incomplete install. I’ve looked on the failures we got
and a few of the other tests and assembled this set of comments.”

Category:

  • Linux

Medical software’s free future

Author: JT Smith

An encouraging endorsement of the open source
approach from the British Medical Journal: “Free
software concepts make particular sense in
medicine… professional staff should not invest
time learning the user interface of proprietary
systems that may change, be withdrawn, or be
arbitrarily ‘upgraded’ for commercial reasons.”

Category:

  • Open Source

Oracle pulls plug on Netware support

Author: JT Smith

Oracle is withdrawing all support for Novell’s Netware operating system “out of the blue”, forcing
users to migrate to other platforms. According to Enterprise Linux Today, migration options recommended include its own
Oracle 8i appliance, Linux, Sun Solaris, and HP-UX

IBM enhances software for delivering Web content to handheld devices

Author: JT Smith

Built on a Java-based architecture, the software converts data and
applications written in the standard markup languages of the Web —
HTML and XML — to other formats such as Wireless Markup Language
(WML), Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) and iMode, from All Linux Devices.

OODS begins weekly topic collaboration

Author: JT Smith

Linux Today reports, the Open Object Directory Services group has started to meet on a
weekly basis to cover architectural topics for this exciting system
development.

Installing ALSA for the VT82C686

Author: JT Smith

Linuxnewbie tutorial is specifically tailored towards installing ASLA and getting it
configured for the VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] aka
Southbridge integrated sound, with an effort to include information on how
to locate the particulars for other sound systems.

Category:

  • Linux

CA ventures into Web portal market

Author: JT Smith

NetworkWorldFusion News reports, Computer Associates this week
became the latest vendor to join the crowded portal
software market with a product designed to stand out
through its ability to present end users with
personalized data from a host of sources.

Get your red-hot Linux apps

Author: JT Smith

Starting next week in retail stores across the United States, ZDNet News announces, four brand-new Linux desktop
applications will make their debut.

Category:

  • Linux