Esound security advisory

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

LWN.net has this advisory posted: Esound, the Gnome sound server, contains a race condition that a malicious
user could exploit to change permissions of any file owned by the esound
user.

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Linux

E-Businesss innovators to watch

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

It was announced earlier, but here’s the actual package. InfoWorld has a package of stories on people its calling “e-business innovators,” including Richard Stallman, the Apache Group, and Phil Zimmerman. Among its companies to watch: FreeNet, Google, and Transmeta.

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Open Source

SuSE 7.0 now available for download

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Slashdotters talk about the 7.0 version of SuSE Linux, which is available for download.

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Linux

Netscape 6: Limited corporate appeal

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

An eWeek review of Netscape 6 says it will offer greater Web browsing capabilities than old version, “but it takes a few steps backward when it comes to messaging. This development, combined with Netscape 6’s lack of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol support, will be a deathblow to the browser’s corporate appeal.”

Covert Napster clone plans Christmas release – duplicate

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet UK reports on a project called Tropus, which is based on Freenet, a file sharing service similar Napster, except that it does not rely on a central server to pass around files.
Tropus’ engineers hope to launch it by Christmas.

Red Hat, SuSE chiefs: We don’t want monopolies

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

From the IDG News Service: “For-profit companies in the Linux business see an
opportunity to make money, but they aren’t interested
in monopolizing the market, said the heads of two
major distributors of the open source operating
system.”

Tux Racer released for Linux, Windows

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Slashdot readers discuss a report that the game Tux Racer is available for Linux and Windows.

Kiosks.Org announces availability of global directory

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire: Kiosks.Org, announced today the Fall 2000 release of the Global
Kiosk Directory and a special introductory offer.

IBM’s entire eServer family to run Linux

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

IBM Corp. has a grand unification plan for its servers. It’s called Linux. Indeed, Big Blue is preparing to make sure that its entire eServer family — from low-end Intel systems to high-end mainframes — will support all four major Linux distributions, reports ZDNet News.

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Linux

Committee approves watered-down anti-cracker bill

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October 6, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that clarifies
federal law enforcement authority’s power to prosecute crackers and
other computer criminals and allocates more federal money to
agencies that investigate cybercrimes, from IDG News Service.

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Linux