Need information about the PCMCIA cards in use on your computer? Read on for a helpful hint from Linux.com’s Rikul Patel.

LinuxWorld’s Joe Barr asks: “Can a proprietary printer driver outperform the Gimp-Print project and the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)? I recently raved about an Epson Color Stylus 880 and its free software offerings. This week, I will review the Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter and the proprietary Linux software Lexmark has created for it.”

ZDNet News reports: “Figures just released by research firm Cyberdialogue show that in 1999 30 million people in the U.S. no longer used the Internet, describing themselves as “former users”. This has led experts to question whether a backlash against the Web is beginning.”

“In versions prior to 2.3.0, if the openssh client receives a request for ssh-agent or X11 forwarding, it does not check if this feature has been negotiated during session setup and grants access. This could allow remote access to the client’s display and ssh-agent service.” Full details at Linux Today.

BSD Today has posted a message from the NetBSD-announce mailing list outlining the major and minor changes made to the operating system during November 2000.

Wave Technologies and its subsidiary SAIR Linux have completed the Japanese translation of their training materials. Tokyo-based software solution provider Information Quarry Systems will distribute the Linux Career Pack. Read the full press release at Linux PR.

Linux Journal covers X window system basics, including login manager overviews, xterm modification tips, and the obligatory configuration files that accompany any change.

Microsoft may be the 800-pound gorilla in the browser wars, but it’s far from Netscape’s only competition. Opera Software just released an advertiser-supported version of their acclaimed browser, and NeoPlanet has announced intention to release a Mozilla-based browser in February. Full report at CNET News.com.

TheStreet.com’s Tish Williams reports on Tuesday’s Bluetooth Developer’s Conference in San Jose, Calif.

From a press release posted at PR Newswire: “OpenNMS.org, the open source project developing next-generation enterprise management software, today unveiled an interim 0.4.0 release of the OpenNMS solution to the open source development community. The 0.4.0 version is the first release by OpenNMS.org of a functional network management product that is freely available as an open source product for downloading, testing and deployment by any software developer, including the approximately 2,500 members of OpenNMS.org and other early adopters.”