From Software Development Magazine: “Apache, Cocoon and Linux aren’t just useful programs, they’re best-of-breed. Some of the
more intemperate free software boosters, intoxicated by this success, claim that proprietary
software is obsolete and that it’s immoral to keep your source code secret. Well, maybe.”

It’s at ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/2.4-ac/. Intermediate diffs are available from http://www.bzimage.org.Alan Cox writes, “Ok we are back on kernel.org.”

2.4.4-ac10
o Move cs46xx docs into the right spot (Arjan van de Ven)
o Merge Linus 2.4.5pre3
– switch to Linus page fault race fixes
– switch to Linus arch/ppc
– merged serial driver cli fixes but also
added an extra missing moxa check
– used -ac better version of comx fix
– used -ac better version of scsi fix
– now 2.4.5pre vm seems sane dump other vmscan
experiments
[not merged; rage-xl code]

2.4.4-ac9
o Clean up x86isms from the UML code (Chris Emerson)
o Remove un-needed UML flag,fix hang under load (Jeff Dike)
o Fix attach race in UML (Jeff Dike)
o Fix warnings, clean up cpp abuses in UML (Roman Zippel)
o Remove -D__KERNEL__ from user space of UML (Roman Zippel)
o Add NCR53c700 and 53c700/66 driver (James Bottomley)
|For NCR Dual 700 microchannel card
o Alpha semaphore updates (Ivan Kokshaysky)
p Fix ibmtr build a bit (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o Tidy sysrq-t output (Russell King)
o Fix miata halt to SRM (Tom Vier)
o Fix aging on buffer cache pages (Marcelo Tosatti)
o Fix looping behaviour on failing memory
allocations (Marcelo Tosatti)
o Handle the PIIX4 on the new intel 82801BAM (Tim Raymond)
o Fix user visible -ENOIOCTLCMD returns (Shane Wegner)
o Fix startech uart detection problem (Val Henson)
o Further tulip updates (Jeff Garzik)
o Revert hpt366 patch

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“Why would you devote yourself to writing a piece of software and giving it away? For Trish Lynch, the answer was simple. She was using a mailing list called Listar both at work and at home. If it didn’t work, then she would need to look elsewhere.” More at ZDNET.

Evelyn Mitchell writes: “Press Release: tummy.com, ltd. announces KRUD Linux 6.2 updated to May 2001.”

Fort Collins, Colorado — May 16, 2001 —

Editorial Summary

• KRUD, the freshest Red Hat(r) based Linux(r) distribution, is now
  available in 6.2 updated to May 2001
• KRUD, Kevin’s Red Hat Uber Distribution, is updated once a month,
  available by subscription.

tummy.com, ltd., a Linux Consulting company specializing in System
Administration, Security and Distributions, today announced the availability
of KRUD 6.2 updated for May 2001.

This provides a Red Hat 6.2-like system which installs from the CD with the
errata published before the beginning of May applied.

KRUD, Kevin’s Red Hat Uber Distribution is released every month. It combines
security and convenience by helping you update your system with the latest
errata and software updates. For Red Hat Linux users, it is an easy way to
keep your systems up to date.

It is targeted at users who are not able to update to a newer release
of Red Hat or KRUD Linux.

KRUD 6.2 for May brings our last regular 6.2 version, 20001001, in
line with our 7.0 version, by combining all of the updates since October
in one convenient distribution.

This marks the first issue of our expanded KRUD version tracking. We
will be tracking not only the current Red Hat(r) versions, but also
the most popular older versions, 6.2 and 7.0. KRUD has been shipping
monthly since July 1999.

In addition to KRUD Linux, tummy.com, ltd. provides System Administration
services, Security Consulting, Qmail Consulting and Network Administration.

“KRUD 6.2 fills a need for convenient updating of production systems.” said
Evelyn Mitchell, CEO of tummy.com, ltd. “KRUD continues to provide busy
System Administrators with the tools they need to get the job done.”

KRUD 7.1 is set for release on June 1, 2001. More information about
KRUD, including ordering, is at http://www.tummy.com/krud/

About tummy.com, ltd.

Founded in 1995, tummy.com, ltd. is a full service Linux Consultancy,
providing strategic assistance in Open Source technology to businesses
of all sizes. This privately held company is well known for its
commitment to the Linux/Open Source community. Head-quartered in Fort Collins,
Colorado, tummy.com, serves customers all over the world. For more
information about tummy.com, its products, services and employment
opportunities, visit www.tummy.com.

All registered trademarks are property of their respective companies.

Contact

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ZDNET.co.uk: “Nokia, keen to move beyond manufacturing phones to also providing
content to customers, said it is teaming with British developers Kuju
Entertainment and Rage Software to deliver soccer and golf games to
its mobile phones.”

ZDNET.co.uk: “AMD has officially launched its flagship Athlon and Duron processors
for laptop computers. Compaq said it is shipping a 1GHz Athlon 4,
immediately, in its Presario 1200 notebook line.”

PCWorld: “It’s going to be an Xbox holiday season. At least that’s Microsoft’s plan–November 8 is
the scheduled launch date of its much-hyped, much-anticipated game console, with a selling price of $299.

Microsoft expects to launch 15 to 20 games that same day, from its in-house developers as well as partners,
says Robbie Bach, Microsoft’s chief Xbox officer. In all, designers are working on more than 80 games for the
console, he says.”

ZDNET.co.uk: “System administrators, worldwide reported signs on Wednesday that
another self-spreading program — or worm — had started to infect
Linux systems.

This worm appears to be different, however. Dubbed the Cheese
worm, the program is basically a self-spreading patch. It enters
servers that have already been compromised by a previous bit of
malicious code — the 3-month-old 1i0n worm — and closes the
back door behind it, adding security to the system.”

ZDNET: “Linux is becoming a significant force for how movies are being made,” says Ed Leonard,
DreamWorks’ chief technology officer. “For a certain amount of investment, you get dramatically
increased returns.”