Anonymous Reader writes: “Mr. Jobs announced in Tokyo during the night an upgrade to the company’s successful foray into the digital music realm. The Apple iPod now offers a 10GB version, capable of holding roughly 2000 MP3 tunes in its expanded capacity.”

Laurent Constantin writes “We are proud to announce that lcrzoex now contains over 300 network testing tools.
Tool which passed this mark allows to spoof an IP/UDP packet.

Lcrzoex free toolbox is useful to test an Ethernet/IP network. As seen it permits to spoof packets, but also to :
  – create UDP/TCP clients (to connect on a remote site)
  – create UDP/TCP servers (to deliver local data)
  – sniff (intercept network data)
  – obtain information on computers’ configuration
  – ping, traceroute, scan
  – replay data
  – etc.

Lcrzoex was adopted by hundreds of network administrators. It’s available under the GNU GPL license, so each tool can be edited and recompiled to match one’s needs.

It was successfully installed on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris.

You can read more about lcrzoex and download it at :
  http://www.laurentconstantin.com/en/lc rzoex/
  http://go.to/laurentconstantin/ [backup server]
  http://laurentconstantin.est-la.com/ [backup server]

To discover usage examples also read :
  http://www.laurentconstantin.com/commo n/lcrzoex/doc/en/examples.html
“

From LinuxPlanet:
“I’ve always stuck with the free Linux mail servers. I don’t think it’s out of being cheap, it’s more that since I write about system administration on
a regular basis and so many people are using the software that comes with their distributions, I’ve never had a need to step outside of that box. So
when I was offered the chance to review a collection of commercial Linux email servers it sounded like an interesting opportunity to see what I was
missing!”

Dave B writes “Steven Somogyi tells the BSD story on Anchordesk UK at
http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/ columns/0,2415,7111940,00.html” From the article: “Linux isn’t the only Unix-based alternative to Windows and Mac OS out there. The BSD OSes – FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD – also offer a non-Microsoft,
non-Apple option.”

dave b writes “Interesting piece on ZDNet UK about the need to review source code systematically.”
From the article: “The open-source community has long prided itself that the ‘many eyes’ approach will catch flaws in the code – but some are worried that the checking
isn’t being done

In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call.

While Microsoft has concentrated on reviewing its flagship Windows source code as part of a new focus on security, Internet watchdogs have released
the details of three widespread flaws in open-source applications usually shipped with the Linux operating system.”

From the press release at Linux PR:
“Turbolinux, Inc., a worldwide leader in Linux operating environments and multi-platform software deployment and management products, today said that
Turbolinux 7 Server, the first Linux distribution to conform to Li18NUX internationalization standards, will extend its support for enterprise
computing by implementing the recommendations of the Enterprise Linux Alliance.”

Linux Weekly News posted a copy of this week’s Debian Weekly News:
“Welcome to this year’s twelfth issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for
the Debian community.

Voting starts on Sunday. Manoj Srivastava, the Project Secretary,
posted an update to the election process. The voting starts on
Sunday March 24th 00:00 UTC. At 21:00 UTC, Saturday 23th March, there
will be an IRC debate in #debian-debate on OpenProjects IRC Network.”

From Debian Planet:
“Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. is releasing the User’s Guide included with Progeny Debian 1.0 for public use and is asking for volunteers to
update and maintain the manual. The User’s Guide is over 400 pages of Debian related content and will be available under the GPL (General Public
License) and available at
http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/debian/doc/“

Anonymous Reader writes “Sun customers can expect to pay for the latest version of StarOffice, as the company positions its open source business application suite as a direct competitor to Microsoft Office.
silicon.com has details.”

– by Tina Gasperson –
Caldera’s education wing
launched OpenLearning this week. It’s a new package of Linux curriculum
based on the 2.4 kernel. It’s customizable, you can take the courses online, and
you don’t have to be a geek to do well.David Acheson, director of Education
Services for Caldera, says the curriculum is desirable because it can easily be
customized by picking and choosing from any of 31 units that fall
naturally into five “courses:”

• System Administration
• Network Infrastructure
• Network Services
• Enterprise Administration
• Enterprise Security

Acheson says that anyone with basic computer skills can work through the 15
days of training and end up certification-ready. “You don’t
need to already be an MCSE. The courses go in a natural progression; the system
administration course is the introductory one.” However, he adds, a newbie will do
best if he signs up for one of the instructor-led courses instead of Caldera’s
self-study programs, which are designed for self-motivated learners.

The courses are designed so that students will be prepared for vendor-neutral
certification by the end of the track. “We have built the curriculum so that in
and of itself it is applicable to all Linux distributions,” says Acheson. “To
teach Linux systems administration, you have to use some distro as a basis —
funny enough, we chose OpenLinux (Caldera’s own Linux distribution). The courses
give specific information on that distribution, but there is so much that is
alike that learning in Caldera helps you to become a sysadmin in any other
distribution.”

Customization happens when a company wants specific types of training for its
employees. For example, a bank or law firm might want to focus on enhanced
security techniques, while a large corporation may decide to get
its staff up to speed on enterprise administration. Or, more advanced Linux
experts could skip the basic stuff and take the final few units in
order to get prepared for certification through LPI or CompTIA’s Linux
Plus testing.

Caldera offers its courses through partners or providers located around the
United States and the world. Training centers pay a yearly fee for the right to
offer Caldera’s courses, plus a fee for the actual course materials. Acheson
says Caldera gives its partners wide latitude in marketing and branding the
courses, and eventually training centers will be able to offer the full range of
Caldera’s educational products online as part of their own Web sites. “It allows
them to train students in a classroom setting, create a customized course,
or take this content and have a mentor do instruction online, through email or
chat,” says Acheson. “They can distribute the course content, have people read
it at their leisure, and charge a premium for these extra services.”

The five-day instructor-led Linux Systems Administration portion of the course
costs about USD $1,995, depending on the provider.