VMWare Worksation 2.0.4 includes support for the 2.4.x Linux kernel. Find a mirror near you, and download away.

Opinion from John Everitt, at Firetrench Security: “If I were a Microsoft investor, I would be very, very worried. Why? Primarily
because of Craig Mundies speech on May 3rd 2001, which seemed like a
attempted justification of Microsoft’s seemingly monopolistic ways. It also
seems schizophrenic…”

Want to juice up your Linux kernel with clustering features? Get your hands on MOSIX, now available in version 1.0. For more information and a file download, check out the MOSIX home page.

As the Microsoft-Mundie aftershocks ripple across the Open Source community (or simply caused you to giggle loudly, your choice), thought-provoking editorials such as this one from LinuxFreak.org continue to surface. “It is quite essential to grasp the possibilities one can achieve using an open standard. For example, the latest
vulnerability in IIS 5.0 evidently allows arbitrary remote parties to gain full control of a Win2K server, if the source for IIS
5.0 was open, this sort of issue may’ve been quelled well before it was deemed ready for production. In contrast, it is
rare and generally surprising when a HTTPD such as Apache has a new, compromising vulnerability. “

YIFF version 2.12.4 has been released. The YIFF home page says: “YIFF is a high performance, stable, and fully documented sound server for UNIX games and applications. It employs a network transparent API which allows multiple client programs to access sound capabilities in a similar way to how X clients do graphics.” The latest version improves sound object I/O and fixes a few bugs in Ylib’s get routine.

Here’s a press release from the pages of Yahoo Finance: ” Merlin Software Technologies International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MLSW – news), a leading
provider of Linux based software applications and utilities, today announced that Linux Server Computing magazine in its March/April issue had praised
CommunicadoFax in a full-page review.

“This review really positions Merlin’s CommunicadoFax as the intutive fax solution for Linux,” said Robert Heller, CEO and President of Merlin. “This is
another article from industry reviewers confirming that we are meeting our commitment to provide high quality, competitively priced software.””

After months of huffing, and puffing, and threatening to blow Infineon’s house down, a federal judge in Virgina sent Rambus and its patent lawsuit packing. Last week, the same judge tossed out all but three of Rambus’ 54 claims that European memory maker Infineon had infringed upon its patents; by eliminating the final three, the case has been thrown out of court. Rambus CEO Geoff Tate said he was “disappointed” with the ruling and that his company would appeal the decision. Read the full story at CNET News.com.

ZDNet News: “Intel and Advanced Micro Devices said Friday that they have extended their
gentleman’s agreement yet again.

The two companies signed a 10-year patent-licensing deal, the fourth pact between
the companies since 1976. The deal is retroactive to Jan. 1, when the previous
agreement expired.”

Jeff Gerhardt writes “It’s NOT too late to get a copy of Tribes 2 and participate in this event. Next Tuesday night something very special is going to happen. Loki Games is going to be the guest on The Linux Show!!, and in conjunction has planned with the Linux Show team an on-line gaming event to run the evening of that appearance.””This is going to be something VERY unique.”said Jeff Gerhardt, co-host of The Linux Show. “We are going to have a game server running the entire evening, starting at the same time as the show. We will have an irc server running where people can meet before hand and make up teams or just find people interested in a free for all. We will also be running our stream server the entire evening(after the show), playing musical requests for the people playing in the Tribe 2 games. If you are into mech style combat games and on-line games in general, this will be BIG TIME FUN. We also invite Linux Companies or LUGS to form teams and contact us in advance. Go to The Linux Show!! web site over the weekend for details as they become available.”

Kayt Sorhaindo from Loki stated,” It is NOT too late to get a copy of Tribes 2 by next Tuesday, but you will have to order FAST. If people want to buy from us directly so they can have it by Tuesday, then they can use our beta webstore at http://63.80.144.90/orders/. This will be the site of our new sales portal. It is not “pretty yet” but is secure and fully functional.

For more information about Loki, visit www.lokigames.com.

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The Linux(R) Show!! is GeekCast’s “flagship” show, and is the No. 1 and longest running Linux focused webcast in the United States, and quite probably the world.

Loki is a registered trademark of Loki Software, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All company and product names are the trademarks, registrations, or copyrights of their respective owners.”

HanzoSan writes “AOL may be thinking about releasing a linux distro!

In a news article on beta news it says. “Perhaps the boldest option, AOL mentions it could develop and launch a more esoteric solution such as an
alternative OS or a modified MS OS.”