Slashdotters discuss the article on LinuxDevices.com saying that embedded Linux vendor Lineo Inc. has become the “first
software company to publicly announce the licensing of Victor
Yodaiken’s patented process for running a general purpose
operating system (such as Linux) as a task under a real-time
kernel (such as RTLinux or RTAI).”

From LinuxPR: The Linux training resources directory
(LinTraining) has crossed a new milestone – over 500 training centers listed.

LinTraining, a member of the Linsight network, was launched on December
31st, 1999 with the mission to provide a single point of reference to all information
pertaining to Linux training.

Slashdot links to a SystemLogic.net visual comparison of Windows XP and Linux Mandrake. “So is XP going to take over my PC? Umm…Probably not right away. For now, I’ll be dual booting and if I find myself using one
considerably more than another I may decide, but for now…”

From LinuxSecurity.com: “There are several security problems with Jakarta-Tomcat, a Java
Servlet Engine, shipped as part of OpenLinux 3.1 Server. Several
vulnerabilities allowed attackers to view files in the system.
A second problem allowed so-called cross-site scripting, where
a hostile Web server can feed JavaScript or other code to a web
browser, making it appear to originate from the server running
tomcat.”

From PR Newswire: The Linux Professional
Institute (LPI) today announced the completion of its Level 2 certification
exams. The exams, which cover the intermediate level of the LPI certification
program, will be made available September 4 in beta form at a special price.

A column at TheStreet.com talks about Microsoft going after the embedded market and finding Linux and Palm in the way.

“Linux has been a bugaboo and boon to Microsoft
for several years. On the one hand, the
open-system movement has threatened Microsoft
as techies flocked to the technology, which they
hoped would break the monopolist’s back. On the
other hand, Linux was one way Microsoft could
argue that it had legitimate competition. Linux, in
other words, simultaneously was a threat and an
antitrust suit negotiating point.”

The first point release of the GNOME 1.4 platform is now in beta1. This
is a first step towards a 1.4.1 release which will be out in 4-6 weeks
if all goes well. Since this is the stable platform we have not focused
on releasing new technology this time. The release contains many updated
packages since the 1.4 release this spring and will make sure the users
have a nice place to do their work while waiting for 2.0.

The packages that have been updated are too numerous to mention here,
but it's all well worth a try.

The fist beta will last around two weeks and then there will be a new
beta (or release candidate if no big problems show up) which will last
for another week or two before the final release.

Please report any problems in the core packages to

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

Bugs in packages not found in bugzilla.gnome.org should be reported to
their respective maintainers and the bug tracking systems used by these
teams.

The bits are at:

ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/betas/gnome-1.4.1beta1/ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/betas/gnome-fifth-toe-1.4.1beta1

Have fun...

Cheers
Kjartan Maraas

“A Russian computer programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was
released on $50,000 bond Monday in order to stay in Northern California while he
awaits what could be a landmark trial on alleged copyright violations.” Read the full Reuters story at SiliconValley.com.

The Register: “A Canadian artist has won the right to the www.armani.com domain, following a
remarkable hearing at arbitrator WIPO.

The case is unusual in that, despite the clothes chain’s lawyers insisting the artist
had no legitimate right to the domain, a WIPO judge disagreed since the artist’s
name is Anand Ramnath Mani – shortened simply to A. R. Mani.”

The Register: “An Australian MP has become the centre of a hacking scandal following
accusations that computers in his office were used to hack into the PCs of rival
politicians in the New South Wales Parliament.”