jeff writes:
Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2002, from the home of Wayne’ s World, Aurora IL, tonight LIVE on www.thelinuxshow.com. at 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et … Kevin Hill, Jeff Gerhardt, Doc
Searls (Linux Journal), Arne Flones and Russ Pavlicek; have (may have)
another outstanding show lined up tonight on The Linux Show!!

In Segment One – Hot News: We will be covering the hot Linux news of
the last few weeks. So much news I can not list it all here, but we will talk CARP, Lindows, Gates (of course) and the Amphora light groupware system.

In Segment Two – Not another GeekPAC Update
We will give an update on The American Open Technology Consortium and
GeekPAC and all the NEW load of crap we have had to go through in the last week. Can you say shell shocked? Can people cut us a little slack please?
There is an updated draft of the AOTC position paper at http://www.thelinuxshow.com/otc.h
tm

Please join us on the show, and check our IRC
Chat(irc.thelinuxshow.com
#linuxshow).
Remember tune in at 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et. NOTE: we are now on
Daylight Saving Time in the US.
Catch the Linux show at www.thelinuxshow.com

Nick Sklav writes, “Just the other day an acquaintance asked me how many Fortune 1000 companies were using Linux on the desktop. It was a question for which I didn’t have a good answer, except to say that there probably weren’t very many, if any at all.”

Read the complete article at Mlug.ca.

MandrakeSoft (http://www.mandrakesoft.com ), a leading provider of Open Source software, today announced the availability of the boxed versions of Mandrake Linux 8.2 through a number of retail outlets worldwide and also online from http://www.mandrakestore.com . The latest release of MandrakeSoft’s popular operating system marks a new step in addressing the special needs of enterprise users while continuing to ease the adoption of Linux by all.
Mandrake Linux 8.2 for PowerPack and ProSuite are the first Linux distributions to include StarOffice 6.0, the new office suite from Sun Microsystems which is compatible with Microsoft Office documents. Customers are provided with three packaged versions of Mandrake Linux 8.2 to choose from: ProSuite ($149.99), PowerPack ($69.99) and Standard ($39.99)*. OEM versions, targeted at hardware manufacturers, are due out later this month.

Mandrake Linux 8.2 is the best “all-in-one” solution for saving time and money with personal computers: installation couldn’t be easier with MandrakeSoft’s world-famous graphical installer, and no post-configuration hassles means that every MandrakeSoft system is immediately ready for work or for play. Depending on the user’s requirements, Mandrake Linux 8.2 can be installed as a full-featured & powerful Linux server, or as a highly productive personal workstation.

“Mandrake Linux has long been the preferred Linux distribution for individuals, but Mandrake Linux 8.2 marks a new step in our penetration of the corporate environment. The features and unparalleled ease of use make 8.2 an incredibly efficient and affordable alternative to UNIX and Windows 2000” said Jacques Le Marois, CEO of MandrakeSoft.

New server features include the ability to use an encrypted filesystem for protecting sensitive data; “kernel-secure” adds important security features to the default Linux kernel; and an “Enterprise” kernel delivers SMP (Symmetric Multi Processing) and Hi-memory support (above 1024 MB) for high-end servers. Mandrake Linux 8.2 also introduces a quick and efficient way to set up printers and scanners; a new file sharing feature for easily sharing files and directories in a networked environment; and improved “hot-plug” support that lets users install new devices quickly and painlessly without having to reboot the system. A new remote desktop utility, RFBdrake, is extremely useful for controlling machines remotely within a LAN or securely through the Internet (works with Linux/Unix systems and with Windows 2000/XP “Window Terminal Services”). The reworked version of MSEC, a system for configuring the security level of a machine (Standard, High, Highest, Paranoid) is more powerful than ever.

New desktop features include a completely redesigned Mandrake Control Center that serves as a central location for MandrakeSoft-specific tools and utilities, as well as many new configuration wizards. Desktop users will appreciate the task-oriented menus in GNOME and KDE, which greatly simplify locating applications by categorizing them into common “tasks”. MandrakeFirstTime is an easy-to-use wizard that helps setup a desktop environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.), choose a theme and configure email settings. DrakNet, the Internet connection and network utility, efficiently helps users configure all types of network connections, from common dial-up modems to DSL and cable connections. Also included are the latest stable versions of KDE and GNOME which both offer some great new features and applications such as anti-aliased fonts and Evolution (an Outlook-like email client and personal information manager).

About Mandrake Linux 8.2, they are saying…

“If you are looking for a way to move even the most staunch Macintosh or Windows users over to Linux, giving them a taste of Mandrake certainly would be a good way to do so. (…) Overall: A+” — Timothy R. Butler, Editor-in-Chief, Open for Business.

Mandrake Linux 8.2 Pack details:

* Mandrake Linux 8.2 ProSuite Edition — “The Linux Server Solution” — includes everything needed to deploy powerful and affordable services for the Internet and/or Intranet. The ProSuite Edition includes eight CDs (including two special server CDs), one DVD, and two comprehensive manuals. Included is a comprehensive support plan that covers two technical support phone calls plus 90 days of premium web-based support via MandrakeExpert.com. During the product life, two Update CDs for security and bug fixes will be sent to registered users. The 8.2 ProSuite Edition (for Intel & AMD processors) is available for $149.99. (more details…)

* Mandrake Linux 8.2 PowerPack Edition — “Linux for Workstations” — is the most complete and user-friendly Linux package for the desktop. The PowerPack includes seven CDs and two comprehensive manuals. The PowerPack’s support plan includes 60 days of premium web-based support from MandrakeExpert.com plus a significant discount for two technical support incidents settled by phone (valid for 30 days). The 8.2 PowerPack Edition (for Intel & AMD processors) is available for $69.99. (more details…)

* Mandrake Linux 8.2 Standard Edition — “The key to Linux” — delivers the best way to get started with Linux. Includes the complete operating system, thousands of applications, plus the famous MandrakeSoft configuration wizards and utilities. Thirty days of premium web-based support via MandrakeExpert.com is also included. The 8.2 Standard Edition (for Intel & AMD processors) is available for $39.99. (more details…)

(*) Mandrake Linux 8.2 Standard Edition is currently not available for purchase at MandrakeStore.

High quality value-added services, including consulting and support, can be easily added to ProSuite deployments. Please see http://www.mandrakesoft.com/businesses for more information about MandrakeSoft’s complete range of professional services, or dial toll-free (in the US) 1-877-74-LINUX (1-877-745-4689) Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm EST.

In addition, Mandrake Linux 8.2 PPC “Linux for the Mac” is available directly from MandrakeStore as a two-CD set for $25 (without manuals or support).

http://www.mandrakestore.com/

All Mandrake Linux users are invited to join the Mandrake Users Club. The Club is the best way to benefit from special privileges (third party software, special discounts, etc.). To learn more about the Mandrake User Club and the Corporate Club, please see:
http://mandrakelinux.com/en/club/

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 set of GNU Linux and Open-Source software and related services, and user-friendly and highly competitive information technologies. In addition, MandrakeSoft offers technologists committed to open software and courseware a trusted channel to offer their services. The company has technologists in over 20 countries, and is traded on Paris Euronext Marché 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 established headquarters in the U.S.A., Montreal, England, Germany and France. Please visit the Web site, http://www.mandrakesoft.com for more information.

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Caldera Education Services, a practice of Caldera International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) Global Services, has expanded its certification program by adding industry-standard Linux certification tracks, including Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Level 1 and CompTIA Linux+ certifications. Caldera’s certifications offer IT professionals the latest industry-standard education opportunities for both Linux and UNIX. The expanded certification program also refreshes OpenServer and UnixWare/Open UNIX 8 certification tracks.

The certification program incorporates three levels:
Certified System Administrator (CSA), formerly known as CUSA;
Advanced Certified Engineer (ACE);
and
Master ACE.

Each level now includes a Linux and UNIX tracks and has one exam or more.

“IT professionals who complete their CSA, ACE and Master ACE certifications will increase tremendously the value they provide to their organizations. Additionally, they will find more diverse job opportunities and gain competitive advantages through these highly-developed competencies,” said David Acheson, director of Education Services, Caldera. “Our tracks are industry-standardized, which is critical to today’s IT professionals and employers when it
comes to Linux and UNIX expertise.”

Because of the synergy between Linux and UNIX, shell programming has
been added to the ACE certification track. Caldera?s Linux track adopts
industry-standard certifications and incorporates the latest courseware,
including the recently announced Caldera OpenLearning Courseware for
Linux. All Caldera OpenLearning Providers around the globe are
equipped to help certification candidates complete their certification, and many of the Providers are Prometric and VUE testing centers. This allows the candidates the convenience of taking the exams at the OpenLearning Provider’s site.

“Caldera demonstrates time and time again its commitment to industry
standards,” said Chuck Mead, president, LPI. “The inclusion of LPI industry-standard certifications into their certification tracks exponentially benefits the education of the students and IT professionals involved.”

While CSA and ACE candidates can certify to be either Linux or UNIX
competent, Master ACE graduates will prove both Linux and UNIX competencies, in accordance with industry-standard education.

“Considering how complementary Linux and UNIX technologies are, Caldera
is ingenious for offering a certification track that qualifies candidates to operate in both,” said Brian Lewis, Linux and UNIX instructor and owner of Shogomoc Systems in Minneapolis, Minn. “Intense, yet worth the effort from both instructor and student, Caldera offers premium Linux and UNIX education training for Master ACE candidates.”

Please visit http://www.caldera.com/education to learn more about Caldera Education Services.

Caldera Education
Caldera Education Services, which is one of Caldera Global Services’
(http://www.caldera.com/services) practices, provides courses designed
to meet the demands of IT professionals who need to get Linux solutions up and running within their business environments. A variety of courses are available through the global network of Caldera OpenLearning
Providers. Caldera Education offers you a choice for your education needs. Whether you need classroom instruction, access to on-line
learning or other self-paced training, Caldera Education solutions provide UNIX? and Linux? platforms training options to fit your requirements.

Caldera International, Inc.
Caldera International (Nasdaq: CALD) provides “Powerful Choices” for
businesses through its UNIX, Linux and Volution product lines and services. Based in Lindon, UT, Caldera has representation in 82 countries and 16,000+ resellers worldwide. Caldera Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on Caldera products and services, visit http://www.caldera.com.

Caldera, the Caldera logos, Caldera Volution, OpenLinux, SCO and the
associated SCO logo, and SCO OpenServer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Caldera International, Inc. in the U.S. and other
countries. Caldera Global Services is a service mark of Caldera International, Inc. UNIX and UnixWare, used under an exclusive license, are registered trademarks of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

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involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers
that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors
include the ability of the Company to successfully meet its revenue
projections, which are based in part, on the continued acceptance in the marketplace of the historical products of the acquired operations; the ability of the Company to develop and successfully introduce products
integrating its products and services with those historically offered by

the recently acquired operations; the ability of the Company to continue
to manage its cost reductions without adversely affecting customer
service and employee productivity; the ability of recently introduced and new products to operate as designed, including compatibility with various platforms in the absence of other defects; the Company’s reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing
technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company’s ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed;
unenforceability of the GNU general public license and other Open Source
licenses; our reliance on third party developers of components of our
software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual
property rights; and disruption in the Company’s distribution sales channel. These and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in the Company?s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“This document is mailed to lkml regularly and will be modified
whenever new victim wishes to be listed in it or someone can
no longer devote his time to maintainer work.”

So, you are new to Linux kernel hacking and want to submit a kernel bug
report or a patch but don't know how to do it and _where_ to report it?
Then save this file for future reference.

Preparing bug report:
=====================
Compile problems: report GCC output and result of "grep '^CONFIG_' .config"
Oops: decode it with ksymoops.
Unkillable process: Alt-SysRq-T and ksymoops relevant part.
Yes it means you should have ksymoops installed and tested,
which is easy to get wrong. I've done that too often.

More info in the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Sending bug report/patch:
=========================
* Some device drivers have active developers, try to contact them first.
* Otherwise find a subsystem maintainer to which your report pertains
  and send report to his address.
* Small fixes and device driver updates are best directed to subsystem
  maintainers and "small bits" integrators.
* It never hurts to CC: Linux kernel mailing list, but without specific
  maintainer address in To: field there is high probability that your
  patch won't be noticed. You have been warned.
* Do not send it to all addresses at once! This will annoy lots of people
  and isn't useful at all. It's a spam.
* Do NOT send small fixes to Linus, he just can't handle _everything_.
  He will eventually receive it from maintainers/integrators, send it
  their way.
* If your patch is something big and new, announce it on lkml and try
  to attract testers. After it has been tested and discussed, you can
  expect Linus to consider inclusion in mainline.


		Current Linux kernel people

Note that this list is sorted in reversed date order, most recent
entries first. This means than entries at bottom can be outdated  [:-(] 


Linux kernel mailing list 
Post anything related to Linux kernel here, but nothing else  [:-)] 

Andre Hedrick  [09 apr 2002]
	ATA/ATAPI Storage Architect [2.0,2.2,2.4]
	HBA interface developer
	Serial ATA Architect [future release]
	Voting NCITS member AT-Attachment Committee

Andrea Arcangeli  [28 mar 2002]
	Send VM related bug reports and patches to me.
	I'm especially interested in VM issues with:
	* lots of RAM and CPUs
	* NUMA
	* heavy swap scenarios
	* performance of I/O intensive workloads (in particular
	  with lots of async buffer flushing involved)
	See also Martin J. Bligh  entry
	Mail also:
	Arjan van de Ven 

Martin J. Bligh  [28 mar 2002]
	I'm interested in VM issues with lots (>4G for i386)
	of RAM, lots of CPUs, NUMA

Steven Whitehouse  [27 mar 2002]
	I am the Linux DECnet network stack maintainer
	Visit http://www.chygwyn.com/decnet/

Pavel Machek  [27 mar 2002]
	I am network block device maintainer.
	http://nbd.sf.net

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo  [26 mar 2002]
	IPX, 802.2 LLC, NetBEUI, http://kerneljanitors.org,
	cyclom2x sync card driver

John Cagle  [19 mar 2002]
	The current maintainer of devices.txt, the list of
	assigned device numbers for LANANA.  Consult the web
	site (www.lanana.org) for instructions on submitting
	requests for new device numbers.  Send all device
	related email to .

Tigran Aivazian 
I am author and maintainer of BFS filesystem and IA32
	microcode update driver.

Rogier Wolff  [12 mar 2002]
	I do "specialix serial ports":
	drivers/char/specialix.c (IO8+)
	drivers/char/sx.c        (SX, SI, SIO)
	drivers/char/rio/*.c     (RIO)

Martin Dalecki  [11 mar 2002]
	IDE subsystem maintainer for 2.5
	(mail Vojtech Pavlik  too)

Ed Vance  [05 mar 2002]
	Maintainer for the generic serial driver, serial.c,
	for 2.2 and 2.4 kernels.  Please post patches to
	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org for tested bug
	fixes or to add support for a new serial device.
	Limited to time available. If I have not responded
	in a week, yell at serial24@macrolink.com

netfilter/iptables development  [23 feb 2002]
	Please report all netfilter/iptables related problems
	to this mailinglist, where all netfilter developers are present.
	See also http://www.netfilter.org/contact.html

Hans Reiser  [16 feb 2002]
	Send me all reiserfs related patches with a cc to
	reiserfs-dev@namesys.com, send bug reports to
	reiserfs-dev@namesys.com, send paid support requests to
	support@namesys.com after going to www.namesys.com/support.html
to pay, send discussions (not bug reports unless they are
	interesting to most persons) to reiserfs-list@namesys.com.
	If we sit on your patch for a week without responding,
	yell at us, we deserve it.  Look at our web page
	at www.namesys.com for more about sending us code,
	working with us, and our patch submission and tracking system.

Paul Bristow  [16 feb 2002]
	I am an ide-floppy driver maintainer
	(ATAPI ZIP, LS-120/240 Superdisk, Clik! drives).

Mike Phillips  [15 feb 2002]
	Token ring subsystem and drivers.

Anton Altaparmakov  [15 feb 2002]
	I am the NTFS guy.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla [14 feb 2002]
	Reports of problems with the Red Hat shipped kernels.

Alan Cox  [14 feb 2002]
	Linux 2.2 maintainer (maintenance fixes only).
	Collator of patches for unmaintained things in 2.2/2.4.
	Maintainer of the 2.4-ac (2.4 plus stuff being tested) tree.
	I2O, sound, 3c501 maintainer for 2.2/2.4.

Robert Love  [14 feb 2002]
	Preemptible kernel is mine.

ALSA development  [12 feb 2002]
Jaroslav Kysela  [12 feb 2002]
	Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
	ALSA patches are available at
	ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/kernel-patches/*

Neil Brown  [08 feb 2002]
	I am interested in any issues with the code in:
	NFS server    (fs/nfsd/*)
	software RAID (drivers/md/{md,raid,linear}*)
	or related include files.

Maksim Krasnyanskiy  [08 feb 2002]
	I'm author and maintainer of the Bluetooth subsystem
	and Universal TUN/TAP device driver.
	These days mostly working on Bluetooth stuff.

Rik van Riel  [07 feb 2002]
	Send me VM related stuff, please CC to linux-mm@kvack.org

Geert Uytterhoeven  [07 feb 2002]
	I work on the frame buffer subsystem, the m68k port (Amiga part),
	and the PPC port (CHRP LongTrail part).
	Unfortunately I barely have spare time to really work on these
	things. My job is not Linux-related (so far  [:-)] . I can not
	promise anything about my maintainership performance.

H. Peter Anvin  [07 feb 2002]
	i386 boot and feature code, i386 boot protocol, autofs3,
	compressed iso9660 (but I'll accept all iso9660-related
	changes.)  kernel.org site manager; please contact me
	for sponsorship-related issues.

kernel.org admins  [07 feb 2002]
	Kernel.org sysadmins.  Contact us if you notice something breaks,
	or if you want a change make sure you give us at least 1-2 weeks.
	Please note that we got a lot of feature requests, a lot of
	which conflict or simply aren't practical; we don't have time to
	respond to all requests.

Greg KH  [07 feb 2002]
	I am USB and PCI Hotplug maintainer.

Trond Myklebust  [07 feb 2002]
	I am NFS client maintainer.

James Simmons  [07 feb 2002]
	Console and framebuffer sybsustems.
	I also play around with the input layer.

Richard Gooch  [07 feb 2002]
	I maintain devfs. I want people to Cc: me when reporting devfs
	problems, since I don't read all messages on linux-kernel.
	Send devfs related patches to me directly, rather than
	bypassing me and sending to Linus/Marcelo/Alan/Dave etc.

Russell King  [06 feb 2002]
	ARM architecture maintainer.  Please send all ARM patches through
	the patch system at http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/
New serial drivers maintainer for 2.5.  Submit patches to
	rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk

Andrew Morton  [05 feb 2002]
	I'm receptive to any reproducible bug anywhere in the 2.4 kernel.
	Specialising in ext2, ext3 and network drivers.
	Not thinking about 2.5.x at this time.

Petr Vandrovec  [05 feb 2002]
	ncpfs filesystem, matrox framebuffer driver, problems related
	to VMware - in all of 2.2.x, 2.4.x and 2.5.x.

Reiserfs developers list  [05 feb 2002]
	Send all reiserfs-related stuff here including but not limited to bug
	reports, fixes, suggestions.

Oleg Drokin  [05 feb 2002]
	SA11x0 USB-ethernet and SA11x0 watchdog are mine.

Vojtech Pavlik  [05 feb 2002]
	Feel free to send me bug reports and patches to input device drivers
	(drivers/input/*, drivers/char/joystick/*)
	I also want to receive bug reports and patches for following
	USB drivers: printer, acm, catc, hid*, usbmouse, usbkbd, wacom.
	All other (not in the list) USB driver changes should go to USB
	maintainer (hopefully there is one listed here  [:-)] .
	Also CC me if you are posting VIA IDE driver related message
	(although I am not IDE subsystem maintainer).

======= These entries are suggested by lkml folks ========

Ralf Baechle  [27 mar 2002]
	I am mips/mips64 maintainer.

David S. Miller  [07 feb 2002]
	I am Sparc64 and networking core maintainer.

======= These ones I made myself ========
======= I am waiting confirmation/correction from these people ========

Urban Widmark  [13 feb 2002]
	smbfs

Jeff Garzik  [12 feb 2002]
	I am the network-card-drivers guy (8139 for instance).
	CC me and Andrew Morton  on network driver patches.

video4linux list  [12 feb 2002]
Gerd Knorr  [12 feb 2002]
	video4linux

Tim Waugh  [08 feb 2002]
	> Who is maintaining the linux iomega stuff?
	For 2.4.x, me (in theory). I don't have time for 2.5.x at the moment.

Alexander Viro  [5 feb 2002]
	I am NOT a fs subsystem maintainer. But I won't kill
	you if you send me some generic fs bug reports and (hopefully) patches.

Dave Jones  [5 feb 2002]
	I collect various bits and pieces for inclusion in 2.5,
	espesially small and trivial ones and driver updates. Do not bother
	Linus with them. I'll feed them to Linus when (and if) they
	are proved to be worthy.

Eric S. Raymond  [5 feb 2002]
	Send kernel configuration bug reports and suggestions to me.
	Also I'll be more than happy to accept help enties for kernel config
	options (Configure.help).

G?rard Roudier  [5 feb 2002]
	I am SCSI guy.

Ingo Molnar  [5 feb 2002]
	New scheduler in 2.5 and Tux are mine.

Jens Axboe  [5 feb 2002]
	I am block device subsystem maintainer.

Keith Owens  [5 feb 2002]
	ksymoops, kbuild, .. .. .. .. .  are mine.

Linus Torvalds  [5 feb 2002]
	Do not send anything to me unless it is for 2.5, well tested,
	discussed on lkml and is used by significant number of people.
	In general it is a bad idea to send me small fixes and driver
	updates, send them to subsystem maintainers and/or
	"small stuff" integrator (currently Dave Jones ,
	see his entry). Sorry, I can't do everything.

Marcelo Tosatti  [5 feb 2002]
	Do not send anything to me unless it is for 2.4 and well tested.
	If you are sending me small fixes and driver updates, send
	a copy to subsystem maintainers and/or "small stuff" integrators:
	- Alan Cox ,
	- Rusty Russell .

Rusty Russell  [5 feb 2002]
	> Here are some cleanups of whitespace in .....
	Want me to add this to the trivial patch collection for tracking?
	If so just send (or cc:) it to trivial@rustcorp.com.au.
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Linux kernel version 2.5.9 has been released. It is available from:

Patch:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/patch-2.5.9.gz
Full source:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/linux-2.5.9.tar.gz

Sizes in bytes			Compressed	Uncompressed
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Patch                               681153           2621606
Full source                       33772446         151326720

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The following files were changed in this release:

 Documentation/usb/dc2xx.txt                  |  111 
 arch/ia64/hp/hpsim_console.c                 |   64 
 arch/ia64/hp/hpsim_irq.c                     |   46 
 arch/ia64/hp/hpsim_machvec.c                 |    2 
 arch/ia64/hp/hpsim_setup.c                   |   58 
 arch/ia64/hp/hpsim_ssc.h                     |   36 
 arch/ia64/hp/simeth.c                        |  533 ---
 arch/ia64/hp/simscsi.c                       |  368 --
 arch/ia64/hp/simscsi.h                       |   39 
 arch/ia64/hp/simserial.c                     | 1104 -------
 b/Documentation/BK-usage/bk-kernel-howto.txt |    2 
 b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl  |    2 
 b/Documentation/filesystems/Exporting        |  176 +
 b/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog  |    7 
 b/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README     |   16 
 b/Documentation/filesystems/porting          |   20 
 b/Documentation/ide.txt                      |  295 -
 b/Makefile                                   |    8 
 b/Rules.make                                 |    6 
 b/arch/alpha/config.in                       |    9 
 b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c                |    2 
 b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c                |    8 
 b/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c                 |    2 
 b/arch/alpha/kernel/semaphore.c              |    2 
 b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c                 |    6 
 b/arch/alpha/math-emu/Makefile               |    3 
 b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c                       |    2 
 b/arch/arm/Config.help                       |  150 
 b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile                     |   77 
 b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile          |   10 
 b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-clps7500.S   |    2 
 b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-epxa10db.S   |    2 
 b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-ftvpci.S     |    2 
 b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-integrator.S |    2 
 b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-l7200.S      |    2 
 b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-netwinder.S  |   45 
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 include/asm-ia64/acpikcfg.h                  |   30 
 599 files changed, 38266 insertions(+), 32239 deletions(-)

This is the GNOME Summary for 2002-03-17 – 2002-04-22.

==============================================================
Table of Contents
--------------------------------------------------------------

1. Abiword v1.0
2. First Public Release of GTK#
3. On good UI design in free software
4. Want to write in Devanagari?
5. GUADEC gives GNOME-Office a boost
6. More Java and GNOME intergration
7. Reports from Second Unix Accessibility Conference
8. GStreamer and MAS talks held during GUADEC
9. gtkmozembed port to gtk2 progresses
10. Bug Day Reminder
11. IBM releases SashXB for Linux
12. art.gnome.org revealing getting closer
13. GConf gets its own website
14. Gconf and gnome-vfs tutorial
15. Michael Meeks got married this week
16. GUADEC 3 successfully completed
17. Translated GNOME summaries
18. Hacker Activity
19. Gnome Bug Hunting Activity
20. New and Updated Software

==============================================================
1. Abiword v1.0
--------------------------------------------------------------

Our friends on the Abiword team has made their landmark 1.0 release for
GNOME. The official release announcement is not out yet however due to
waiting for windows binaries to get made (yeah, you know how it is with
windows allways trailing a long way behind us  [:)] . Anyway this release is
the result of a couple of years of hard work. Abiword started out as a
commercially funded project, but today all development is done by
volunteers. Hard work is already begun on the 1.2 release which will
feature things such a support for embedding other GNOME Office
applications, tables, text frames, floating images and more. A 
heartfelt thanks to the Abiword community for they effort so far,
Abiword is really great. 

        
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15518&release_id=25198
http://www.abisource.com

==============================================================
2. First Public Release of GTK#
--------------------------------------------------------------

The hardworking Mike Kestner has made the first official release of his
Gtk+ for the C Sharp programming language. According to C# hackers I
talked to these bindings are really well designed and programmed. So if
you if you want to try out the newest programming language to join the
GNOME family this is your chance. With the Mono compiler now working on
Linux you can even try it out without windows. 

        
http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/gtk-sharp-list/2002-April/000048.html
http://gtk-sharp.sourceforge.net/

==============================================================
3. On good UI design in free software
--------------------------------------------------------------

There has been a lot of discussions on what constitutes a good UI over
the last months, with many UI design related efforts being done in the
GNOME community. Havoc Pennington, has written an interesting article
based on some claims that have been made lately that good UI design and
free software don't fit togheter.Check out the link below and find out
what Havoc has to say on the issue. 

        http://www106.pair.com/rhp/free-software-ui.html

==============================================================
4. Want to write in Devanagari?
--------------------------------------------------------------

The supercharged support for non-western languages in GNOME 2 has been
widely talked about as a great step forward, but how do you actually use
it? Archit Baweja has made a nice how-to explaining how you get
Devanagari support working in gedit2. This how-to will probably work
well for any other languages you have fonts for as well. 

        http://symonds.net/~bighead/gnome/gnome-devnag-howto/
http://symonds.net/~bighead/gnome/gnome-devnag-howto/figures/gnome-hindi.png

==============================================================
5. GUADEC gives GNOME-Office a boost
--------------------------------------------------------------

One of the great aspects of GUADEC is the fact that is brings togheter a
lot of the GNOME hackers working on the various applications and
libraries for some face to face discussions. One group that got to talk
togheter during GUADEC was the people hacking on GNOME Office
applications. The result was a renewed commitment to making these
applications integrate more with eachother like a 
true office suite. After GUADEC the discussion has continued on the 
gnome-office mailing list and code is starting to trickle in to CVS. So
if you want to get involved with the GNOME Office effort this is a good
a time as any. Check the link below to read the archive or subscribe to
the list and join in. 

        http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-office-list

==============================================================
6. More Java and GNOME intergration
--------------------------------------------------------------

Sun's well know accessibility expert Bill Haneman has started working on
a new module in gnome-cvs called java-access-bridge. This module will
make sure that Java applications running under GNOME will integrate
their accessibilty support with GNOME's. This will mean that disabled
users will be able to use java applications with the same ease as they
use native Gnome 2 applications. 

        
http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/rview.cgi?cvsroot=/cvs/gnome&dir=java-access-bridge

==============================================================
7. Reports from Second Unix Accessibility Conference
--------------------------------------------------------------

The CSUN 2002 conference was held at the end of last month and there was
a lot of talks and presentations of the different developments in the
Accessibility on Unix. Summaries and notes from that conference are now
available online. Check out link below for more information and links to
more info. 

        http://news.gnome.org/gnome-news/1017380627/index_html

==============================================================
8. GStreamer and MAS talks held during GUADEC
--------------------------------------------------------------

The GStreamer team held talks with the developers of MAS(the new
Media/Sound server from x.org). The result of these talks is that
GStreamer will have support for the MAS server very soon (like we
already do for esd, jack and artsd) and that there probably will be
further co-operation. If things work out the GStreamer team will
probably push for MAS becoming the default soundserver 
for GNOME for the 2.2 release. Links below to the GStreamer and MAS
homepages. In the related new area, GStreamer and Rhythmbox have had new
releases lately. 

        http://www.gstreamer.net
http://mediaapplicationserver.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rhythmbox

==============================================================
9. gtkmozembed port to gtk2 progresses
--------------------------------------------------------------

Christopher Blizzard is making progress on his work on porting the 
gtkmozembed(the mozilla rendering engine widget used by Galeon amongst
others.) widget to gtk2. He has even put up some patches recently with
the latest advances for the more adventuring of you. 

       
http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/mozilla/gtk2_embedding/2002-04-11/

==============================================================
10. Bug Day Reminder
--------------------------------------------------------------

We will also this week have a bug squashing event in #bugs on
irc.gnome.org also this thursday between 2PM-2AM GMT aka (9AM-9PM EST).
So if you want GNOME 2 to be bug free this is your chance to help make
it so. 


==============================================================
11. IBM releases SashXB for Linux
--------------------------------------------------------------

Always wanted to create real applications that will run using native
widgets both under Windows and GNOME using Javascript? Well then IBM
have the solution for you. They have now made the first public release
of their SashXB tool which lets you do exactly that. Anyone who have
watched GNOME CVS stastistics have probably noticed the heavy
development this have seen for the last year and 
know IBM invite you to check out the result so be sure to do so. 

        http://sashxb.org

==============================================================
12. art.gnome.org revealing getting closer
--------------------------------------------------------------

Our GNOME artists are working feverently on making cool artwork for the
soon to be published art.gnome.org website. The website will feature
artwork you can use to make your GNOME desktop even cooler. To keep you
warm while the finishing touches are made on the new website here are
two little previews, first one made by well known blender artist Petr
Vlk and the second one is made by fan favourite Roman Beigelbeck aka as
Star. 

        http://developer.gnome.org/news/summary/w2.jpg
http://developer.gnome.org/news/summary/GNOME-Ants_blue_1280x1024.jpg

==============================================================
13. GConf gets its own website
--------------------------------------------------------------

GConf is one of the central components of the GNOME 2 desktop and
development system. To help developers find information and learn more
about this essential library Havoc Pennington has created a GConf
website for your browsing pleasure. So developers read the docs and get
with the instant apply GNOME 2.0 groove 

        http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/

==============================================================
14. Gconf and gnome-vfs tutorial
--------------------------------------------------------------

You all know that CodeFactory is a Swedish company paying some hackers
to code on GNOME. You also know that two of these people are Mikael
Hallendal and Richard Hult. But what you don't know is that they have
just published a tutorial to help you use the power of GConf and
gnome-vfs in your own GNOME applications. So if you want to join the
ranks of the elite GNOME hackers of the world be sure to read this. 

       
http://people.codefactory.se/~micke/articles/gconf-gnomevfs-intro.html

==============================================================
15. Michael Meeks got married this week
--------------------------------------------------------------

Maintainer of bonobo, at-poke and contributor on a lot of other cool
stuff like Nautilus, GStreamer and at-spi, Michael Meeks just got
married. Congratulations to Michael and his lovely wife Julia. P.S.
don't stay to long away on your honeymoon, we need you back hacking on
GNOME  [:)] ==============================================================
16. GUADEC 3 successfully completed
--------------------------------------------------------------

GUADEC 3 was successfully completed early this month. 300 hackers from
all over the world got togheter in Sevilla. Talks, meetings,
discussions, beer sessions where held and everyone had a great time. Lot
of great talks and of course during a conference like this the after
hours activities are almost as important as the official sessions, for
instance our Irish hackers for instance demonstrated their great
interest in foreign cultures by studying the irish bar 
in Sevilla every night  [:)] . A lot of pictures where taken and we link to
some of them below, but watch out for pictures of dutch fingers and bork
bork. Also the GUADEC papers will soon be available from guadec.org. 

        http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/guadec3/
http://algol.prosalg.no/~docpi/php/gallery/albums.php
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/guadec-list/2002-April/msg00106.html
http://www.gnomemeeting.org/~damien/gallery/
http://vidar.gimp.org/guad3c/
http://es.photos.yahoo.com/azugaldia
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~gfoster/GUADEC3/index.html

==============================================================
17. Translated GNOME summaries
--------------------------------------------------------------

As always we have translations of the GNOME summaries available. So
linked below are French translation, Spanish translation and Hungarian
translation. If there are other translations available please let us
know. 

        http://www.gynov.org/news/index.php4
http://es.gnome.org/actualidad/
http://cactus.rulez.org/projects/gnome/summary/

==============================================================
18. Hacker Activity
--------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for Paul Warren for these lists.

Most active modules:
 81 evolution
 70 gnome-2.0-test-specs
 64 gnumeric
 59 gnomemm
 55 gnucash
 53 sun-patches
 51 gnome-games
 44 gnome-panel
 43 SashXB
 42 galeon
 39 printman
 35 gnome-applets
 35 gnome-xml
 33 nautilus
 31 yelp
 31 gnome-control-center
 30 gmime
 30 gtk+
 26 gnome-media
 26 profterm
[130 active modules omitted]

Most active hackers:
 82 murrayc
 71 hegde
 67 fejj
 58 baddog
 49 hadess
 34 rodo
 33 jberkman
 32 kevinv
 31 andersca
 31 kmaraas
 30 jcorwin
 29 veillard
 29 shivram_u
 27 mmclouglin
 25 michael
 25 mortenw
 24 redfox
 24 cwryu
 24 igor
 24 hallski
[141 active hackers omitted]


==============================================================
19. Gnome Bug Hunting Activity
--------------------------------------------------------------

This information is from http://bugzilla.gnome.org, which hosts bug and
feature reports for most of the Gnome modules. If you would like to join
the bug hunt, subscribe to the gnome-bugsquad mailing list.

Currently open: 7185 (In the last week: New: 756, Resolved: 933,
Difference: 
-177)

Modules with the most open bugs (excluding enhancement requests): 

  nautilus: 1071 (In the last week: New: 64, Resolved: 146, Difference:
-82)
  gtk+: 480 (In the last week: New: 38, Resolved: 13, Difference: +25)
  gnome-core: 306 (In the last week: New: 64, Resolved: 59, Difference:
+5)
  gnome-applets: 270 (In the last week: New: 25, Resolved: 21,
Difference: +4)
  gnome-vfs: 252 (In the last week: New: 3, Resolved: 2, Difference: +1)
  control-center: 204 (In the last week: New: 30, Resolved: 33,
Difference: -3)
  sawfish: 201 (In the last week: New: 9, Resolved: 14, Difference: -5)
  galeon: 195 (In the last week: New: 130, Resolved: 111, Difference:
+19)
  GIMP: 190 (In the last week: New: 23, Resolved: 6, Difference: +17)
  gnome-pilot: 129 (In the last week: New: 8, Resolved: 60, Difference:
-52)
  medusa: 125 (In the last week: New: 0, Resolved: 0, Difference: 0)
  gmc: 121 (In the last week: New: 4, Resolved: 0, Difference: +4)
  gnome-utils: 119 (In the last week: New: 8, Resolved: 13, Difference:
-5)
  balsa: 107 (In the last week: New: 11, Resolved: 3, Difference: +8)
  dia: 91 (In the last week: New: 9, Resolved: 1, Difference: +8)
  
Gnome Bugzilla users who resolved or closed the most bugs: 
  
  heath@pointedstick.net: 274 bugs closed.
  yaneti@declera.com: 92 bugs closed.
  bordoley@msu.edu: 67 bugs closed.
  louie@ximian.com: 57 bugs closed.
  mark@skynet.ie: 34 bugs closed.
  daniel@veillard.com: 32 bugs closed.
  jfleck@inkstain.net: 28 bugs closed.
  charles@rebelbase.com: 23 bugs closed.
  shane.oconnor@ireland.sun.com: 22 bugs closed.
  andersca@gnu.org: 22 bugs closed.
  jody@gnome.org: 18 bugs closed.
  jacob@ximian.com: 16 bugs closed.
  kfv101@psu.edu: 16 bugs closed.
  michael@ximian.com: 14 bugs closed.
  hadess@hadess.net: 13 bugs closed.
  
==============================================================
20. New and Updated Software
--------------------------------------------------------------

Tenes Empanadas Graciela  - a clone of a Risk clone
galeon  - Web browser based on Gecko.
screem  - Web Site Editor
gnomeradio  - FM-Radio Tuner App
Pan  - Usenet newsreader
GCronTime2  - planner
linphone  - A SIP phone
Gnumeric  - spreadsheet
gcompressor  - compression decompression tools.
gnome-media  - Multimedia applications
Batalla Naval  - Networked BattleShip game
gmyclient  - sql access
vlc  - DVD and MPEG player
GStreamer  - Streaming media library
polyXmass  - Polymer mass spectrometry framework
Metacity-Setup  - Metacity Configuration Tool
Metacity  - Integrated window manager
GNOME Terminal  - terminal console app
Yelp  - Help browser for GNOME 2.0
GTablature  - Tablature editor in Python
Cream (for Vim)  - Cream (for Vim)
GCronTime2  - planner
gmmusic  - Music collection database
rubrica  - address book, pim
David  - C, C++ code editor
Teatime  - tea drawing time observer

For more information on these packages visit the GNOME Software map: 
http://www.gnome.org/softwaremap/latest.php

Been some time now since the last Summary. I blame this in GUADEC and my
co-conspirator on these summaries being MIA. Hope to get the summaries
out more frequently again now that I am back home in Norway again. A lot
of cool stuff has happened in the last month, and more is to come. Look
out for the forth GNOME 2 beta release coming to a server near you soon
 [:)] Christian 
gnome-summary@gnome.org 

Michael Robertson: “The next two weeks promise to be interesting ones as Microsoft ponies up
people to testify in their court battles that a monopoly is a good thing
for consumers, and by extension, that competition is a bad thing. The
only thing more preposterous than that is their position that having
multiple versions of an operating system is either technically
impossible or economically impractical. Ironically, our small company,
Lindows.com is doing what Microsoft says it cannot or will not do. Since
those signed up for our Insiders program at
http://www.lindows.com/signup receive early versions (as well as the
final version when released later this year), they have witnessed this
technology first hand. Let me explain.”

At Lindows.com, we see a trend of cheaper computers leading to
specialized computer usage. According to NPD Techworld, the average
price of a PC late last year was $814. Between 1996 and 2001 Gartner
Dataquest reported that PCs experienced an average annual drop in price
of $211. This suggests that by the end of 2002, we should expect the
average a consumer pays for desktop machine at $603. And remember,
that’s the AVERAGE. With every computer manufacturer already offering a
sub-$600 package, many buyers will pay considerably less than the $603
average.

At these prices, homes with broadband can buy multiple machines – say
one for each member of the family or one for different rooms of the
house. Businesses can afford multiple computers for their employees.
Each of these computers will have a much more narrow list of duties than
the all-in-one PCs of the past. A computer someone buys for their 10
year old may only need a collection of chat and email programs similar
to AOL. (Over half of U.S. homes today use AOL and many of them use AOL
almost exclusively when they turn their computer on.) If I buy a
computer for the security guard in my company, it only needs a couple of
business type programs. I don’t want the expense or added complexity of
unnecessary technology like 3D virtual reality software. Instead the
consumer should be able to pay only for what the will actually need and
want. Anything else adds unnecessary complexity and cost, opens up more
potential security vulnerabilities, and can slow down the machine.

With this trend in mind, LindowsOS comes with a minimal configuration,
but can be easily supplemented with additional software to suit specific
duties. Missing are many of the non-essential software programs – what
the Department of Justice calls ‘middleware.’ Many of these are the same
elements Microsoft claims they cannot remove from their OS. Of course,
these programs are still available to LindowsOS users via the
Click-N-Run Warehouse at http://www.lindows.com/warehouse some are free
and some there will be a charge for. Each is downloaded, installed and
ready to use with just a single mouse click. Instead of promoting our
own software preferences on buyers, the Click-N-Run Warehouse will offer
thousands of products and let the buyers decide which suit them.
(Today, if you try out LindowsOS SP2 at http://www.lindows.com/signup,
you’ll be able to see the Click-N-Run technology in action. See
screenshots at http://www.lindows.com/clicknrunshots)

The goal is to allow people to customize their operating system so that
it suits the needs and pocketbook. They pay for only what they need.
They install only what they use. The goal is to create many versions of
our OS – the same thing Microsoft claims is untenable and will destroy
the personal computer business. We imagine homework windows which
students would customize for their needs. A teenager windows with
programs suited for them. A preschool windows for little tykes. A
receptionist windows with tools they might use. Yes, a world with a
million versions of windows. That’s what Lindows.com is bringing to the
marketplace and exactly what is needed to energize the next wave of
computing.

Special Note: I’ve received some information from some of you since our
court case that Microsoft is sending cease and desist letters to
products, companies and domain names which use any variation of the word
“windows”. I refer you to our legal papers at
http://www.lindows.com/opposition for what we think of their legal
position and encourage you to let others know publicly of Microsoft’s
tactics.

Michael Robertson,
CEO Lindows.com, Inc.
michaelr@lindows.com Bringing choice to your computer!

Lindows.com has just released a Sneak Preview 2 of LindowsOS. The Sneak
Preview is not a fully completed product but showcases many of the
unique features such as a “Friendly-Install” alongside an existing
Microsoft Windows operating system, a streamlined installation process
which requires no computer knowledge and the ability to run popular
Windows-based programs. For more information go to
http://www.lindows.com/signup LindowsOS and Lindows.com are trademarks of Lindows.com, Inc. Linux R is
a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MicrosoftR WindowsR operating
system is a registered trademark or service mark of the Microsoft
Corporation.

MM11

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Bryan Richard writes: ”
El Segundo, CA – 2002 April 23 – Py Parlour Press (www.PyZine.com) announced today that subscriptions for Py, an independent print zine for Python developers, were now available.

“The idea of being shackled to this zine for the next year of my life apparently appeals to some deep masochistic subconscious yearning I am unaware of in my waking hours” said Bryan Richard, editor and publisher.

The cost for a Domestic subscription is US$10.00 and US$15.00 for all orders outside the United States. A single subscription is for four (4) issues of Py.

“Subscriptions were by far the most frequent request received, right after a media type that didn’t disintegrate when exposed to sunlight.”

Pythonistas can subscribe online at www.PyZine.com.

In other news, PyZine.com just went through a massive facelift, making it an almost usable website. A couple of new features were added (the Py-O-Meter which carries a running total of zines sold) and the FAQ was given a serious throttling.

About Py
It’s a print zine. About Python. Get hip to that.

About Py Parlour Press (the multinational media conglomerate)
Py Parlour Press is a guy named Bryan Richard and the saints that
contribute articles (who spare you, the reader, from Bryan’s writing). Bryan is a book nerd, drives a beat blue Volvo, and listens to way too much Songs:Ohia, which contains way too many E minor chords. With the addition of subscriptions Bryan should be ensconced in Hearst Castle before the year is out.

“

From adequacy.org: “You may be surprised to learn that the software you use affects your health. A group of medical researchers in the Midwest have discovered proof that the effect of using quality, reliable software on human health is undeniable.”