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Writing Gnome Panel Applets

Author: JT Smith

LinuxDev has part 2 of an article on writing Gnome panel applets available. It covers creating a popup menu, and customizing it to the needs of your applet.

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  • Linux

FreeBSD 4.1 release is now available

Author: JT Smith

FreeBSD 4.1 has been released. Complete details on how to get it are available
from BSDtoday.

FreeBSD4 review

Author: JT Smith

FreeBSD 4 is reviewed from an end user perspective by 32bitsonline.

Category:

  • Unix

Richard M. Stallman Visits Teradyne

Author: JT Smith

A fairly detailed account of RMS visiting Teradyne to discuss the virtues of free software is available on slashdot.

Category:

  • Linux

Linux kernel auditing

Author: JT Smith

A group of kernel developers are going to be auditing the kernel for security issues, according to vnunet.com.

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  • Linux

Log auditing your Unix system

Author: JT Smith

BSDtoday has an article on
using lockcheck to keep track of the recent status of your system by analyzing your logs.

Category:

  • Unix

Napster shutdown ineffective

Author: JT Smith

Scott Rosenberg of Salon.com analyzes whyt the Napster shutdown will be
ineffective thanks to the Open Source alternatives available.

Category:

  • Open Source

Napster being two-faced?

Author: JT Smith

While Napster encourages the sharing of music, it’s not happy when other Web sites try to use its technology, according to a ZDNet story.

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  • Linux

Conference looks for standardized open-source docu…

Author: JT Smith

LWN.net
reporting
on the Open Documentation Summit: DocBook/XML should be the standarized format for open source documentation.