Mac OS X 10.1 updated

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

The Register: “Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.1.1 – the latest update to the Mac maker’s
Unix-based operating system, and the reason we all had to run the Software Update
and Installer upgrade the other week.”

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Unix

Casio to roll out Crusoe-based laptop

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

AsiaBizTech: “The new Cassiopeia Fiva features the
ability to let users switch between two
operating systems — Windows OS or
“Midori Linux” OS — at the time of
start-up. Midori Linux is the company’s
proprietary OS based on Linux. It will go
on sale at an open price. Its expected
retail price is around 140,000 yen.
(120.70 yen = US$1)”

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Unix

Intel’s 845-D DDR chip set appears at Comdex

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

PCWorld: “Opening the doors to cheaper and faster PCs based on Intel’s Pentium 4 processor, the long-awaited version of Intel’s
845 chip set that supports Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM (DDR SDRAM), the 845-D, has made a debut at Comdex.”

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Unix

LinuxGear.ch opens its doors

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Peter Kis writes: “LinuxGear.ch is a Linux community meeting place
for the German-speaking world.”As Linux is becoming an increasingly strong force
in the old world’s IT industry, we felt it was high
time to create a meeting place for Linux users and
professionals in Europe’s German speaking areas.

LinuxGear is offering the full range of features a
community member might expect from a Linux
portal. We have the world’s top Linux and Open
Source news connected with background information
and tutorials for beginners and professionals alike.

Our site is community supported and therefore
non-commercial, reflecting our own and the
community’s views on software rights and patents.
We strongly believe that software should be
free and freely accessible for everyone, everywhere.

For further enquiries please visit us at
http://www.linuxgear.ch
or write to
info@linuxgear.ch

This press release can also be found on our website:
Press release“

Aimster the latest to chime in

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Wired: “Aimster launches its own file-trading subscription service, called AbovePeer, without all those pesky licenses that the recording industry has been suing everyone over.”

‘Dark web space’ hides net menace

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Anonymous Reader writes: “Accordinng to this VNU.net story, the internet is partitioned and scattered with pockets of ‘dark web space’ which hide some of the nastier elements of the net like DoS and spam launch pads. Scary.”

How WinXP can make non-MS files invisible

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

The Register: “Windows XP’s search system includes a bizarre feature that appears to exclude files
with non-Microsoft file extensions, under some conditions. It is however so odd that
it’s surely got to be a bug, rather than monkey business.”

ESR: CML 1.8.4 is available

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

“The latest version is always available at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/.”
Subject:
CML 1.8.4 is available
Date:
Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:50:10 -0500
From:
“Eric S. Raymond”
Organization:
Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs
To:
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

The latest version is always available at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/

Release 1.8.4: Tue Nov 13 17:31:15 EST 2001
* Resync with 2.4.15-pre4 (except for SH port).
* Rulebase corrections from Keith Owens and Colin Slater.
* DANGEROUS is now a warndepend condition; this means there is a policy
symbol DANGEROUS, and any symbol dependent on it will show DANGROUS
in its legend.
* Visibility improvement from Romain BEAUGRAND.
* Complete coverage check — CML1 fossil symbols eliminated.
* Matthieu Verbert’s configtrans.py fix.

CML2 is now fully caught up with the CML1 rulebase in the most current
kernel version, with symbol coverage mechanically checked in both directions.
—
Eric S. Raymond

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
will make violent revolution inevitable.”
— John F. Kennedy

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Open Source

Italian review of Quanta Gold HTML editor

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Michel Morelli writes: “Quanta Gold is the best advanced editor for the creation of web pages that Linux customers have ever seen.” The rest (in italian) at this url : http://www.ziobudda.net/Recensioni/vedi_recensione .php?ff=84 (by ZioBudda)”

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Linux

3D ‘mouse’ for the second hand

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November 14, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Anonymous Reader writes: “In the latest edition ZZZ is describing a weird device being developed by Sony, which is positioned as an advanced mouse that should be held by the second (and the only unoccupied) hand. This is a 3D mouse, you can rotate it, flip and tilt and Sony designers have devised many ways to use it. Anyway, I won’t retell you what’s written in ZZZ, you’d better go and read it yourself.”

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Unix