Zoe Knipe writes: “Idaya, (www.idaya.com) has announced the launch of its CD-ROM-based version of freeVSD, the GPL virtual server solution for Linux. The product, available worldwide (www.idaya.com/products/freevsd) provides web hosting service providers with a secure installation of freeVSD, a production-quality Virtual Private Server platform, including 30 days of installation support, and lite versions of Idaya?s popular Windows-based control applications.”
Idaya is releasing this product for ISP?s seeking to ?roll their own? web hosting systems, and includes a secure remote administration protocol and example web based administration system.

Tony Arnold, CEO of Idaya comments, ?The freeVSD CDROM is also an ideal method of evaluating the VSD platform before purchasing a full, professional solution. We are just weeks away from announcing a complete commercial solution including our latest control panel technology. The solution will be available as self-installing software or pre-installed appliance, with many more value-added features in the pipeline.?

VSD is an advanced web-hosting platform for ISP?s, educational institutions and other large organisations. It allows multiple Virtual Private Servers to be created on a single server, each with a truly separate and secure web-hosting environment. This reduces the ISP?s hardware outlay and also lowers the overhead of customer support due to delegated administration. Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), freeVSD includes a secure remote administration protocol and free web-based administration system.

Lite versions of the following control panel software are included with the freeVSD CDROM:

· VSDControl provides ISP support staff with a secure, efficient and easy method of managing VSD servers
· VSDClient provides Virtual Private Server owners with the ability to manage users and services
· VSDMail provides a simple, secure method for domain owners to configure mailboxes, forwarders and autoresponders

Notes for Editors

About Idaya Ltd.
Based in Reading and Brighton, UK, Idaya Ltd. develop innovative software solutions for the ISP, ASP and web hosting marketplaces. The company?s mission is to provide the cutting-edge solutions, support and consultancy that enables Service Providers to increase market their share, enhance their services, and improve their margins.

Visit the Idaya website at http://www.idaya.com

About freeVSD
FreeVSD is an advanced web-hosting platform for ISP?s, educational institutions and other large organisations. It allows multiple Virtual Servers to be created on a single hosting server, each with a truly separate and secure web-hosting environment. This reduces an ISP?s hardware outlay and also lowers the cost of support due to delegated administration.

Freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), freeVSD comes complete with a documented administration protocol and an open source web-based administration system.

Idaya is primary sponsor of the freeVSD project.
Visit the freeVSD website at http://www.freevsd.org

For further press information or a copy of the CD Rom to review please contact:
Zoë Knipe or Paul Lindsell
Lindsell Marketing
Tel: ++ 44 207 434 2090
Fax: ++ 44 207 437 4130
e-mail: zoe@lindsellmarketing.com”

Anonymous Reader writes: “Linux Mandrake Users Club: It looks like Transgaming has helped to define the new open source economy. Everyone who uses Linux Mandrake who has the money should support this concept. If this takes off, then MANY open source developers will be paid, thus they will be able to work full time, and we will get better quality software. So if you truely support Linux, GNU, Open Source, and truely want Linux to be able to compete with Microsoft, help build an economy for open source software. Open Source is only profitable if its supporters want it to be profitable. The choice is all yours!”

DebianPlanet: “You’d suspect by now that woody would be well and truly in the freezer, but AJ Towns keeps churning out
updates at the speed of light. Basically, there are very few RC bugs remaining in base, most of which can be
ignored.”

Zoe Knipe writes: “Idaya, (www.idaya.com) the UK-based provider of virtual private server solutions and primary sponsor of the freeVSD GPL open source project, has been awarded Certified Channel Partner status by Red Hat. This certification, by the market leading Linux operating system developer, recognises Idaya’s expertise in the development of Linux-based web hosting solutions.
As a Red Hat Channel Partner, Idaya will be privy to up-to-the-minute Red Hat news and information enabling the company to take full advantage of the Linux operating system and delivering high-value, advanced, robust solutions to the worldwide ISP and web hosting marketplace in partnership with Red Hat.

The Channel Partner scheme permits Idaya to co-brand its marketing programme using the Red Hat name and the partnership provides ongoing joint market development for the freeVSD platform.

Idaya offers ISPs and the web hosting market a suite of software products which provide the user with the ability to create ?Multiple Virtual Private Server? environments on a single physical server. Furthermore, Idaya?s software suite provides three admin applications offering thin-client system administration functionality to ISP administrators, virtual server administrators and end users.

Commenting on the company?s newfound Red Hat Certified Channel Partner status, Idaya CEO, Tony Arnold said, ?Red Hat really took the time to understand our business and assess our software. Therefore, being asked to join the Red Hat Channel Partner Programme is an important endorsement of Idaya?s software and a signal to the ISP and wider hosting community that Idaya?s products should be taken seriously as solutions for their server requirements.?

?With the growth of Linux in the enterprise we?re seeing an increase in channel companies offering Linux-based products and services,? said Scott Harrison, director, Red Hat Europe. ?When customers choose open source, they also demand the highest levels of service, support and training. The Red Hat Channel Partner Programme enables our certified partners to deliver to their customers this full range of Linux-based solutions. We?re delighted to welcome Idaya to our partnership network and to work with them in reaching out into new markets and customers.?

-ENDS-

About Idaya Ltd.
Formed in January 2000 and based in Reading, Brighton and Manchester in the UK, Idaya Ltd develops innovative software solutions which deliver bottom-line advantage for ISPs and web hosting companies worldwide.

ProVSD, VSDControl, VSDClient and VSDMail are Idaya?s current products in the market, with several more related projects in the development pipeline. VSD software provides the user with the ability to create multiple Virtual Private Server environments on a single physical server. The software suite further provides the user with the ability to manage an entire farm of Virtual Private Servers and the allocation of Web domains and e-mail accounts within the server farm. Specifically, it provides an ISP with a rapid return on investment and allows control and administration functions to be distributed to the users of both the physical and virtual servers.

Idaya Ltd is a Certified Red Hat Channel Partner (RHCP) and a member of the Sun Developer Connection (SDC).

The company is also the primary commercial sponsor of the freeVSD project (www.freevsd.org), originators of the open source virtual private server operating system across which all VSD applications work

More information about Idaya is available at www.idaya.com

About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the leader in developing, deploying and managing solutions built on the benefits of an open source platform. The open source platform includes the Red Hat Linux operating system for mainframes, servers, workstations and embedded devices, GNUPro tools for developers, database, e-Commerce, secure Web server, high availability server and run-time solutions like eCos and RedBoot. For this platform, Red Hat provides end-to-end professional services including Professional Consulting, Engineering services, Enterprise Support services, and Global Learning services. Red Hat Network is the premier Internet based service that simplifies and integrates the deployment and management of these offers. More information about Red Hat is available at www.europe.redhat.com.

Red Hat is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide. For investor inquiries, contact Gabriel Szulik at Red Hat, 919-547-0012.

Red Hat Europe was established in July 1999 with its European headquarters based in Surrey, United Kingdom and offices throughout Europe. Red Hat is sold and supported through a number of major distribution and industry partners throughout Europe and from www.europe.redhat.com

For further press information about Idaya please contact:
Zoë Knipe or Paul Lindsell
Lindsell Marketing
Tel: 020 7434 2090
Fax: 020 7437 4130
E-mail: zoe@lindsellmarketing.com

For further press information about Red Hat please contact:
Katy Ludditt
AxiCom
Tel: 020 8600 4650
E-mail: redhat@axicom.com”

This is the GNOME Summary for 2001-11-17 – 2001-11-23.

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Table of Contents
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1. Mozilla team more lethal for bugs than DDT
2. Gnomoku first app ported to the GNOME2 C++ bindings
3. Elysium hacker Rodney Dawes interviewed
4. Overflow 0.6.0 released
5. GNOME 2 porting document available
6. Java-GNOME 0.7.1 released
7. Abiword 0.9.5
8. Translated GNOME summaries
9. Hacker Activity
10. New and Updated Software

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1. Mozilla team more lethal for bugs than DDT
--------------------------------------------------------------

Christopher Blizzard wrote in to tell us that Mozilla 0.9.6 was released
this week. There were over 1500 bugs fixed between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6.
There were also several performance enhancements, tabbed browsing should
be more stable and functional and this is the first release that
includes favicons. Please see the release notes link below for more
information. Also of interest is that Christopher can inform us that he
is now working fulltime on porting Mozilla to GTK+ 2.0. 

        http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla0.9.6/
        http://www.mozilla.org/releases/

==============================================================
2. Gnomoku first app ported to the GNOME2 C++ bindings
--------------------------------------------------------------

Gergo Erdi announced the first application outside the gtkmm package to
be ported to the new gtkmm bindings for GNOME 2. He has ported the
Gnomoku game and a screenshot is available. The app on the left-hand
side is the old GNOME 1 app, the one on the right is the GNOME 2 port in
progress. This is a good time for the GNOME language bindings with both
the C++, C sharp, Java and Python language bindings getting a lot of
attention and seeing wider use. 

        http://cactus.rulez.org/projects/gnomoku/

==============================================================
3. Elysium hacker Rodney Dawes interviewed
--------------------------------------------------------------

The hyper-productive Rodney Dawes also known as Dobey was interviewed at
Linuxpower.org about his latest efforts including Elysium Download,
Elysium EtherTerm and last but not least Elysium the distribution. 

        http://www.linuxpower.org/display.php?id=214

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4. Overflow 0.6.0 released
--------------------------------------------------------------

Jean-Marc Valin annouced yet another release of his great Overflow
package, the data flow orieneted development environment. If you haven't
checked out Overflow before then now is the time to do so. 

        http://news.gnome.org/gnome-news/1006317028/index_html
        http://freespeech.sourceforge.net/overflow.html

==============================================================
5. GNOME 2 porting document available
--------------------------------------------------------------

Due to popular demand Malcolm Tredinnick has put togheter a document
which aims at help developers port their applications from GNOME 1.0 to
GNOME 2.0. So if you have been holding back on starting to port due to
lack of documentation you have no excuses anymore. Also there are still
works that needs to be done in many of the core areas of GNOME so choose
your favourite part of GNOME and volunteer your help porting that module
on the GNOME 2 mailing list. 

        http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/porting/
        http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-2-0-list

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6. Java-GNOME 0.7.1 released
--------------------------------------------------------------

Jeffrey Morgan and the Java-GNOME team is working hard at aiming at
making sure that Java is the language of choice for GNOME hackers. The
0.7.1 release adds even more classes and methods to these most excellent
bindings. The next release of Java-GNOME 0.8.0 will mark the move to
GNOME 2. 

        http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/

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7. Abiword 0.9.5
--------------------------------------------------------------

The Abiword hackers are at it again with another great release of
everyones favourite wordprocessor Abiword.Improved headers and footers
and dynamic toolbars are just some of the many fixes in this release.
Check out the release notes for the full story. Thanks goes to Martin
Sevior, Hubert Figuiere, Dom Lachowicz and all the other hackers of
Abiword for another wonderful release. 

        http://www.abisource.com/release-notes/0.9.5.html
        http://www.abisource.com

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8. 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/

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9. Hacker Activity
--------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for Paul Warren for these lists.

Most active modules:
 187 gnucash
 84 gimp
 63 galeon
 57 gtk+
 57 web-devel-2
 52 gnome-db
 42 gnome-core
 42 evolution
 40 gnomeicu
 29 gnome-utils
 25 glib
 24 pan
 23 at-spi
 23 gnumeric
 22 guikachu
 21 libgda
 18 gtkhtml
 18 pango
 17 atk
 17 gtkvts
[132 active modules omitted]

Most active hackers:
 80 peticolas (gnucash)
 68 rodrigo
 58 owen
 56 rlb (gnucash)
 45 carlos
 42 rmo
 39 michael
 34 frob
 32 linas (gnucash)
 31 cactus
 31 seth
 27 baddog
 26 minmax
 25 mmclouglin
 23 jdub
 22 billh
 22 kevinv
 22 trow
 22 fejj
 20 mitch
[138 active hackers omitted]


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10. New and Updated Software
--------------------------------------------------------------

galeon  - GNOME web browser based on Gecko
gdm  - GNOME Display Manager.
rubrica  - Addressbook application
java-gnome  - A Java binding for GTK and GNOME.
XFce  - A lightweight desktop environment for various UNIX systems
Overflow  - Data flow oriented development environment
gxsm  - An powerfull graphical interface for any kind of 2D data
aquisitation method
Gnome News Applet  - Applet displaying headlines
Pan  - Newsreader, loosely based on Agent and Gravity
Gnumeric  - World class GNOME Spreadsheet
gnocl  - Tcl extension which implements gtk and gnome widgets.
gramps  - GNOME/Python based genealogy program.
genigma  - Emulation of the famous Enigma.
gnome-ttt-3d  - Tic Tac Toe, also called XXO
gmt  - Graphical frontend to lsmod,rmmod and ksyms
gLabels  - Lightweight program for creating labels and business cards
gtktalog  - GTKtalog is made to easily browse a CDROM database.
Elysium Download  - Download manager for GNOME using gnome-vfs.
libelysium  - Expanding set of utility functions
gThumb  - Image viewer and browser.
Guikachu  - Graphical editing of resource files for PalmOS pocket
computers
Ruby-GNOME  - Ruby language bindings for GNOME
Bakery  - C++ Framework for creating GNOME applications

For more information on these packages visit the GNOME Software map: 
http://www.gnome.org/applist/listrecent.php3

And they said the age of wonders where over, well we proved them wrong
by delivering this weekly summary one week after the last one. 
If you have news that you think should be in the next GNOME Summary
please send it across. Christian and I are always happy to receive news,
comments or suggestions just email us at gnome-summary@gnome.org. 
Until next time, 
Christian 

– by Tina Gasperson –
After using Java-based LimeWire for several months, I find qtella just too fast, too smooth, and too advanced. It’s not as beautiful as LimeWire, but who the heck cares? Everyone knows intelligence is more of an asset than good looks, and this Open Source Gnutella client is a smart sister in the P2P family.In case you don’t know, Gnutella is “an open, decentralized, peer-to-peer search system that is mainly used to find files,” according to the Gnutella site. It’s not a program, they say, but a technology, like email or Internet. The Gnutella network has done nothing but grow since its inception in March 2000, fueled lately by the demise of the centralized music-sharing network, Napster. Other than being open and decentralized, Gnutella is different from Napster because its users share all different kinds of files, not just MP3s.

qtella was introduced in May 2001 and development has progressed quickly. The program features multiple downloads, continuation of interrupted downloads, multiple search, autoconnect list, downloading from firewalled hosts, and qtella uses QT libraries for seamless KDE integration.

I compiled the sources, (could it be the reason qtella runs so quickly on my system?) but Daniel Etzold, the project’s sole developer, offers binaries and rpms. At just 199k, it is no problem to download, and the install process went off without a hitch — maybe its just the magnetic field around my house, but installs rarely go smoothly for me — so I was surprised.

I love qtella’s wider default window size. Some of the other GUI Gnutella clients pop up in a standard narrow box, but qtella gives me more space to see what’s going on — and it gives me more information. On the left side of the search screen, color-coded graph bars show the connection speed, client availability, and whether the file is behind a firewall (Fig.1).

The length of the bar indicates speed, red stands for a busy host, green means a host with open upload slots, yellow denotes a firewalled host, and gray means that the status is unknown.

At the far right of the search screen, qtella tells me what application the file-sharer is using. I haven’t figured out why or if it is important to know what apps other people are using, but its interesting.

Continuing with the theme of interesting information, the stats page also shows the number of hits from qtella users, LimeWire, Bearshare, and “other.” (Fig.2)

Like all good Open Source projects, the qtella site has a discussion forum and mailing lists in case you have problems getting it installed.

I’m using version 2.3, billed as the latest stable release, but 3.1 was just released on November 22, with more functionality, like a new tab to manage interrupted downloads — but probably a few bugs, too.

After using qtella 2.3 for three days, no problems. No slowdowns, no rendering goofs, core dumps, or mysterious freezes. The searches are fast, the connections are good, and I know if I click on a long green bar, I’m gonna get the file.

Network World Fusion reports: “In the latest in a series of executive changes at SuSE Linux, the German Linux software maker named a relacement CEO Wednesday and unveiled a new business structure.”

This is an update from the status conference for Dmitry Sklyarov and Elcomsoft held yesterday. As expected, the only issue discussed at the hearing was the setting of dates for pre-trial motions. The issues were divided into two categories: DMCA (possible claims are unconstitutionality including vagueness, First Amendment and lack of constitutional authority) and non-DMCA issues (possible issues are jurisdiction, a bill of particulars, and the conspiracy charge).

The non-DMCA dates are:

Jan. 14, 2002 the opening brief is due,
Feb. 11 the opposition (govt.) brief is due,
Feb. 25 Dmitry’s reply brief is due,
March 4, 2002, hearing.

The DMCA dates are:

Jan. 28 the opening briefs and amici are due,
March 4 the opposition (govt) brief is due,
March 18 the reply brief is due
April 1 hearing

Assuming the case is not dismissed because of the motions, there will be a hearing to set a trial date on April 15.

More information on US v. Sklyarov:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/

About EFF:

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information society. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most-linked-to websites in the world at http://www.eff.org/

IBM DeveloperWorks reports that openCryptoki, an implementation of the PKCS #11 API on interfacing software and cryptographic hardware, is available for Linux.

Kelly McNeill writes “The lagging semiconductor market has caught up with computing giant IBM , which announced Wednesday that it would eliminate nearly 5 percent of its microchip positions IBM has been able to avoid the kind of heavy cutting made by competitors in response to the limited demand for semiconductors, which power PCs and other electronic devices. However, Big Blue said it, too, had to cut costs through job reductions to offset the weak chip market, which has recently seen its worst decline in history.”