“MandrakeSoft (www.mandrakesoft.com), the publisher of the powerful and user-friendly Mandrake Linux operating system,
announces the immediate availability of boxed sets of Mandrake Linux Version 8.1 in retail outlets throughout the world and on www.mandrakestore.com.”Pasadena and Paris – October 22, 2001 – MandrakeSoft (www.mandrakesoft.com), the publisher of the powerful and user-friendly Mandrake Linux operating system,
announces the immediate availability of boxed sets of Mandrake Linux Version 8.1 in retail outlets throughout the world and on www.mandrakestore.com. There are four
versions of the 8.1 product, each designed to suit user needs: Mandrake Linux Standard Edition 8.1, Mandrake Linux PowerPack Edition 8.1, Mandrake Linux ProSuite
Edition 8.1, and Mandrake Linux ProSuite Gold.

According to Frédéric Bastok, co-founder and CTO of MandrakeSoft, “Our user-friendly and powerful solution, which includes over 2500 applications, suits both the server and
the desktop markets perfectly. Moreover, our range of offerings is expanded with major new features such as MandrakeOnline, MandrakeSoft’s new service. With the top level
support of MandrakeExpert, Mandrake Linux 8.1 users benefit from quick response technical support of MandrakeSoft’s experts.”

Available packages

Mandrake Linux 8.1 is available at leading software retailers and on www.MandrakeStore.com:

Mandrake Linux Standard Edition: The key to Linux. Both beginners and experienced users appreciate the easy-to-use graphical installer which features automated
hardware detection. It includes 3 CDs plus detailed Installation Guide and 30 days of MandrakeExpert web technical support and MandrakeOnline.

Suggested Retail Price: $29

Available: October 22, 2001

Mandrake Linux PowerPack Edition: All the power of Linux. PowerPack includes the best Open Source and commercial applications currently available for Linux with easy to
use wizards and customized configuration tools. PowerPack 8.1 is ideally suited for setting up a full-featured workstation.
It includes 7 CDs packaged with thousands of the latest Linux applications, a comprehensive Installation & User Guide, a detailed Reference Manual, 30 days of phone
support and 60 days of MandrakeExpert and MandrakeOnline.

Suggested Retail Price: $69

Available: November 12, 2001

Mandrake Linux ProSuite Edition: The Linux server solution. Designed for small and medium businesses, Mandrake Linux ProSuite Edition 8.1 has been specifically
customized to include all the necessary tools to build a Linux Server Solution. ProSuite Edition 8.1 scales easily for large enterprise deployments. It includes 9 CDs (with a
special Mandrake Server CD) + 1 DVD packaged with thousands of the latest Linux applications and server configuration wizards, Extended Server Support including 60 days
phone support and 90 days of MandrakeExpert and MandrakeOnline. As an added benefit there are 2 update CDs during the product life.

Suggested Retail Price: $149

Available: November 12, 2001

Mandrake Linux ProSuite Gold Edition: This special version of the ProSuite Edition includes:

Mandrake Linux ProSuite Edition 8.1 for Intel’s Itanium Processors (IA64)
Extended server support by phone, web, mail and fax and MandrakeOnline for one year.

Suggested Price: $1190

Available in mid November only in the USA, France and Germany through MandrakeStore

Mandrake Linux OEM Edition 8.1 and Master CD (to make their pre-installation easier) are also available for desktops & servers at leading hardware vendors. For more
information: oem@mandrakesoft.com.

New features of Mandrake Linux 8.1

Services included

– MandrakeOnline, MandrakeSoft’s new service offers many possibilities:

Alerts on security or package updates according to hardware and software configuration
Email alias “name@mandrakeonline.net”
Special rebates for MandrakeExpert, MandrakeSoft’s online top-level support platform www.MandrakeExpert.com

– MandrakeExpert enables Mandrake Linux users to benefit not only from community technical support but also from top-level support furnished by MandrakeSoft’s experts
(48 hour response time).

Best graphical interfaces

MandrakeSoft continues to build on its promise of offering a fully graphical Linux operating system for both the novice and professional user with the latest leading Open
Source environments.

Mandrake Linux 8.1 contains the latest versions of the best graphical interfaces, including:

KDE 2.2.1, the user-friendly environment with the most integrated and easy-to-use features:

Konqueror: The versatile file and web browser now includes enhanced JavaScript support and better HTML rendering.
Kmail: The integrated and powerful KDE mail client now includes support for IMAP servers and many ergonomic enhancements.
KOffice 1.1: The complete and light-weight KDE office suite has undergone major changes since version 1.0 (complete rewrite of Kword, inclusion of a new chart
application called KVivio, improvement of MS Office filters,…).

GNOME 1.4.1, the most powerful user environment with many enhancements such as:

Nautilus 1.0.4: The new GNOME file browser features major speed improvements and many ergonomic enhancements based on user feedback.
Mozilla 0.9.4: The integrated Web Browser and communication suite now has dramatic speed improvements and better usability.

MandrakeSoft’s tools

Mandrake Control Center, the one-stop location to setup and configure entire machines with:

LogDrake: An easy tool to monitor computer activity (through logs)

Embedded root console available for maintenance purposes

MandrakeFirstTime: An easy-to-use wizard that helps setup desktop environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.), choose a theme and configure email settings.

DrakNet: A tool to easily configure networks or Internet connections, including DSL.

Complete and powerful server solutions

Enterprise Kernel 2.4.8: This special edition of the Kernel comes with native support for HI Memory (>1024 MB) and SMP (Symetric Multi Processing)

Full support for Journalized FileSystems: XFS, Ext3, ReiserFS and JFS come in standard ensuring files integrity

Special version of Samba: Combined with XFS and latest kernel, Samba 2.2.1.a allows Windows® file sharing with the same fine-grained permissions as Windows® NT

PHP Groupware: A full-featured groupware suite accessible anywhere from a simple web browser with secure connection

Easy-to-use installation and system management utilities

Server configuration wizards for a faster and more convenient use (Web Mail, Firewall, File & Printer sharing, …)

Mandrake Server CD: A complete server orientated distribution featuring the best Open Source server software combined with Mandrake Linux easy-to-use DrakX installer

Web Administration with Webmin: allows easy configuration DNS, Samba, NFS, local/remote file systems and more from any computer with a secure browser connection

URPMI: Automated software management systems URPMI provides a hassle-free way to install and upgrade applications.

Auto-Install tool: Servers and workstations are duplicated effortlessly with the new “auto install” feature.

For further information: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/81

ABOUT MANDRAKESOFT

MandrakeSoft provides a trusted interface between users of information technology and open source developers. The company offers customers in the small office, home
office (SoHo), small and medium size enterprise, government and educational sectors a set of GNU Linux and Open-Source software and related services, and user-friendly
and highly competitive information technologies at a very attractive total cost of ownership. 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 entered the Paris Euronext on July 30th, 2001 (Euroclear code: 4477.PA; Reuters code: MAKE.PA).

Awards for the Mandrake Linux solution include:

Linux Magazine “Editor’s Choice” Award in September 2001 & 2000p>
CNET editors’ choice award in June 2001

Chip Magazine “Best Technique and Winner of the Test” in December 2000

“Best Product of the Year” and “Best Linux Distribution/Server” at LinuxWorld Expo 99

PC Answers Platinum Award in April 2000

“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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Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Mandrake and the Mandrake logo are trademarks of MandrakeSoft. All other trademarks and copyrights are owned by their
respective companies.

Anonymous Reader writes: “Presently, KaZaa is the second most downloaded Napster clone since Napster shut down several months back (first is its FastTrack-powered brethren Morpheus). Now it hopes to bring more users into the fold with the alpha release of it the long awaited Linux client, KaZaA Media Shell or kza.

http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/kazaalinux .html“

“Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT) today announced that Red Hat Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Linux Professional are
now available in stores, through computer resellers and direct from Red Hat. The latest version of the market leading Linux distribution adds significant new
capabilities, both for use as a workstation and use as a server. Red Hat Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Linux Professional will also be available through hardware partners in
the coming weeks.”Red Hat Linux 7.2 further strengthens the position of Red Hat Linux as the most reliable and cost-effective alternative to proprietary Unix systems

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-October 22, 2001-Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT) today announced that Red Hat Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Linux Professional are now available in stores, through computer resellers and direct from Red Hat. The latest version of the market leading Linux distribution adds significant new
capabilities, both for use as a workstation and use as a server. Red Hat Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Linux Professional will also be available through hardware partners in
the coming weeks.

“Red Hat Linux has built an unmatched reputation in terms of reliability, security, cost effectiveness and service – and as a result, we are seeing more and more
software developers choose Red Hat Linux as their Linux development platform of choice,” said Paul Cormier, Executive VP of Engineering, Red Hat. “We are
pleased that for the first time in the open source space, Red Hat Linux 7.2 will provide both developers and customers a unified code base for a full spectrum of
computing platforms, from small, embedded devices up to the largest mainframe computers.”

Key new features of Red Hat Linux 7.2 enhance the viability and value of the Linux OS as a server in the corporate environment. These include:

The 2.4.7 Linux kernel for increased scalability
Ext3 Journaling file system for data reliability
Network Configuration, User Management, and Hardware Viewing tools for infrastructure and development

Firewall Configuration during installation and Red Hat Network for added security

Red Hat Linux 7.2 is a powerful workstation product at an unbeatable price. Key new features include:

Improved USB support
Nautilus file manager
Mozilla Web browser
Latest versions of the GNOME and KDE desktop environments
Office applications, such as a full version of Sun StarOffice 5.2
Printed Installation Guide and extensive Linux documentation
C, C++, Java and other compilers as well as Python, Perl and PHP interpreters
Complete web, file, mail, name, ftp and print servers

Loki Game demo CD
30 days of Web-based support
30-day subscription of Red Hat Network Software Manager for 1 system

Red Hat Linux Professional is for professional workstations and servers. It includes everything in Red Hat Linux 7.2, plus:

A printed Customization Guide
A Web Server Applications CD with application development tools and Interchange ECommerce package
Workstation Applications CD with full Adobe Acrobat, IBM Java Run Time Environment and more
System Administrator CD
60 days of Web-based support
60 days of Telephone-based support, including 2 incidents
180-day subscription of Red Hat Network Software Manager for 1 system

Within six months, Red Hat will announce an advanced server version of Red Hat Linux 7.2, with a Linux kernel specifically compiled for datacenter deployments,
including full support for UP through 8-way SMP systems. Also due out later is a version of Red Hat Linux 7.2 for IBM’s S/390 Mainframe, complete with the 2.4
kernel, development libraries, and S/390 specific tools and utilities for installation natively or as VM guests. For both products Red Hat will offer a complete set of
support and professional services, including software maintenance, technical support, consulting, deployment, integration, training and custom development
services.

Additionally, Red Hat will be announcing the availability of the Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite, a packaged solution for creating embedded applications
and devices. The Developer Suite, which will start at $2,500.00, accelerates development cycles and improves product quality by using Red Hat Linux 7.2 as the
common base for the host and target platforms.

“The unified code base of Red Hat Linux 7.2 provides an unprecedented technical capability, which will have market-changing ramifications,” said Michael Tiemann,
CTO of Red Hat. “Embedded systems can now save cost by using commodity PC components, benefiting from the immense driver support offered by Red Hat
Linux 7.2. Mainframes, which offer tremendous capabilities and capacities for workload and data management, can now manage modern Linux-based applications
and services.”

“Recent IDC surveys show that many organizations see Linux as a low-end replacement for UNIX,” said Dan Kusnetzky, VP system software, IDC. “Concerns about
Linux’s scalability, reliability and manageability have been holding back the Linux implementation plans in these organizations. The announcement of Red Hat Linux
7.2 is likely to put many of these concerns to rest.”

Pricing and Availability
Red Hat Linux 7.2 is priced at $59.95; Red Hat Linux Professional is priced at $199.95; Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite will start at $2,500.00. Pricing for
the other products will be announced upon availability. Contact Red Hat for pricing of various service and support programs.

Red Hat Linux 7.2 is available at www.redhat.com and at retail stores including Best Buy, CompUSA and MicroCenter. Red Hat Linux 7.2 will also be available
through hardware partners such as Dell, Compaq, IBM and Penguin Computing.

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.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, x439.

Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Investors
are cautioned that statements in this press release that are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, management’s plans and objectives for
future operations, and management’s assessment of market factors, constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include, without limitation, reliance upon strategic relationships, management of growth, the possibility of undetected software errors, the risks of
economic downturns generally, and in Red Hat’s industry specifically, the risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures, the viability of the
Internet, and other risks detailed in Red Hat’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be accessed through the SEC’s Web site
at http://www.sec.gov.

LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

Cox: “Things took a bit longer than intended with various security fixes
needing to
be done. If this tree tests out ok it will be 2.2.20.”

Subject: Linux 2.2.20pre11
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:21:20 +0100 (BST)
From: Alan Cox 
To: editors@newsforge.com



Things took a bit longer than intended with various security fixes
needing to
be done. If this tree tests out ok it will be 2.2.20

2.2.20pre11
o       Security fixes
        | Details censored in accordance with the US DMCA
o       Sparc updates                                   (Dave
Miller)
o       Add escaped usb hot plug config item            (Ryan Maple)
o       Fix eepro10 driver problems                     (Aris)
o       Make request_module return match 2.4            (David
Woodhouse)
o       Update SiS900 driver                            (Hui-Fen
Hsu)
o       Update ver_linux to match 2.4                   (Steven
Cole)
o       Final isdn fixups for 2.2                       (Kai
Germaschewski)
o       scsi tape fixes from 2.4                        (Kai
Mäkisara)
o       Update credits entry                            (Henrik
Storner)
o       Fix scc driver hang case                        (Jeroen)
o       Update credits entry                            (Dave Jones)
o       Update FAT documentation                        (Hirokazu
Nomoto)
o       Small net tweaks                                (Dave
Miller)
o       Fix cs89xx abuse of skb->len                    (Kapr
Johnik)

LinuxPR: “Ignalum.com is proud to announce the release
of IANCS v1.0. IANCS is a web-based automated network configuration system which configures
DNS (BIND), Web (Apache), Ftp (ProFTPD), Mail (Sendmail), and Time (NTP) servers including the
latest firewall software (IPTables), in one easy process.”

Kelly McNeill writes: “Upon seeing the XP start-up screen for the first time, I couldn’t help but notice that the background image, or “bliss” screen, bore a striking resemblance to a Teletubby poster in the room of my friend’s four-year-old son. Unless focus groups pointed out the similarities and a Microsoft executive considered them harmless, I can only conclude that perhaps Microsoft is subtly trying to increase market share by attracting the one to five-year-old demographic into its fold.”

LinuxFocus: “This article shows you how parts of the Dutch website of LinuxFocus is generated with XSLT tools from the XML database. It compares this with the (very) much slower DOM tools in Perl.”

– By Grant Gross –

Today, TransGaming Technologies and MandrakeSoft announce an alliance that the companies promise will start a “new era” of Linux gaming. First comes a TransGaming subscription service that will ultimately allow games created for Windows to run on Linux machines, says Vikas Gupta, TransGaming president and COO; and in November, the Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition will arrive, a version of the Mandrake Linux distribution packaged with the popular game, The Sims.

Transgaming’s new approach, with its cornerstone TransGaming’s WineX implementation of the Microsoft DirectX multimedia APIs for Linux, will allow games made for Windows to run on Linux and will “render obsolete” the approach of porting Windows games to Linux, Gupta says.

WineX will be packaged with the Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition, a version of Mandrake 8.1 scheduled for release Nov. 9. But don’t expect to shove any old game into your Linux CD drive and have it work. Says the TransGaming Web site: “Our goal is to achieve 100% compatibility and full performance for off-the-shelf games. We are well on our way to that goal, but our work is still in progress. Due to the nature of the process,
some games will begin to work before others.”

To help accomplish that goal, TransGaming will enlist the help of Linux users through a subscription service. For $5 a month, subscribers get access to TransGaming products and services, including “portions of the WineX source code, downloads of the
most current WineX portability layer that allows users to run additional
Windows games on their Linux platforms, the ability to vote on which games
TransGaming should work on next, and the right to participate in discussion
forums,” Gupta says.

That brings up a question: Is WineX Open Source? The answer: Not right now. TransGaming, founded by members of the Wine project, explains its Open Source philosophy: “At TransGaming, we believe that in order for Linux to succeed with consumers in the long run, we need innovation not only in software development, but also in the social sphere. We need to encourage more user participation in the development process, and give users more responsibility, both financially and otherwise, for the ultimate result. We view our work on two levels: at the software level, we’re creating a way for Windows games to run on Linux. At the social level, we’re running an experiment in how to create a sustainable economic model for the development of free software that also gives users the incentive to participate more actively in the creative process. “

In short, TransGaming is licensing some of its 3D code under the Aladdin Free Public License but won’t release code under a “less restrictive” license such as the Wine license until the subscriber base is large enough. Says Gupta : “Once TransGaming reaches a subscriber base of 20,000 users, we will release the source code for the WineX work we have done.”

Gupta sounds confident in the TransGaming model and TransGaming/MandrakeSoft partnership. He says TransGaming approached MandrakeSoft, as a “leader in the Linux desktop computing space” and suggested the gaming edition. He notes that the pairing of The Sims with Mandrake will be the first time a “high-end” game is packaged with a Linux distribution.

Asked about the Linux gaming competition, Gupta answered: ” TransGaming’s work with Wine and, specifically, the development of our core portability layer, WineX, is years ahead of the traditionally time-consuming and expensive overhaul of code. What other companies can accomplish in two years, TransGaming can achieve in two months. This obviously gives us a huge competitive advantage since our approach
renders the traditional approach obsolete.”

Henri Bergius writes: “Nemein Solutions, the leading Nordic provider of
Open Source Midgard solutions for mobile collaboration and information
management has organized its operations into two business units.

The Content Management Services unit will continue Nemein’s commitment
of providing cost-efficient content management solutions to the
enterprise. The unit has formed partnerships with several key
companies in network services, hardware, new media and advertisement
industries. In the last month, the unit has signed six new content
management projects, continuing its aggressive market entry strategy.

The business unit operates as the Nordic distributor of the Nadmin
Studio content management interface. Nadmin Studio is a turnkey
solution for distributed web communications powered by the Midgard
application server.

Nemein’s former CEO Henri Hovi has been appointed as director of the
Content Management Services business unit. “There is a definite need
for a functional and scalable CMS solution in the market. The Nadmin
methodology and Nemein’s project model have dropped the work effort in
a delivery project into a fragment of the traditional model”, says
Mr. Hovi

The Solutions unit focuses on Nemein’s own software development and
will operate as a competence center for the Midgard Open Source
application server. The current product line of the business unit
includes project management, document management and customer
management systems. During autumn 2001, the unit has started three
pilot implementations for its enterprise automation software in
Finland and France.

Nemein’s CEO Petri Kuusela will lead the Solutions business unit.

“Business applications have already been invented many times over, and
they have become complicated and difficult to use. We haven’t invented
any new functionalities, our customers have just wanted to deploy
solutions in a mobile web environment. Our operational model and the
Open Source technologies provide a solution that has a lot of demand
when compared to traditional Windows and client-server
applications. The competitive edge comes from swift implementations
and cost-efficiency.” says Mr. Kuusela.

Contact information

Petri Kuusela
CEO, Nemein Solutions Oy
petri.kuusela@nemein.com
+358-20-198 6038

Henri Hovi
Director, Nemein Content Management Services
henri.hovi@nemein.com
+358-20-198 6036

http://www.nemein.com/

“

From LinuxSecurity: “At this Microsoft page , one Scott Culp, advertised to us as the “Manager of the Microsoft Security Response Center”, exhorts people to stop publishing information on computer security vulnerabilities. Culp’s rant is a transparently self-serving and dishonest attempt to shift the onus for epidemics like Code Red, Lion, and NIMDA away from where it belongs, which is squarely on Microsoft’s shoddy architecture and negligent engineering.”