Gentu writes: “OSNews features a second interview with Xandros’ VP, Mr. Michael A. Bego. First one was here.”

Plesk (TM), Inc., the market leader in
automated Web hosting software, announced today its “Migration Express,” a
service for Plesk customers that is designed to let them migrate from other
vendors’ legacy control panels onto the Plesk Server Administrator (PSA)
platform for improved server-infrastructure economics.
The Migration Express is combined of advanced software tools and
professional services. As part of Plesk’s introductory promotion for its
customers, users of Ensim’s WEBppliance for Linux® can immediately quality
for free professional services – giving them the fastest and most effective
migration path available to the dominant hosting automation platform.
Throughout the year, Plesk will roll out other Migration Express packages
and promotions for the Sphera HostingDirector, Sun Cobalt(TM) RaQ3 and RaQ4
appliances, and other control panels.

“In keeping with our customer-first philosophy, we developed Migration
Express in response to the requests from customers and prospects who are
eager to make the move from WEBppliance to PSA,” said George Pappas,
president and CEO of Plesk. “After a thorough analysis of the requirements,
Migration Express represents the most comprehensive collection of tools and
professional services designed explicitly to help these data center
professionals rapidly realize a greater ROI on their server
infrastructures.”

“We found that PSA provided us with the superior ease-of-use that we were
able to pass along to our customers,” said Richard Culp, network engineer at
Delaware.net. “In terms of ease of installation, ease of customer use and
ease of navigation, PSA was the hands-down winner over Ensim’s WEBppliance.
We have been much happier since we moved to Plesk.”

Based in Dover, Delaware, Delaware.Net (www.delaware.net) is a one-stop shop
for hosting, Web-site design, domain registration, broadband access, and
colocation
services.

The Migration Express for WEBppliance

Ensim WEBppliance for Linux customers that want to migrate to PSA will
enjoy:

• Migration of all client/domain information from the WEBppliance database
  into the PSA database.
• Minimal down time of their servers.
• Content migration from WEBppliance hosts to PSA hosts.
• Migration of email accounts settings.
• Migration of WEBppliance FTP and email passwords to the PSA encrypted
  format.

To qualify for Migration Express, a Plesk customer must have purchased a new
unlimited-domain license of PSA at list price, between August 1 and
September 30, 2002. Migration Express for WEBppliance for Linux pertains
only to versions 2.4 through 3.0. Qualified Ensim WEBppliance for Linux
users must transfer to Plesk appropriate licenses and related documents.
Some changes may apply. The promotion for free Migration Express
professional services for Ensim WEBppliance for Linux users lasts through
September 30, 2002.

Plesk’s Migration Express for WEBppliance is currently available. For
additional information contact sales@plesk.com or
call 703.815.5670.

Plesk Server Administrator

PSA substantially reduces the support requirements for Web hosting providers
and enterprise users. PSA liberates technical support staff from the tedium
of manual tasks and instead allows them to focus on more important,
value-added services that increase customer acquisition and retention. PSA
has been architected to provide a full range of Web hosting automation
benefits throughout the reseller channel and to the ultimate enterprise
user.

About Plesk, Inc.

Plesk, Inc. develops, markets and supports software that simplifies and
automates the full range of server configuration and management tasks
required for Web hosting. Using point-and-click user interfaces presented
through standard Web browsers, Plesk Server Administrator enables
non-technical customers and Web hosting companies to manage their own
domains, and Web hosting companies and their service resellers to deliver
better and faster customer support at lower cost. In less than two years,
Plesk software has earned the enthusiastic praise and loyalty of hundreds of
Web hosting companies and thousands of their customers. HostingTech
Magazine in November 2001 wrote “In the load test, there was no discernable
difference in performance during heavy CPU usage times. Speed and
simplicity are why Plesk has perhaps the best selling of all the control
panels.” For more information about Plesk, visit www.plesk.com
or call (888) 209-8900.

“Plesk” and “Plesk Server Administrator” are trademarks of Plesk, Inc. All
other product, service and company names are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.

NewsFactor.com story: “‘The overwhelming trend toward Linux throughout the business world validates IBM’s decision over five years ago to embrace Linux, and is further evidence of the disruptive [to Windows] potential Linux represents,’ said Steve Solazzo, general manager, Linux at IBM.”

ExtremeTech takes a shot at the Linux-for-newbies venture. “… Most of the software in the Click-N-Run Warehouse can be obtained free online and, more importantly, most of it comes FREE with boxed sets of Linux. For example, the personal edition of Suse 8.0 comes with a plethora of browsers, games, IM clients, office apps, desktops, and other software — all bundled onto the CD and easily installable via Suse’s Yast2 software manager.”

PCMag.com has the column saying OpenOffice could present the biggest challenge to Microsoft Office to date. “The problem for Microsoft is that open-source code problems get fixed rather quickly by hordes of eager programmers. This has been the case with Linux servers, and OpenOffice should be no different. Microsoft has only a few alternatives.

First, it can make Office more powerful and interesting. The problem is that the suite’s feature set is full, and now others are copying it. Little can be added.

Another choice is to lock down Office by integrating it tightly with the OS so that nothing else runs. But that would risk Microsoft’s OS cash cow. People might actually dump Windows if the company did that.”

ZDNet UK reports on “a flaw in communications software that could allow attackers to take over computers running Windows, Unix-based operating systems, and Mac OS X, as well as Kerberos authentication systems.

The problem is widespread because it affects some implementations of XDR (external data representation) libraries, used by many applications as a way of sending data from one system process to another, regardless of the system’s architecture.”

Leslie Proctor writes, “OpenPrinting Workgroup will address critical need for standardized printing architecture. The Free Standards Group has launched a new workgroup aimed at creating a standardized, scalable printing architecture and high-level requirements for printing systems.
The OpenPrinting Workgroup is open to both industry and community participants to address the needs of desktop to enterprise-ready printing, including management, reliability, security, scalability, printer feature access and network accessibility.

“OpenPrinting brings together both the leading free software developers and printer vendors,†said Scott McNeil, Free Standards Group executive director. “By having the right parties creating standards using open source methodologies and implementations, we believe OpenPrinting will fulfill the promise of enhancing Linux printing capabilities for both desktop and enterprise users alike.â€

The OpenPrinting Workgroup is in the process of creating a series of modular standards that can be used individually or as a group, depending on the end users’ needs. This approach allows for true scalability of features that include security, automated device discovery, printer access control and automated enabling of printing resources across a network.

Shawn Pratt, Project Manager at Hewlett-Packard, Inc. has been named as Interim Workgroup Chair of the OpenPrinting Workgroup. Mr. Pratt is in charge of leading the creation of a roadmap for the standards, which will encompass the needs of individual users, networks from large to small, Internet printing and mobile devices.

“Linux has successfully penetrated the server computing space and is rapidly making inroads into the client computing space as well,” said Shawn Pratt, OpenPrinting Workgroup Chair. “Given this new success, having a set of comprehensive standards for printing architecture and requirements being developed with input from both community and industry is important to the continued growth of Linux. There is a great deal of interest in printing, and for good reason. Printing capabilities are a cornerstone for any computer system.”

Printing standards for Linux ensure that Linux and Linux-based software will have the structure necessary to address the advanced needs of enterprise-level printing needs, creating yet another indispensable tool for Linux. Information on the OpenPrinting Workgroup and how to join can be found at www.freestandards.org/openprinting.

About the Free Standards Group:
Supported by industry leaders, the Free Standards Group is an independent, vendor-neutral, non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the development, application and promotion of standards. Headquartered in Oakland, Calif., the Free Standards Group fulfills a critical need in the open source development community to have common behavioral specifications, tools and APIs, making development across Linux distributions easier. More information on the Free Standards Group is available at www.freestandards.org.

Patrick Berry, USAF (Ret.) writes, “Valencia Community College (Kirkman West Campus) hosts the installation fest presented by the Linux Enthusiasts And Professionals – Central Florida on the first Saturday each month. Exact locations, dates, and times, are at http://leap-cf.org . Visitors are welcome.
Over 25 attendees hooked up their desktop and laptop computers to the T1 internet connection to download the current GNU/Linux distribution of their choice at very high speed, from mirror sites linked at http://distrowatch.com .

The non-profit organization sponsors two meets each month to advocate Open Source software use by governments, schools, corporations or businesses, non-profit groups, and individuals.

Club President Steve Litt, author of Sam’s Publishing “Samba: Unleashed”, operates his business, http://troubleshooters.Com , on Linux servers. He states that everything from his program ‘Umenu’, on line research and knowledge bases, technical writing, through to accounting and databases, is rock solid and trustworthy.

One member, Tom Foster, a building contractor, stated that his modest Pentium 233 mhz system is now incredibly fast since he installed Gentoo GNU/Linux.

“One reason that Gentoo GNU/Linux is very fast is that it compiles the kernel and all applications, specifically for a system, so each Gentoo GNU/Linux computer is unique. The full install and configuration took about an hour on Tom’s Pentium 233. His choice of window manager on ‘X windows’ is IceWM, due to it’s efficient resource management. IceWM is only one of the many available, free and bundled with downloads, or retail packages, of GNU/Linux.”

Gaël Duval writes,” Altadena, CA – August 8th 2002 – MandrakeSoft, a leading worldwide publisher of the Linux operating system, announced today that IBM will demonstrate its DB2 database software on Mandrake Linux systems during the upcoming LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco from August 12-15, 2002. MandrakeSoft also announced that it will distribute DB2 with its future server products.
DB2 is a premier relational database widely recognized for its scalability, reliability and performance. When used on a Linux® system — such as Mandrake Linux — it becomes an ideal low-cost solution for e-Business implementation.

IBM will demonstrate DB2 version 8 running on Mandrake Linux 8.2. DB2 will also be included in MandrakeSoft’s upcoming release of Mandrake Linux 9.0 ProSuite Edition. The demonstrations will be held at IBM’s booth.

“These demonstrations of DB2 running on Mandrake Linux clearly illustrate how Mandrake is becoming a platform of choice for server environments. This event is likely to open a new era of migration to Mandrake Linux/IBM DB2 solutions from other platforms, as it’s one of the most powerful and most affordable e-Business offers available today”, said Jacques Le Marois, CEO of MandrakeSoft.

MandrakeSoft has signed an agreement with IBM to distribute evaluation versions of DB2 for Linux with the upcoming Mandrake Linux ProSuite Edition 9.0.

About Mandrake Linux

Mandrake Linux is a powerful operating system available for the Intel Pentium®, AMD Athlon®, and PowerPC® processors. Mandrake Linux includes many graphical administration assistants & wizards that make the operating system intuitive and easy to use while providing all the power and robustness of Linux. Hundreds of included applications make Mandrake Linux an ideal solution for both enterprises and individual users. Mandrake Linux is widely known as the most feature-rich, multi-purpose Linux operating system available.

About MandrakeSoft

MandrakeSoft provides a trusted interface between users of information technology and Open Source developers. The company offers its enterprise, government and educational customers a complete range of GNU/Linux and Open Source software and related services, plus user-friendly and highly competitive information technologies. Additionally, MandrakeSoft offers technologists committed to Open Source software and courseware a trusted channel to offer their services.

MandrakeSoft has technologists in over 20 countries, and is traded on Paris Euronext Marche Libre (Euroclear code: 4477.PA; Reuters code: MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF). “Born on the Internet” in late 1998, MandrakeSoft has established headquarters in the U.S.A., Montreal, England and France. Please visit the website: http://www.mandrakesoft.com for more information.

An anonymous coward writes: The Linux Test Project test suite LTP-20020807.tgz has been released.
Visit our website ( http://ltp.sourceforge.net ) to download the latest
version of the test suite, and for information on test results on
pre-release, release candidate and stable releases of the kernel.
There is
also a list of test cases that are expected to fail, please find the list
at http://ltp.sourceforge.net/expected-errors.php.

Highlights
———-
– LTP’s Kernel Code Coverage website for 2.5.X kernel is live
http://ltp.sf.net/coverage/coverage-2.5.26/index.h tml
– Kernel code coverage tools are available on CVS under module utils
– Automated test frame work to extract, build and install various Linux
tests are available on CVS under module utils
– Database stress tool ‘dbgrinder’ is available on cvs under ltp/utils/database

We encourage the community to post results, patches or new tests on
our mailing list and use the CVS bug tracking facility to report problems
that you might encounter with the test suite. More details are available at
our web-site.