LinuxHardware has posted an article on Gaming and Linux in 2003
Thanks Joe for this one:
The Australian hacker has been working on pushing Samba beyond the POSIX world and figuring out what work needs to be done to get Samba to support new filesystems such as XFS, ext3, and Storage Tank. The answer is nothing less than a complete rewrite of Samba's smbd code, which has become his latest pet project. Here's an interview with Andrew Tridgell on his latest Samba rewrite.
The Australian hacker has been working on pushing Samba beyond the POSIX world and figuring out what work needs to be done to get Samba to support new filesystems such as XFS, ext3, and Storage Tank. The answer is nothing less than a complete rewrite of Samba's smbd code, which has become his latest pet project. Here's an interview with Andrew Tridgell on his latest Samba rewrite.
MySQL threw its first-ever user conference last week in San Jose, California, promoting its open source database as a viable, more affordable alternative to products from Oracle, IBM and the other top database vendors.
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From Mozillazine.org:
Asa Dotzler writes: "After months of discussion and further months of legal investigation, we're finally comfortable moving forward with new names. The new name for the Phoenix browser is 'Firebird'. The documentation and product strings will be updated soon. In addition to securing Firebird, we've also got the OK from those contributing legal resources to use the name 'Thunderbird' for a mail client. Hopefully this will be the end of naming legal issues for a while."
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Asa Dotzler writes: "After months of discussion and further months of legal investigation, we're finally comfortable moving forward with new names. The new name for the Phoenix browser is 'Firebird'. The documentation and product strings will be updated soon. In addition to securing Firebird, we've also got the OK from those contributing legal resources to use the name 'Thunderbird' for a mail client. Hopefully this will be the end of naming legal issues for a while."
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OSNews has published another Linux article: Success with Linux on the Home Desktop
Vnunet has published another feature on Linux
Saw over at PCLinuxOnline that CrossOver Office 2.0 Beta has been released
Red Hat has launched Content Management System (CMS) and Enterprise Portal Server, two Java-based applications, as part of its push to offer a complete open source infrastructure for enterprise applications.
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Saw over at Slashdot:
LinuxDevices.com reports that Microsoft has licensed InterVideo Inc. to supply Windows Media Technology to makers of Linux-based consumer devices.
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LinuxDevices.com reports that Microsoft has licensed InterVideo Inc. to supply Windows Media Technology to makers of Linux-based consumer devices.
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The first major open source software installation in central government is now operational at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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Dell has strengthened its relationship with Oracle to help continue its move into the enterprise datacentre with clustered Intel servers running on Linux
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Sun Microsystems may be planning to drop its private-label version of Linux for servers, but the company is still on track with a Linux-based desktop system that should hit the market this summer, the company said.
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At a gathering here Tuesday of current and potential Oracle ISV (independent software vendor) partners, Oracle Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison extolled the virtues of Linux and predicted that the open-source operating system will soon decimate Microsoft in the battle for the data center market.
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In a major strategy shift, Sun Microsystems Inc. officials said it will stop offering its own customized version of Linux and will instead turn to several other standard Linux distributions.
"Yes, this is a change in strategy. Our Sun Linux distribution is essentially Red Hat Linux with a few minor tweaks," John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group, told reporters at a "town hall" meeting in San Francisco Friday morning. "But our customers told us they didn't want a standard distribution that had some tweaks, so I decided to fix the problem by simply supporting between two and four standard Linux distributions, though I have not as yet decided which these will be."
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"Yes, this is a change in strategy. Our Sun Linux distribution is essentially Red Hat Linux with a few minor tweaks," John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group, told reporters at a "town hall" meeting in San Francisco Friday morning. "But our customers told us they didn't want a standard distribution that had some tweaks, so I decided to fix the problem by simply supporting between two and four standard Linux distributions, though I have not as yet decided which these will be."
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SCO Group's $1bn court battle with IBM over its use of Unix code is not affecting UnitedLinux, according to the head of the consortium.
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UnitedLinux is focusing on forging relationships with independent software vendors (ISVs), and extending professional certification to inspire corporate confidence and capture market share.
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Oracle is welcoming third-party software companies into the Linux fold, offering money for development and promotion to those with products that augment the database giant's efforts to back the Unix-like operating system.
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German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.
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Red Hat said Tuesday that it slipped into the red and below analyst expectations for its most recent quarter, but the Linux seller reported revenue growth and progress in selling its premium products for business customers.
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New research claiming that small businesses are switching to Linux has been dismissed by the industry, which says that few firms are ditching Microsoft.
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