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Expansive System-Wide Improvements Result in Practical, Affordable Operating System for Homes, Businesses and Schools

Source: KNIS CE Product and Technology News

Much Anticipated Optical Recording Solution for LINUX Users - LINUX-Based Nero Supports All Basic Optical Recording Tasks Including Double Layer Burning

Source: CNET News.com: Enterprise

Once-secret government documents reveal that Linux stocks were priced high to economists. No confirmation yet on that Bigfoot thing.

Source: CNET News.com: Enterprise

OpenLogic, which seeks to simplify development of applications that use open-source software, completes Series A investment round.

Source: CNET News.com: Enterprise

OpenLogic, which seeks to simplify development of applications that use open-source software, completes $4 million investment round.

Source: OSNews

The lack of a new stable release of Debian GNU/Linux since July 2002 is fuelling the campaigns of many candidates for the project's leadership position, with many pushing for a shorter and more regular release cycle to arrest user departures.

Source: Slashdot Org latest news headlines

diegocgteleline.es writes "Larry McVoy, the owner of BitKeeper (also one of the guys behind LMbench) has posted a message to linux-kernel where he announces a open source client of BitKeeper, which would only allow synching against BK trees. It looks like it's licensed under the NWL (No Whining License) that will force you to 'not whine about this product or any other products from BitMover, Inc.'"

Source: Slashdot Org latest news headlines

daria42 writes "The lack of a new stable release of Debian GNU/Linux since July 2002 is fuelling the campaigns of many candidates for the project's Debian Project Leader role, with many pushing for a shorter and more stable release cycle to stop Linux users heading for greener and more updated pastures."

Source: Slashdot Org latest news headlines

Neil Halelamien writes "Researchers at the University of Bath are developing a rapid prototyping machine capable of making copies of itself and other products, reminiscent of the Universal Constructor proposed by von Neumann. The so-called Replicating Rapid-Prototyper (or RepRap) would produce items from raw materials and small components like microchips. If successful, this could make rapid prototyping cheap enough for regular in-home usage, especially since the project's lead, Dr. Adrian Bowyer, will be releasing his project's designs under the GNU GPL. It's previously been proposed that a similar system would be useful for space exploration and industrialization."

Source: OSNews

Tony Iams is no stranger to operating systems. A senior analyst with Ideas International in Port Chester, New York, Iams spends much of his time working with users - and vendors - of the latest operating systems. SearchEnterpriseLinux.com sat down with Iams to discuss the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL 4). In this interview, Iams talks about some of the new features of RHEL 4 and explains the direction the operating system will take in the future.

Source: OSNews

GNU Classpath is a project to create free core class libraries for use with virtual machines and compilers for Java. Changelog of version 0.14: Base core class library for upcoming GCC 4.0 and Kaffe 1.1.5 releases. ImageIO support through gdkpixbuf, many new nio character encoders and decoders, fully automated class documentation generation, generic VMStackWalker support for runtimes, many bugfixes, optimizations, and new Swing support.

Source: OSNews

Smart handheld devices or personal digital assistants (PDA) extend our access to the information on our desktops, from addresses to telephone numbers. Unfortunately, when it comes to vendor support for synchronizing this information with a *nix operating system, the options are limited. In this article, NewsForge reviews the various GPL-based suites available for synchronizing PalmOS-based devices with Linux. This one is of great interest too.

Source: OSNews

Mandrakesoft have released the first release candidate of 10.2 for PPC. As with the 10.1 version, 10.2 is created by the community. There is no information on the website yet but the ISO files are available on mirrors. Also, although available since last weekend, the first release candidate of Mandrakelinux 10.2 was finally announced on Mandrakeclub.

Source: OSNews

Xen is a paravirtualization technology available for the Linux kernel that lets you enclose and test new upgrades as if running them in the existing environment but without the worries of disturbing the original system. This article shows you how to install a Xen system that will give administrators a valuable sandbox for testing system upgrades (as well as a playground for running multiple virtual machines on the same Linux box).

Source: OSNews

GNU Classpath is a project to create free core class libraries for use with virtual machines and compilers for Java. Changelog of version 0.14: Base core class library for upcoming GCC 4.0 and Kaffe 1.1.5 releases. ImageIO support through gdkpixbuf, many new nio character encoders and decoders, fully automated class documentation generation, generic VMStackWalker support for runtimes, many bugfixes, optimizations, and new Swing support.

Source: geeknews

Source: TheServerSide.com

Google has announced a new site for external developers interested in Google-related development. It's meant to be where they publish free source code and lists of their API services. Considering how much Google does and in how many ways it does it, this could be an invaluable resource.

Source: TheServerSide.com

OpenLogic, an open-source validation and management company, announced version 3.1 of its BlueGlue Open Source Infrastructure Management Suite. This package automated the installation, integration, testing, and maintenance of certified and supported stacks build from combinations of over 100 open source projects.

Source: CIO Today

Novell and IBM launched a global scheme Thursday designed to help independent software developers create and certify applications for SuSE Linux on IBM eServer and middleware platforms.

Source: Linux Today

"MikroTik has launched a line of inexpensive, low-powered SBCs (single-board computers) for wired and wireless routers "

Source: Linux Today

"The Howto Configure Multiple Network Profiles on Linux article has been removed due to a broken link "

Source: Linux Today

"Mobile Linux users face some interesting (OK, vexing) challenges when they want to plug into different networks. Any Linux system will easily support all manner of networking profiles--dialup, ISDN, Ethernet, wireless--the tricky bit is configuration "

Source: Linux Today

"Sandia National Labs, Kitware Inc., and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has announced a breakthrough in large data scientific visualization, attaining rendering rates of over 1.5 billion polygons per second "

Source: Linux Weekly News

Source: Linux Weekly News

Source: Linux Today

"The latest version of Linux desktop environment KDE, which was released on Wednesday, includes a number of new accessibility features "

Source: Linux Today

"Parvus Corporation today announced the launch of its new corporate Web site (www.parvus.com), which features an updated look-and-feel, improved navigation, and greater focus on Parvus systems engineering expertise "

Source: Neowin.net

Linspire Inc. on Wednesday launched an upgrade of its Linux desktop, which includes a streamlined graphical interface and improved laptop and hardware support. Linspire Five-0 includes more than 1,200 improvements incorporated over more than a year of development, the San Diego-based company said.

"Linspire Five-0 is so easy to use, it finally makes Linux practical for anyone -- from a Fortune 500 executive to a kid researching a school essay," Michael Robertson, chief executive of Linspire, said in a statement. The desktop OS includes the OpenOffice.org suite of productivity applications, which are file-compatible with Microsoft Office. The OS also ships with a web browser, e-mail and instant messaging clients, multimedia viewers, photo and music managers, calendaring tools and other applications.

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Source: Freshmeat Daily News

J-Bird is a record keeping system for observations of birds. In the parlance of birders, it is bird listing software. It is oriented toward birding trips. Information recorded includes region, trip date, locality, keywords, notes, species observed, and notes on individual species. It can record sightings, produce trip reports,
produce composite lists such as life lists, tally observations by category, and query sightings. Regional checklists can be built, used to record sightings, and be included in trip reports. Sightings can be exported to CSV tables and HTML tables.

Changes:
In this version, the user interface has been converted to
Java Swing from a hybrid AWT/Swing interface, and
shortcuts have been improved on Linux and MS Windows.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

GNU VPE creates a virtual ethernet by creating host-to-host
tunnels between multiple endpoints. Unlike other virtual
private "network" solutions which merely create a single
tunnel, it creates a real network with multiple endpoints.
It is designed to be very simple and easy to setup. It can
also be used to tunnel into some VPN network using a
variety of protocols. It is, however, primarily designed to
sit on the gateway machines of company branches to
connect them together.

Changes:
This release further cleans up the documentation, by documenting the formerly undocumented icmp transport protocol and describing the transport protocols in more detail in the gvpe.protocol manpage. It also updates (and documents) the tinc device driver interfaces. Experimental DNS tunneling support has been added and an exemption to allow binary redistributions of gvpe linked against OpenSSL has been added to COPYING.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

Coyote Linux is a single floppy distribution for setting up network utility services such as Internet connection sharing, firewalling, or wireless access points. The goal of the Coyote project is to make it as quick and easy as possible to set up a Linux floppy, and to require a minimal amount of Linux knowledge to do so.

Changes:
This release fixes problems that prevented floppies built with
2.20.0 and 2.21.0 from booting properly on some systems.
The 2.4.29 kernel, iptables 1.3.1, and busybox 1.00 were
also added.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

BitRock InstallBuilder allows you to create easy-to-use installers for
Linux, Solaris, and Windows applications. The generated installer for an
application has a native look-and-feel and no external dependencies, and
can be run in GUI, text, and unattended modes.

Changes:
Improved startup and runtime speed for complex installers. JRE autodetection has an option to prompt users for JVM selection. A new CD-ROM target platform. New rules, action types, and a number of minor bugfixes.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

Coyote Linux is a single floppy distribution for setting up network utility services such as Internet connection sharing, firewalling, or wireless access points. The goal of the Coyote project is to make it as quick and easy as possible to set up a Linux floppy, and to require a minimal amount of Linux knowledge to do so.

Changes:
This release fixes problems that prevented 2.20 and 2.21 from booting properly on some systems. The 2.4.29 kernel, iptables 1.3.1, and busybox 1.00 were also added.

Source: IceWalkers

Small linux system for the purpose of system booting or repairing

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

GNU Classpath (essential libraries for Java) is a project to create free core class libraries for use with virtual machines and compilers for the Java programming language. It includes all native methods and core classes necessary for a completely functional execution environment.

Changes:
Base core class library for upcoming GCC 4.0 and Kaffe 1.1.5 releases. ImageIO support through gdkpixbuf, many new nio character encoders and decoders, fully automated class documentation generation, generic VMStackWalker support for runtimes, many bugfixes, optimizations, and new Swing support.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

PatchWork is a Web-based patch tracking system
designed to facilitate the contribution and
management of contributions to an open-source
project. Patches that have been sent to a mailing
list are 'caught' by the system and appear on a
Web page. Any comments posted that reference the
patch are appended to the patch page. The
project's maintainer can then scan through the
list of patches, marking each with a certain
state such as Accepted, Rejected, or Under
Review. Old patches can be sent to the archive or
deleted.

Changes:
This release includes new searching functionality,
as well as an initial command-line client to list,
search, view, and apply patches using an HTTP/SOAP
interface. Also, a few minor bugs with the Web
interface were fixed, as well as parser
improvements.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

Conary is a distributed software management system
for Linux distributions. It replaces traditional
package management solutions (such as RPM and
dpkg) with one designed to enable loose
collaboration across the Internet. It enables sets
of distributed and loosely connected repositories
to define the components which are installed on a
Linux system. Rather than having a full
distribution come from a single vendor, it allows
administrators and developers to branch a
distribution, keeping the pieces which fit their
environment while grabbing components from other
repositories across the Internet.

Changes:
Rollbacks now take much less time and space when
installing, updating, and erasing. Architecture
definition has been expanded. The new :debuginfo
component infrastructure now works properly.
Several shadow merging bugs were fixed. Conary now
has many default values for macros and
architectures that can be overridden and expanded
by distributions, instead of relying on the
distribution for all settings. Compiling sources
is now a little bit faster. A simple interface for
populating bugzilla components from Conary
repositories has been added.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

E/OS is a graphic operating system which can
execute programs from Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac
OS, IBM OS/2, MSDOS, and Linux.

Source: Freshmeat Daily News

Bastille Linux aims to be the most comprehensive,
flexible, and educational Security Hardening
Program for Red Hat (Fedora Core, Enterprise
Linux, and original Red Hat), SuSE, Gentoo,
Mandrake, and Debian Linux, as well as HP-UX and
Mac OS X. Virtually every task it performs is
optional, providing immense flexibility. It
educates the installing admin regarding the topic
at hand before asking any question. The
interactive nature allows the program to be more
thorough when securing, while the educational
component produces an admin who is less likely to
compromise the increased security.

Changes:
A show-stopper bug in the less-used text-based interface was corrected.

Source: SourceForge Project News

The iPodder Lemon team announces the release of version 2.0 of its iPodder software. The application has evolved from its basic beginnings as the world's first podcasting software to a mature, fully featured application.

iPodder is the premier Podcasting application, allowing users to capture and listen to Internet audio programs anytime, anywhere. It allows users to select and download shows and music and to play whenever they want on their iPods, portable digital media players, or computers automatically, after specifying which music or shows they want to listen to.

iPodder has been downloaded over 125,000 times since its premier last August, letting users tap into the growing popularity of podcasts. There are now thousands of podcasting sites across the Internet.

iPodder continues to be free and cross-platform, playing on Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms.

Version 2.0 offers numerous new improvements:

- Total redefined, fully-featured GUI (user interface)
- New streamlined subscription process with an ability to check and uncheck items for download
- New cleanup section allowing quick cleanup
- History of downloads and click to play abilities
- Proxy support
- Threaded scans/downloads and resumable downloads
- Import and Export functionalities (OPML) to enable easy transport of data between other applications
- Many new smaller features including small add-ons like spotlight search, catch-up functionality, coralizing, and shortcuts enabled.

iPodder continue to offer its unique features:
- It's Free
- Cross-Platform
- Multi-language supported
- GPL'ed -- it operates under a public license for the public good
- Fast (even with a lot of subscriptions)

How to download?
To download iPodder 2.0, click the download link below and select your operating system.

http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/index.php

The team would like to thank all volunteers who helped us in building this version with translations, suggestions, bugreports, etc! Thank you all!

Best regards,
The iPodder Lemon team.

---------------
Programming:
- Erik de Jonge
- Andrew Grumet
- Garth T Kidd

Design / User interface:
- Martijn Venrooy

Content strategist:
- Mark Alexander Posth

Donate to iPodder at:
http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=118306

Go to the website:
http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/

Source: NewsForge

The PGA Tour, a membership group of professional golfers that is not affiliated with the Professional Golfer's Association, is making extensive use of Linux in its interactive Web site PGAtour.com and its real-time game tracking program, TOURcast. Because Linux has worked so well for them, they have had no qualms about migrating to Red Hat for their internal mail systems and intranet.

Source: Scobleizer

A guy at Google, Chris DiBona, who I've met several times and has always been nice to me, and Greg Stein have opened up Code.Google.com.
New open source development effort. Congrats guys!
Now, wait a second. Isn't Google Microsoft's competitor? Doesn't Scoble work for Microsoft? Isn't it a bad bad bad thing to link to your competitor and work with them?
No. No. No.
This is a win for us all.
See, let's work to make things better for customers together. That's my vision for this new world.