Leon Brooks writes: “The Alexis de Tocqueville Institute’s study — while 99% rehashed old stuff — is an opportunity to help permanently bury some FUD. Here (at Plug.Linux.org.au) is a first cut at a comprehensive, point by point rebuttal of it. Please mirror it under the FDL.”

Asa Dotzler writes: “Today mozilla.org released Mozilla 1.1 Alpha. Mozilla 1.1 Alpha is our bleeding edge alpha release which is meant to get wider testing for all the changes that happened on the trunk since we branched for Mozilla 1.0. See the release notes to find out what’s new.”

Linux Journal writes “maddog travels to Zurich in a bid to make up for lost time…. This speech would prove to be different from most of my other talks, as it would delve backward into time to talk about some of the early machines I programmed, then lead forward into the future. It was also the first time I had ever been to Zurich.”

Wired writes “Developers have turned Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a prototype created in part by the National Security Agency, into a module that operates almost seamlessly on the Linux operating system.”

LinuxToday: “IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business now also features Linux support for IBM zSeries and a security platform with Web single sign-on and access control for simplified security integration across Internet-facing applications and Web middleware running on the Linux platform.”

Slashdot: “Designtechnica has just posted a review of the Terapin Mine. This handheld device has a 10gb hard drive, ethernet port, PCMCIA port, USB 2.0 and a front display. On top of all this it has a Linux OS installed complete with scandisk and defrag. You can hook this unit up to your television to view pictures as well. I know that the stats on this unit sound great, but you would be surprised by just how usable it is.” Check out the full review here. While you’re at it, check out Slashdot’s discussion and comment.

LinuxWorld writes “StarOffice is a complete package. It’s no longer free as in beer, but it’s a good buy, especially if you get it as part of a bundle such as a Linux distribution or Ximian’s Red Carpet Express.”

LinuxNews: “HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that it has combined engineering resources with Oracle, the world?s largest enterprise software company, and Red Hat, the world?s premier open source and Linux provider, to certify and deliver Red Hat Linux Advanced Server on an 8-Node Oracle9i Real Application Clusters environment running on ProLiant DL580 servers from the new HP.” Read more of this press release at LinuxNews.com.

proclus writes: “GNU-Darwin has a

preliminary GNOME build for Darwin on Intel. The Distribution has recently added support for
AMD/Via. Packaging robots are busy producing GNOME standards, such as Encompass, Oregano, and Gnumeric. Be sure to consult the x86 ports and CD instructions.”

TMCnet press release: “LumenVox announces the availability of their Speech Recognition Engine (SRE) v2.5. This new version provides developers more flexibility by being compatible with both Linux and Windows platforms. The LumenVox SRE aims to set a new standard for price, quality and flexibility within the speech recognition market.”