From a reader who shall remain nameless: “Well, there is a new project to create a open source linux based console. The TuxBox (they have a site tuxbox.50megs.com and a irc channel @ irc.openprojects.net #tuxboxproject) seems to be more community-oriented, and it seems that most of the console will be developed by the community.”

It’s at seul.org and includes an answer to this question: “I have a lab full of old but good IBM PS/2 286 workstations that will soon be gracing a local landfill. Has anyone tried using
these as LINUX terminals? Will they handle running as X-terminals? I hate to see working computers thrown away.”

From LWN.net:

“Just today, the PostgreSQL open source database core development community
announced the official release of the PostgreSQL 7.1 version. Click on the
following link for more information:
http://looking-glass.usask.ca:82/news.html.”

The Rocky Mountain News has a story about the Jabber instant message project. It’s kind of a basic intro to Jabber story. “With Jabber, an instant-messaging account is created on a server using what is called XML
architecture as the base. A customer can connect to the server to send or receive
messages virtually instantaneously (‘real time’). The Jabber server also translates
proprietary protocols such as the ones AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo! use so that messages
can be sent across various network systems.”

More on the Red Hat 7.1 release: IDG News Service reports that Red Hat has released new service to “simplify the administration of
systems running its software … The new service, called Software Manager, is included
as part of the standard installation in the new Red Hat
Linux 7.1 and allows IT managers to receive customized
information about each computer on their network,
including virus alerts, notifications of bug fixes and
software updates.” Here’s more from Sm@rt Partner.

From PR Newswire:

Argus Systems Group, Inc., an
international vendor of Internet security and intrusion prevention systems,
today announced its pending support of Intel Itanium-based enterprise servers
with its PitBull LX intrusion prevention systems. PitBull LX for the
Itanium-based platform is to run on the Linux 2.4.x operating system kernel
and is estimated to be available in Q3 2001.

From LinuxSecurity.com: When matching a packet fragment, insufficient checks were performed
to ensure the fragment is valid. In addition, the fragment cache is
checked before any rules are checked. Even if all fragments are
blocked with a rule, fragment cache entries can be created by
packets that match currently held state information. Because of
these discrepancies, certain packets may bypass filtering rules.

All versions of FreeBSD prior to the correction date, including
FreeBSD 3.5.1 and 4.2, contain this problem.

LinuxHardware.org has just that. The article compares several soundcards and how they perform in Linux.

The March 2001 issue of Linux User magazine is now available for free download, in PDF format. Features include a closer look at IBM’s billion-dollar Linux investment promise, part one of a two-part examination of Linux’ origins, and product, service, and book reviews.

From the May issue of Technology Review: “Windows won the war for the desktop. But there’s a new struggle
over operating systems embedded in everyday objects, and this time
free software has the inside track.”