Posted at LWN.net: “New util-linux packages are available that fix a problem with /bin/login’s
PAM implementation. This could, in some non-default setups, cause users to
receive credentials of other users. It is recommended that all users
update to the fixed packages.”

From EET.com: “In the ongoing battle over low-power mobile
performance, Transmeta Corp. took the wraps off of its TM6000
system-on-chip (SoC), while Intel hinted at the direction of its mobile
road map, at the Microprocessor Forum Monday (Oct. 15).”

CNet reports that the World Wide Web Consortium has invited Open Source and Free Software people to join a working group debating the use of patents in industry
standards.

Posted at LWN.net. “Updated openssh packages are now available for Red Hat Linux 7 and 7.1.
These packages fix a vulnerability which may allow unauthorized users to
log in from hosts that have been denied access.”

PC World reports on adware, “a new class of advertising
products that typically install on your PC as part of a
software download. Once it’s there, adware does
tricks like putting commercial links and ads on Web
pages you visit — without the site’s consent.”

Slashdot readers consider this question: “Recently a friend of mine who is chief
engineer at a medium size recording studio/radio station has
become increasingly unhappy with Windows (and would like to
stay away from Macs) and has asked me if there is any sort of
professional audio solution for Linux. Has anybody, anywhere ever tried this?”

From LinuxPR: Borland Software Corporation
(Nasdaq:BORL), a leading provider of e-business platform solutions, today
announced that its rapid application development (RAD) environment for the
Linux platform, Borland Kylix, has been ranked as the most used
integrated development environment (IDE) by Linux developers. The research
was conducted and published by Evans Data Corporation, a market research
firm focused on the software development community.

From BusinessWire.com: IDG World Expo announced today that Carly Fiorina, chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company, will present the opening keynote address at the
upcoming LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, held January 29 – February 1, 2002 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Sanjay Kumar, president
and CEO of Computer Associates, and William Zeitler, senior vice president and group executive of IBM’s Server Group, will also present keynotes at the event.

LinuxJournal.com has an interview with Guy F. de Téramond. He says, “I think that Linux, in the last two or three years, has really made some progress — more towards the end user. Basically, what we see again, if you go to layers, is at
the bottom you have the common infrastructure and at the top you have the user. The more you go toward common infrastructure, the more it is open source, and the
more you go toward the end user it is proprietary software. This is how it is right now.

In the coming years, we will see this line going up or going down. That is going to depend a lot on what the Linux and Open Source community does in developing
applications for the end user.”

ZDNet adds to the news about Progeny Linux Systems, saying the company has decided to stop developing its own version Linux and instead focus on selling services