IBM has announced the opening of the industry’s first Linux
supercluster briefing center for customers developing scalable applications on Linux systems. The briefing center will be
based at the University of New Mexico’s Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center, and
complements the existing briefing facility at the Maui High Performance Computing Center. The press release is at Internet Wire.

“Ok, as the truncate problems really seem to be fixed, it’s time to do an
official test8, the first development kernel in about a year and a half
that should have a working truncate() again. Thanks to everybody who
tested, and especially to Al Viro who did a lot of the heavy lifting.” The announcement is posted at Linhardware.com.

America Online’s Netscape Netcenter Web portal today launched a new service that
attempts to become a destination for small businesses on the Web. The new Netscape service, dubbed “Netbusiness,” is a “personal business
Web site where small businesses can find news, tools, services, discounts and expert advice to help
run your business,” according to the site. CNet has the story.

“OK, here’s the updated Linux 2.4 bug list. I let myself get a bit
behind, so it took me a while to process through all of my backlogged
l-k mail archives to assemble this list. As always, it’s complete as I
can make it, but it’s not perfect. In particualar, some bugs listed on
this page may have been fixed already. If so, or if you know some bug
that didn’t make on to this list, please let me know.” The list is at LWN.net.

The Open Lab of Bioinformatics.org has a custom installation of the
SourceForge project management system, the same system that is hosting
more than 6,000 generic, Open Source projects at SourceForge.net. The press release is at LinuxPR.

Buried in a Boston Globe story about a Palm virus: “The heavy duty Unix operating system and its upstart younger
brother Linux have a reputation for being more secure than
mass-market software like Microsoft Windows. But that doesn’t mean
they’re perfect. Last week saw announcements of newly discovered
security flaws in Unix and Linux that could serve as catnip to
ambitious computer vandals.
The SecurityFocus Web site (www.securityfocus.org) reports on a
newly discovered exploit that uses the printing functions of Unix
or Linux machines to trick them into running subversive commands.”

“When Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT)
reports its fiscal second quarter earnings Thursday
analysts will be looking for the subtle items that may
indicate the Linux software and services company is
juggling too much.” The opinion piece is at ZDNet.

The Linux Journal’s Don Marti calls for a boycoot of hacksdmi.org, in a letter published at the Journal Web site. Why? “I will not participate in your organization’s plan to seize total control over recorded music away from the customer. I will not help test
programs or devices that violate privacy or interfere with the right of fair use.”

“What could be easier than buying a laptop pre-loaded and configured for
running Linux? How about a standalone, easy install CD that works on a
variety of laptop models? Tuxtops offers its latest innovation to the public
Monday, Sept. 18.” Read more of the press release at LinuxPR.

LinuxNews.com takes on an earlier report saying Linux isn’t ready for the Department of Defense.