From LinxPR: Dr. Marilyn Davis, who invented,
designed and implemented eVote has joined FreeDevelopers as the
project leader for its e-Democracy software development project.

The Linux Documentation Project reports on its progress, from a post on LWN.net, including a recent summit at UNC-Chapel Hill, at the facilities of ibiblio.org, a longtime LDP supporter, which has ”
resulted in several new initiatives that will help the LDP evolve.”

From ZDNet: “Linux godfather Linus Torvalds has posted to kernel.org the near-final release of the Linux 2.4 kernel. In making available to developers the so-called 2.4.0 Test10-Final release, Torvalds noted that this beta has no known ‘showstopper’ bugs. If no serious bugs are discovered by testers, Torvalds could release the final 2.4 kernel in the coming month.”

IDG News Service reports that Compaq has released enhanced products and new services
for businesses that use Unix servers.

“Enhancements to Tru64 Unix and TruCluster Server will include
extended clustering and performance powers, along with Internet and
management capabilities.”

From IDG News Service: “The Italian state administration is excessively
dependent on Microsoft’s software and the country
could achieve significant budget savings if it switched
to open source software, according to an open letter
which a group of information technology professionals
is preparing to deliver to Public Administration
Minister Franco Bassanini.”

Here’s a quote from the story at eWeek: “”The view that all open-source software is vulnerable and that the open-source movement can only benefit by paying more attention to security is incorrect.” Huh? Read more, it might make sense.

Business Wire reports,
today, SuSE Linux, the
international technology leader and solutions provider in Open Source operating system software, announced the general
availability of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390. SuSE’s Linux distribution for the mainframe allows enterprise customers
to scale Linux from PC clients to host systems.

Months after launching a radio show for “computer
dummies” talk radio personality Chris Pirillo has
taken his audio ramblings online, reports Internet Wire.

A bugfix release of kpackage is avaiable, reports Linux Today. It fixes a segmentation fault when choosing “file list” and when installing
or uninstalling a package.

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