Slashdotters talk about this announcement: “n a low-key technical session Friday morning
at ALS, kernel hacker Daniel Philips announced to the world the minor revolution he’s
planning — which could end up replacing Linux’s old standby ext2fs (and it’s coming
replacement ext3fs) with his Tux2 filesystem.”

Posted at LWN.net: There is a bug in the traceroute command that can possibly be use
by local users to obtain super user privilege. It is suggested
to upgrade your traceroute to the version provided.

From Linux PR: Workstation Solutions, Inc., a
provider innovative data protection software, has announced major
enhancements to Quick Restore 2.7 that provide increased performance
and scalability in data protection of network attached storage and
other platforms. Quick Restore’s new performance, scalability, and
ease-of-use features allow customers to backup and restore critical business
information rapidly and cost-effectively.

O’Reilly & Associates has posted a Call for Participation soliciting
entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and technical internet strategists
interested in leading tutorial and conference sessions at the O’Reilly
Peer-to-Peer Conference.The conference is February 14-16, 2001, in San Francisco, California.

Because the peer-to-peer (P2P) space is still relatively unformed,
we’re casting the net very widely. Any innovative application that
harnesses the power of distributed computers, users or devices, and the
technical or business issues raised by such applications, are
appropriate subjects for this conference.

There will be both a technical and a business/legal track.
Presentations in the technical track should be of interest to
developers and administrators of internet applications and
infrastructure. Presentations in the business track should be of
interest to entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and technical
strategists for internet companies.

The submission deadline for all proposals is November 20, 2000.
Presenters will be notified of selection results by December 18, 2000.

See http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/call.html for complete
information about our submission and acceptance process.

About O’Reilly & Associates

O’Reilly & Associates is a technology information company. In addition
to its famous technical books with the animals on the covers, the
company produces technology web sites, technical conferences, and
Internet software. From their pioneering bestseller “The Whole Internet
User’s Guide & Catalog” (designated one of 100 Books of the 20th
Century by the New York Public Library) to GNN (the first Internet
portal and commercial website) to the P2P Summit (the first national
gathering of peer-to-peer leaders), O’Reilly has been at the forefront
of Internet development. See http://www.oreilly.com for more
information about O’Reilly’s products.

Slashdot readers discuss Ucentric Systems’
Linux-based server targeted to the average home. The
server supposedly handles MP3, video, CallerID, and Instant
Messaging delivered to your TV.

IDG News Service reports that NEC has unveiled a new laptop, featuring Transmeta’s Crusoe chip, which it claims can run for up to 11 hours on a single charge.

Slashdot releases its winners of its Stupid Patent Content. The winner: Patent on Gratuitous Recognition Solicitation.

Microcross, Inc. is announcing its first product offering, X-Tools, which debut at the 4th Annual Linux Showcase in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 11, 2000. X-Tools is comprised of 21 target microprocessor software development tool suites that come packaged on one CD-ROM distribution; it is open source and ready-to-run on Linux, Solaris, and Windows host operating systems. The X-Tools software development system features an operating system independent solution, complete with IDE and 21 C/C++ compiler, assembler tool suites, for building embedded computer systems supporting non-desktop applications (i.e., telecommunications equipment, transportation systems, Internet infrastructure, consumer electronics, control automation, aerospace systems, etc.).

Microcross manufactures open source GNU Cross Tools and provides professional support services to embedded computer system developers. The company’s key product line is the X-Tools embedded software development system. For more information, please contact Microcross at www.microcross.com, via email to sales@microcross.com or by calling (478) 953-1907.

—Submitted by James Calvin

The event, originally scheduled for Oct. 22 to 26, will now be Jan. 21 to 23, 2001, at the Embassy Suites in Burlingame, Calif. A Plug Fest is a 2-3 day event in which major OEMs bring their latest and greatest
systems, and IHVs bring their components to test on all of the systems for compatibility.
This will be a distribution-neutral, platform neutral Linux Plug Fest, and we believe will be a
first in the Linux community. We will completely sponsor the event, managing all facility
requirements, scheduling and so forth. If you have any questions, contact Kirk Wells at Tel: (415) 354-4325; fax: (415) 701-7457; or email: plugfest@linuxcare.com. Here’s more information about the event.

Heavyweight Linux programmers are to award European
companies with prizes for helping the cause of open source
software in a newly announced set of awards, reports ZDNet UK News. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)