Linux programmer Alan Cox posts this on Gnome.org: “While fixing other problems with the gnorpm package a locally exploitable
security hole was found where a normal user could trick root running GnoRPM
into writing to arbitary files due to a bug in the gnorpm tmp file handling.”

Tomshardware offers a review:

“A month later than for the Microsoft operating systems NVIDIA has finally released its Linux driver 0.95, which unofficially includes ‘Detonator3’-tuning. 7 NVIDIA 3D cards under SuSE’s brand new Linux version 7.0 had to show if the advance over the previous driver 0.94 is able to live up to the improvements seen with Detonator 3 under Windows 2000.”

It’s posted at LWN.net: “Problem Description:

A problem exists in the /etc/X11/Xsession file which disables the
Xauthority mechanism of the localhost. This means that anyone logged
into the localhost can arbitrarily connect to an X server running on
the localhost. This is only a problem with systems that allow remote
logins and is not a problem on systems that do not support remote
logins or multiple users.”

LinuxNews.com reports that Denver-based Kaivo, an Open Source and Linux partnering company, and Digital
Creations, the creators of the Zope applications server, have teamed up to offer two Zope
training classes. The next set of courses, in the Denver area, are scheduled for the first
week of October.

Fairfax IT previews the upcoming Alternative Computer Expo in Australia: One of conferences goal’s “is to entice victims of
Windows’ infamous blue screen to think outside the
square.” Linux will be there.

ZDNet reviews TurboLinux’s EnFuzion: “With Turbolinux Inc.’s EnFuzion, it’s no longer computing for the masses but supercomputing by the masses.The software will enable small to midsize companies to efficiently harvest wasted workstation power by clustering multiplatform networked PCs, workstations and servers, thus attaining supercomputer-level power for performing computationally intensive calculations over multiple CPUs.”

KDE.org has an interview: “I was on the lyx lists when Matthias Ettrich started it in
October 1996. His ideas caught me bad. After finishing some exams
at beginning of 1997, I got involved with coding (kwm’s smart
placement and magnetic borders algorithms) and I started to do a
lot of users support on the mailing lists.”

From an Upside.com story: “As Oracle’s giant trade show began in earnest today, Oracle and Sun Microsystems
reinforced their close long-term relationship, announcing a new version of a tool to help
customers leave rival Microsoft products for Oracle and Sun.

Oracle’s Migration Workbench helps companies move from Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, 7.0 and
Sybase Adaptive Server 11.0 running on Windows NT to Oracle’s 8i database on the Sun
Solaris operating system.

The Oracle software, which is available for free download, helps companies pass code from
NT-based SQL and Sybase to an Oracle/Sun system more quickly, Oracle and Sun officials say.”

OReillynet.com has an article about participating in Mozilla: ”
Since its inception more than two years ago, the Mozilla project has been highly
praised and much discussed as an example of the collaborative possibilities of
the open source software movement. Thousands of programmers, would-be
programmers, and interested technical types discuss the Mozilla project and the
philosophy surrounding it. But the process for actually contributing source code
appears complex and intimidating to those not involved in the project, and
non-Netscape developers contributing their work to Mozilla remain a minority.”

A LWN.net article examines whether the GNU General Public License is business-friendly or not. “The GPL does not allow changes in the terms of the license that would
restrict the rights of others. BSD-like licenses, instead, allow code to be
redistributed under other, more restrictive licensing terms.”