Author: JT Smith
QLITech Linux Computers is proud to announce their new “Advanced Multimedia Workstation” system configurations featuring AMD Athlon “Thunderbird” 800, 900, and 950 processors, from Linux PR.
Gnutella is going down in flames!
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet article concludes, “we’ll just have to wait and see if Gnutella’s kinks get worked out or if it’s time to call a dead horse dead.”
Category:
- Linux
VA Linux Systems named in Deloitte & Touche ”Fast 50”
Author: JT Smith
VA Linux Systems’ president and CEO, Dr. Larry M. Augustin, attributes the company’s 1,460 percent revenue growth over the past five years to the rapid growth of the Internet server market and the company’s expertise in Linux and Open Source development, from Business Wire. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)
Category:
- Open Source
Casual use of Dick causes two-chili warning in Eudora
Author: JT Smith
The new Eudora mail program considers Cheney’s nickname a violation of morality filters. Get the full explanation at NandoTimes.
Category:
- Linux
A secure distribution: SmoothWall Linux 0.9.4
Author: JT Smith
Richard Morrell of VA Linux (Newsforge.com is owned by OSDN, a division of VA Linux) is the creator of this distro available at SourceForge. “This isn’t a VA project,” says Morrell. Read more about it at LinuxPlanet.com.
Category:
- Linux
Get DRAMs now while they’re “cheap”
Author: JT Smith
Bloomberg reports on Hyundai assertions that DRAM prices are headed back up, after a twenty one percent drop in early September.
Category:
- Unix
Sure, but will it filter out Martian pornography?
Author: JT Smith
Pornsweeper software claims to block nude and semi-nude images by looking for flesh tones. Honest! Get the body paint ready. From Computeruser.com.
Open source licenses are boring and obtuse
Author: JT Smith
A “deep structural weirdness clings to the world of open source licensing,” says Andrew Leonard. That and other deep thoughts in the article at Salon.com.
Category:
- Open Source