Date: 05/27/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

India's free CD program reminds me of the early days of Linux. If it weren't for cheap Linux CDs a lot of users may never have gotten their hands on Linux. License terms that allowed redistribution were only half of the deal. It doesn't mean a lot to allow free distribution [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=297&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 05/27/05 (Security)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

Microsoft and some Linux vendors have yet to patch a hole related to a flaw in some Intel chips, despite having two months' notice.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/OS+makers+slow+to+fix+flaw%2C+researcher+says/2100-1009_22-5723114.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 05/27/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

With Nokia now committed to Linux, other mobile players are nearly certain to follow

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=299&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/02/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: database, linux

Enterprise analysts are cheering Novell's delivery of a "mixed source" solution. It's an application stack combining the JBoss open source application server, the proprietary Oracle database with its Real Application Clusters, and Novell's own SUSE Linux, all running on H-P hardware. Analysts assume enterprises demand support and a guarantee that the parts they buy will [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=308&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/03/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Personally I expect Linux on Cell to blow Wintel into history -but history is behavioral, and if we don't change, it'll just repeat on us, right?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=311&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/03/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, linux, tracker

Hi guys! I'm thinking of running a BitTorrent tracker on one of my sites so I can share my own compositions with friends.

As it stands now I'm posting the music I'm working on to one of my sites, but since each MP3 is ~6 megs, that's a lot of bandwidth I'd rather not see go down the drain.

Anyway, my question: What's a good BitTorrent tracker? I don't need anything fancy, just something that's easy to setup and use and works happily with a Linux server. And preferably PHP.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/303988.html

Date: 06/05/05 (Opera Browser)    Keywords: linux

8.01 for Windows, Linux, and Mac is on the Opera ftp servers. It's not official yet, so for now, think of it as RC instead of final.

Oh, OS changed the version number for search.ini again. If you have a custom search.ini, set the version to 6 to keep it from being overwritten.

ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/801/en/
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/801/final/en/
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/mac/801/en/

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/opera_browser/34798.html

Date: 06/06/05 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: linux

Not sure if this is allowed here, and if not, I apologize - feel free to delete this. I'm new here by the way but I have a question about training ...

My work is allowing me to take some classes, and my VP has shown me a book from CompuMaster also known as SkillPath. My question, have any of you ever taken classes through this company? If so, how were the classes? I'm looking at taking a Linux course through this company. At $995/class for two days, the topics are interesting (some will be new, some I know) but I'd like to have a more formal class rather than learn as you go ...

If this is a waste of my time, could you all recommend any training companies? Thanks in advance.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/itprofessionals/12913.html

Date: 06/07/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Here's an important lesson for everyone, whether you run Linux, Solaris, Windows, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, or MS-DOS -- your customers' data isn't very secure when tapes carrying sensitive customer data go missing in transit. In this particular case, one wonders whether transporting physical media is the best way to transfer [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=318&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/07/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

Now that the rumors have turned out to be true, what is this going to mean for Linux -- if anything? Well, let's look at the facts that we have so far. Linux has taken off in large part because it runs on commodity hardware (Intel and Intel-compatible), [...]

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=317&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/08/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

I think it's safe to predict that future historians looking at the history of Linux will spend a lot of time muttering about the events preceeding, surrounding, and flowing from, Novell's purchase of SuSe in late 2003.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=321&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/08/05 (Security)    Keywords: security, linux

The newly launched Linux distribution has a glitch--some versions were released with default security updates turned off.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Debian+drops+ball+on+security+updates/2100-1009_22-5737401.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/08/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

The Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD. Windows offers a lot of services for Unix. In a way we're all Linux now, and all that's left to argue about are the terms of the world's surrender.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=323&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/09/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: linux

Per my boss' orders I am trying to install a wireless access system and have it use Radius
Authentication via windows 2003 server IAS service. I have Radius setup for
users that dial into our network and it works fine.
However, the wireless
stuff requires a parameter called a LAT-group, which I can configure in IAS, to
determine access rights via wireless. BUT, the wireless, for some strange reason,
when I put a sniffer on the network traffic is waiting for type of reply from
the radius server, but I can't tell with the sniffer what the heck it is waiting
for.
SO, I ended ditching that and loading a server with Fedora Core 3 Linux and
installed Free Radius on it. It fails the authentication, and the user name/passwd/Lat group
is in the radius conf file, By this time it was 0130 am and I went home and
crashed and I am back here at it again. Anyone around here experienced setting up a
wireless system using Radius? Any hints???

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/704614.html

Date: 06/10/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: linux

I don't know if it's just Azureus, or any Bittorrent client, but every time I open Azureus, it causes everyone on my local LAN to have sporadic random IM dropouts, on both AIM and MSN, on both the official clients and Gaim. I thought it was because it was saturating my connection in one direction or the other, but I've limited both upload and download speed (including, as an experiment, to some very small numbers) and it seems to be no different. When I exit Azureus, the problems go away.

Anybody have any experience/suggestions? I guess one answer is to limit my quite serious Linux distro collection, but I'd like some other answer. Maybe there's a "screw everything up" option in Azureus that I've accidentally toggled...?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/704868.html

Date: 06/10/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

It may strike you as interesting that it's 1998 and he still thinks of Linux as "free Unix for the 386" but what should be thought provoking is the clarity of his decision. There's no absolutism or partisanship here: he choose the GPL, not because it was morally better for everyone, but because it offers a better fit to his personal needs.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=327&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 06/11/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, linux

Symantec gets set to launch new intrusion detection software, as rival McAfee adds Linux support to its own corporate product.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Software+makers+to+send+out+network+patrols/2100-1009_22-5741333.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/13/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: linux, google

Hi folks,

I am having a problem with XP and USB2... basically, whenever i plug anything into a USB2 port I get a BSOD, but USB1 is fine. I thought maybe it was the windows halflife problem so I have tried it again with a fresh install.

If I have a completely clean system, ie installed off the disk with no service packs installed USB2 works fine, but as soon as I patch up to date (sp2 + all the other patches) the problem comes back.

It works on a fresh install so I don't think its a hardware fault... I'm guessing it must be one patch somewhere along the line that kills USB2. I have searched the knowledgebase and googled for the problem but i'm not really coming up with any leads... any ideas (other than to get rid of windows and install linux on the box - which is almost a possibility since I dont play games anymore)?

I can't recall whether i may have asked about this before, so forgive me if i'm repeating myself... :)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/706427.html

Date: 06/11/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, linux

Symantec launches new intrusion prevention software, as rival McAfee adds Linux support to its own corporate product.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Software+makers+send+out+network+patrols/2100-1009_22-5741333.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 06/15/05 (Security)    Keywords: java, security, linux

Sun fixes two security bugs in Java that could put computers running Windows, Linux and Solaris at risk of attack.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Java+flaws+open+door+to+hackers/2100-1009_22-5746913.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn