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A security update to mgetty

Author: JT Smith

“Versions prior to 1.1.22 have a vulnerability which could lead to
mgetty overwriting any file in the system via a symlink attack.”
Details at LWN.net.

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  • Linux

Magic patch for older Symbios SCSI

Author: JT Smith

“… Nobody knows why this patch works. (Really!) But it does. (Really!)
It makes the sym53c8xx driver work even with some very old 53c810 chips.
Without this patch, the driver hangs on them. This is reproducible….”
More at linhardware.com.

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  • Linux

3D Wars take toll on 3dfx profits

Author: JT Smith

The scoop’s at Maximum Linux. Also see their Aug. 29 story about increased competition in the 3-D video card marketplace.

Category:

  • Unix

High demand means ‘open season’ for designers

Author: JT Smith

Design engineers are getting more and more money these days, with salaries hitting $80,000 in most of the country, more in places like Boston, Austin, and Silicon Valley, says an EETimes.com story.

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  • Linux

Hackers emulate Everquest Server

Author: JT Smith

Developers at HackersQuest have created a server emulator for EverQuest says a brief DailyRadar.com story.

Linuxlookup.com – Funnel Web Pro Review.

Author: JT Smith

Anyone who has ever administered a webserver recognizes the importance of having a powerful and robust log analyzer. The purpose of a log analyzer is to breakdown and produce reports of statistics from the logs that your webserver produces, and present them in a useful and well organized fashion.
Read the full review HERE-Anonymous Reader

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  • Linux

Akopia, Oracle, and Red Hat join forces for successful Web cast to Linux end users

Author: JT Smith

WideOpenNews press release says the multi-corporate Aug. 28 event was a great success and will be repeated several times over the next few months.

FreePad: Norway’s alternative to Sweden’s Screen Phone

Author: JT Smith

In a few months, Screen Media will begin shipping a sleekly designed,
easy-to-use wireless web-pad device called the FreePad. Like Ericsson’s
Screen Phone, the FreePad will offer web browsing and cordless telephone
functions.
Story in ZDnet’s Linux News section.

KDE and KOffice to get Visio style application

Author: JT Smith

Press release at LinuxPR.

IBM contributes enterprise file system technology toOpen Source community

Author: JT Smith

Press release at LinuxPR about IBM’s AFS Enterprise File System being released under the IBM Public Source License.