Check it out at NPR.org. It’s in Real Audio format.

v=It’s at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.4/. Intermediate diffs are available from http://www.bzimage.org.

Cox says, “In terms of going through the code audit almost all the sound drivers
still
need fixing to lock against format changes during a read/write. Poll
creating
and starting a buffer as write does and also mmap during write, write
during
an mmap.”

2.4.5-ac9
o Fix gameport link problems (Vojtech Pavlik)
o Fix an oops in the sg driver (Tachino Nobuhiro)
o Fix brlock indexing bug (Takanori Kawano)
o Add parport_pc_unregister_port (Tim Waugh)
o Configure.help updates (Eric Raymond)
o Fix xircom_cb problems with some cisco kit (Ion Badulescu)
o Fix tdfxfb cursor rendering bug (Franz Melchior)
o Add driver for the sony vaio i/o controller (Stelian Pop,
Junchi Morita, Takaya Kinjo, Andrew Tridgell)
o Orinoco updates for symbol, intel, 3com cards (Jean Tourrihles)
o Use list_del_init in uhci driver (Herbert Xu)
o Fix a uhci SMP deadlock (Herbert Xu)
o Allow faster freeing of reisefs metadata (Chris Mason)
o Fix error path leaks in reiserfs (Chris Mason,
Vladimir Saveliev)
o Fix NFS problems triggered by 2.4.5 mmap change (Trond Myklebust)
o Resynchronize with m68k tree (Jes Sorensen)
o Add es1371 sound driver locking (Frank Davis)
o Fix a small error in the trident locking (Frank Davis)

2.4.5-ac8
o Fix sign handling bug in random sysctl (me)
| From Stanford tools
o Add more idents to the NS558 driver (Vojtech Pavlik)
o Fix oops on some HID descriptor sets (Vojtech Pavlik)
o Fix reuse bug in UML net code + clean up (Jeff Dike)
o ES1370 driver locking (Frank Davis)
o Update init/main.c patch for umask (Andrew Tridgell)
o Fix uml fault race, and looping fault on
protection error (Jeff Dike)
o Update devices.txt (H Peter Anvin)
o Update the airo driver (fix pci pm oops.
spinlock abuse, delete after kfree, unchecked
copies) (Jeff Garzik)
o Remove old UML umn driver (Jeff Dike)
o Fix resource leaks and printk levels in isapnp (Mike Borrelli)
o Add new procfs programming documentation (Erik Mouw)
o Fix usb xconfig breakage (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Replace accidentaly lost UP_APIC help (Mikael Pettersson)
o Olypmic driver update (Mike Phillips)
o Clean up LVM spelling, debug macros (Andreas Dilger)
o Make various bits of LVM static (Andreas Dilger)
o Make lvm_snapshot_use_rate its own function (Andreas Dilger)
o Make lvm_do_lv_create loop the right amount
o Fix lvm stamping on a semaphore causing an oops
o Fix lvm hardware block size handling (Andrea Arcangeli)

CNet has a review. “Users who want to try Linux but are frustrated with the steep learning curve will find a welcome change in this polished,
easy-to-use distribution. If any Linux distribution is actually making progress toward the consumer desktop, Linux-Mandrake is
surely it, offering a computing experience approaching the simplicity of the Macintosh. New users, especially those looking for a
quick and easy alternative to Windows or the Mac OS, will be hard pressed to find a smoother, easier transition to the world of
Linux.”

From PR Newswire: Zuma Networks, a pre-IPO growth
company driving the future emergence of IP services within high-speed network
fabrics, announced today that it will demonstrate the first ever high
bandwidth firewall network with layer 3 switching and integrated Linux
multiprocessing at the SUPERCOMM 2001 show, June 5 – 7, at the Georgia World
Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, booth #4517. Zuma Networks will be
demonstrating its LightReef layer 2/3/4 switch-router family, the Z1, Z4
and Z16, in multiple configurations.

From a column at ZDNet: “The most frustrating aspect of the open source crowd is the assumption that if you’re
not part of their solution you’re part of the problem — that one must choose between
Free Software and the Dark Side, as represented by ‘traditional’ software companies
such as Microsoft.”

ZDNet reports that Intel is saying Sharp will use an Intel StrongARM processor in its upcoming handheld running Linux. Sharp wouldn’t comment, though.

Slashdot has a Q&A with attorney Dan Ravicher, who’s interested in Open Source issues.

June 5, 2001 Naperville Illinois – With only two months since the original Beta showing of the product at Spring COMDEX in Chicago, the Little Blue Box posts its first major accomplishment with a distribution relationship with Linux Central, one of the leading eCommerce portals associated with Linux industry product distribution.

PJ Hyett, of the Little Blue Box group said, “It is one thing to prototype and then manufacture a computer system. Start-up businesses do that sort of thing everyday. It is another thing all together to be recognized by the peers in your industry group and get a warm reception in the distribution channels. In many cases getting distributed is the single most difficult problem many new businesses face. That is why you see so much product from new start up companies like ours show up so quickly at Internet Auction Sites. A lot bigger companies have failed at this first step. We are very pleased with the progress we have made, and by now there should be NO QUESTION that we are out to prove the dynamic power Open Source offers to the IT world, and that our target is Microsoft.

We are very pleased that our first distribution relationship is with one of the most established and successful families of web portals. Internet.Com is an established leader in the Internet community, and their Linux Central eCommerce portal is one of the major Linux distribution sites in the world today. We would be hard pressed to find a better start in the retail marketing phase of our product development. We are also very pleased to announce the release of our Version 1.1 of the system and software build, with a couple significant product improvements.”

“Distributing products such as The Little Blue Box is a large part of our mission to provide Open Source solutions for the Linux market,” said James Gray, of LinuxCentral.com. “We are very excited about the prospect of offering these truly unique products to the Linux community,” Gray added.

What is a Little Blue Box?

• A “Blue Box” is a term used by gadget hobbyist and hackers for a device that is capable of doing something revolutionary, possibly illegal, or so good it should be illegal. It is in that thought process that this product was named, the Little Blue Box Email Sever. It is so powerful, so simple, and so cost effective our competitors will wish it would be made illegal. This product is the first of its kind in the world. It is a completely 100% total email solution for the small business.
• The Little Blue Box Email Sever is simple to set up. It comes completely 100% pre-configured, and works right out of the box. There is no server software to set up, no hardware assembly to mess with. The business or organization simply plugs it into a power outlet and plugs it into a LAN connected to the Internet, and it works.
• The Little Blue Box Email Sever is simple to use and manage. A secretary with basic understanding of a computer can use the simple administrative software in less than TEN minutes to add, edit or remove email accounts.
• The Little Blue Box Email Sever is reliable. The hardware is powerful but basic, with little that can fail. The only moving parts are drives and fans. And, even if it does fail, it is simple to diagnose, fix or replace.
• The Little Blue Box Email Sever is more than a product, it is a SERVICE as well. If the organization using the Little Blue Box Email Sever experiences any kind of failure, be it the server itself, the company LAN, or the Internet connection; email is NEVER lost. Our MX service assures that email finds a safe place to reside until the server is back on line.
• The Little Blue Box Email Sever has staying power. Again, this is due to SERVICE. Our RPM service makes sure that your server gets its software upgraded on a quarterly basis.
• The Little Blue Box is the simplest and fastest solution to the problems associated with LAN based email when using a fixed Internet connection such as ISDN, DSL, wireless broadband or a T1. It is REALLY as easy as 123. Your order it, you plug it in, and it works.

The Little Blue Box will begin its distribution run at the Linux Central web portal located at http://www.linuxcentral.com starting Tuesday June 5th.

All inquires for purchasing please go to http://www.linuxcentral.com

All licensing requests for the Little Blue Box are available through the web site http://www.littlebluebox.com. The LOGO and Indicia graphic for LBB were developed by Nitrozac, the very cool artist behind the after Y2K series at Geek Culture

Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Microsoft(tm) and Exchange(tm) Server are trademarks of Microsoft
Little Blue Box(tm) is a trademark of Ibss, Inc.

“Sun brushed aside the ‘Put Java On A Diet’ by saying that developers want more,
not fewer features. And Register readers overwhelmingly agree with Big Mauve.

‘It’s not a hairball,’ Pat Sueltz told us. ‘It’s becoming quite handsome.’ ” Full story at The Register.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2001 — From the home of Wayne’s World, Aurora IL — Tonight LIVE on
www.thelinuxshow.com,
At 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et: Kevin Hill, Jeff Gerhardt, PJ
Hyett, Doc Searls(Linux Journal), and Arne Flones have what looks to be a very cool show lined up tonight on The Linux Show!! (and yes the Loki tribes server is up and running)

In Segment One – Hot News: We will be covering the hot Linux news of
the week. We have LOTS of news to cover because we were off last week. So, the news segment will be expanded to include segments One and Two.

In Segments Two- “More news”-

In Segments Three- IBM Offers Free Mainframe Access to Linux Developers
we will be by James M. Savoie,Linux for zSeries Sales and John V. Sutera
IBM Manager of Technical Support. We will be discussing IBMs generous offer to make S-390 time available to Linux Community Members free.

Jim has technical sales responsibility for Linux solutions integrated with
the IBM zSeries eServers, or mainframes. For most of his twenty year career
with IBM, he has resided in Chicago where assigned to various projects that have ranged from high end server sales, storage sales, marketing, technical support, services consulting, and systems engineering. I joined IBM in 1981 as an Industrial Engineer in the Poughkeepsie, New York.

John is responsible for the Linux Community Development System.
BA from Kansas Univ, MS from Syracuse Univ. Over 20 years of technical support management at IBM.

The new program from IBM will provide thousands of independent software developers with free access to the ultimate tool for writing Linux software applications — the IBM eServer zSeries mainframe.

The program, the Linux Community Development System, provides developers with access to their own virtual mainframe running Linux and a Shark storage
subsystem. IBM customers, business partners, independent software vendors,
consultants, academics and even IBM competitors are invited to register for
their free server. The program is aimed at helping Linux developers build new
enterprise applications that enable customers to consolidate their distributed
servers on a single IBM zSeries mainframe.

The testing stage of the program has already drawn an expanding community of
programmers and Linux enthusiasts from around the world. Developers from Korea,
Scotland, India, New Zealand, and even a high school student from Brooklyn, are
up and running on the mainframe, porting their Linux applications to “Big Iron”
via the Internet.

The unique capabilities of the mainframe allow it to be partitioned or carved up
into thousands of virtual stand alone servers. Users are assigned their own
individual server to develop, test or port applications with complete autonomy,
allowing them to work independently without affecting the thousands of other
users on the same physical machine. Developers can even re-boot or recompile
programs without interfering with others on the system, a luxury not available
to developers working on Sun or HP boxes.

Developers can enroll in the program via the IBM Linux home page at
www.ibm.com/linux. Participants should go the zSeries and Linux Community
Development System links. To ensure quality support, participants are being
given access in stages. Users will choose between a SuSE or TurboLinux zSeries
distribution of Linux and will be offered access for either 30, 60 or 90 days.

And the http://victim.cylant.com server is still running with NO outages. The FIRST person who breaks or hacks the server, emails the Linux show (or Cylant)and shows us proof of the hack wins the server.

Other opinions are welcome at GeekCast. If you would like to join
us on the show, check our IRC Chat
(irc.thelinuxshow.com #linuxshow).

Remember tune in at 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et.
Catch the Linux show at
www.thelinuxshow.com
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