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Why DebianPlanet.org appears to run on Red Hat

Author: JT Smith

DebianPlanet explains: “Okay. Some nosey people noticed (took you a while though) that
this webserver doesn’t actually run on Debian (and not RedHat but
Definite Linux). This is because we have free hosting on a vhost at
uklinux.net.You can’t complain about anything free, can you :)”

Category:

  • Linux

Linux 2.4.1ac18 released

Author: JT Smith

Posted at LWN.net are the 2.4.1ac18 announcement and the 2.4.1ac17 announcement. Those kernel hackers are quite the busy crew.

Category:

  • Linux

Installing KDE 2.1

Author: JT Smith

Do you have a hankering to try the latest and greatest in KDE? ResExcellence has the details on installing the latest KDE 2.1 snapshots on your favourite Linux distribution.

Category:

  • Open Source

Review: Quake III: Team Arena

Author: JT Smith

Have you been hungering for the team play features found in Unreal Tournement? 32bitsonline reviews Team Arena, an expansion pack for Quake 3 which allows team play, capture the flag, and more.

Big Blue goes ape on Sand Hill Road

Author: JT Smith

Red Herring discusses the investment strategy of IBM over the past year, and what repurcussions it could have.

Category:

  • Open Source

Interview With Bill Joy

Author: JT Smith

An interview with Bill Joy, the creator of many Unix tools (such as the r suite of tools, and vi), has been posted for discussion on Slashdot.

Category:

  • Unix

Review: ‘Linux! I Didn’t Know You Could Do That…’

Author: JT Smith

Maximum Linux has reviewed the book “Linux! I Didn’t Know You Could Do That….” The book is an introduction for new users of Linux, showing them how they can take advantage of the basic features of Linux which make life easier.

Category:

  • Linux

Standards body wants browsers up to par

Author: JT Smith

CNet reports on a standards body’s effort to make everyone’s web browsers up to date, describing the internet today as people programming television in black and white because not everyone has colour TVs.

Napster, Bertelsmann reveal plans

Author: JT Smith

MSNBC reports on the agreement reached between Bertelsmann of the recording industry and Napster.

Category:

  • Linux

Declaration of Software Freedom leaked early

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR says their press release about the Declaration of Software Freedom was released prematurely. It was intended for release on Microsoft’s next trial date, and it linked to someone’s home computer.