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The purer-than-Microsoft, but dirtier-than-Linux dance

Author: JT Smith

From CRN.com: “When it comes to open source, some vendors like to have their
cake and eat it too.

That’s the conclusion of analyst Amy Wohl, who says of such
vendors, ‘They want credit for being good guys and hewing to
the pure brotherhood of Open Source, but they also want the
protection or the potential revenue . . . of closed, proprietary
code.’ “

Category:

  • Linux

Building a secure Web server using Apache, OpenSSL

Author: JT Smith

LinuxSecurity.com has a how-to article about building a secure server: “Using apache and OpenSSL you can create your own secure web server to keep
authentication and other information private from prying eyes.

Having a secure web server is a vital necessity if you are doing on-line administration, banking
and/or e-commerce.”

Category:

  • Linux

Coolscreen: Linux site in Danish

Author: JT Smith

“Coolscreen is proud to be one of the first Linux site that offers news about Linux
in Danish. We intend to be your first choice when you are looking for news about
Linux written in Danish.” The announcement’s at Linux Today.

Mozilla.org releases ‘development roadmap’

Author: JT Smith

“This document briefly describes where the Mozilla project has
been, and then details where it is going. It proposes key “road rules” and a release schedule for ongoing
Mozilla-the-browser source milestone releases, from which anyone can build commercial and other products. It
also hints at how Mozilla-the-platform should evolve, again from an operational or ‘release process’ point of view.
The entire document is at Mozilla.org.

Crater opens minds at OpenSales

Author: JT Smith

Linux World does a feature on Bonnie Crater, CEO of OpenSales. She says, “I think we are very fortunate in our industry where it really doesn’t matter if
you are a man or a woman in these various roles … I firmly believe that our industry has provided
opportunity for lots of women to be successful and I am fortunate to be one of them.”

Category:

  • Open Source

Torvalds releases Linux-2.4.0-test9-pre4

Author: JT Smith

Linux Today has the announcement.

Category:

  • Linux

USB printing — not that big of a mystery

Author: JT Smith

Peguinppc.org has a how-to article on the “mystical” task of printing with a USB printer.

Category:

  • Unix

Carnivore-like tool released as Open Source

Author: JT Smith

The Slashdot community discusses Network ICE’s release of a Carnivore-like
tool that does what the FBI says Carnivore is supposed to
do. Here’s a story from The Register.

Category:

  • Linux

BSDi to unveil industry’s first dual-processor 1U systems

Author: JT Smith

From BSD Today: BSDi will soon to announce its custom configured, pre-loaded BSD/OS- or FreeBSD-based iXtreme Series 1U rackmount Internet servers, the industry’s first dual-processor 1U systems with dual hot-swappable hard drives.

Category:

  • Unix

OpenNMS update released

Author: JT Smith

The announcement is at LWN.net. Highlights: New tools, old tools; coding projects underway; OpenNMS and security.