use Perl; has a complete list of new modules introduced into CPAN between the 14th of November and the 25th of November.

Linux.com compares operating systems to popcorn, with Windows being a bad bag of it. “The difference between Linux and Windows is difficult to convey to the average
computer user. They both sort of do the same things. I mean, they’re both popcorn. But
making the choice between Linux and Windows is the choice between getting what
you want instead of what the movie theatre managers think you need.”

As reported by Slashdot, NetBSD 1.4.3 has been released. Changes include new drivers, updated code to close security holes, and minor bugfixes. It is available from any NetBSD mirror.

The Free Software Foundation’s list of GNU.org mirrors was updated yesterday. The page also contains instructions for setting up your own GNU.org mirror if you are so inclined.

BSDToday says, “This release fixes problems found in the earlier 1.4.x family of releases, improves stability and includes support for new hardware. NetBSD 1.4.3 is a patch release of the 1.4 release branch. The 1.5 release branch will have its major release, NetBSD 1.5, shortly.”

Adults and techies are buying Nerf guns left and right, at almost the same rate as children are. The foam-firing guns appeal to adults as a form of office stress-relief, and numerous tech companies including Google and Red Hat have been known to buy the guns by the carload. Despite Hasbro making the guns weaker and safer for small children to play with, a culture of nerds on the Internet modify the guns to be as powerful as paintball guns to make “wars” more fun. -Steve

A LinuxUser conference in the UK is scheduled to happen during the 5th and 6th of December. “Designed for everyone involved in managing IT strategies in organisations, this event will give you access to reliable answers, real-life experiences, and expert analysis of the prospects for what IBM is calling the greatest game-changing technology since TCP/IP.“

Slashdot reports on an upcoming interview with Larry Wall. “It is an hour long in RealAudo format broken up into 10 minute segments. Mr. Wall will be discussing Perl, Free Software and the Open Source movement. It should be worth listening to.“

Looking for that special computer for your computing center? Terra Soft may have the solution with their 8-node PPC cluster box. Slashdot has the details.

“XDigitalNet provides users with a list of top *NIX sites.
November 24, 2000 – Linux Interactive officially launches XDigitalNet today. This is just one of many new sites to come from Linux Interactive.” Read more at Linuxpr.com.