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DistributionsPlease note that security updates from the various distributions are covered in the security section. News and EditorialsTwo new versions of Linux for IBM eServer iSeries - SuSE and Turbolinux. IBM once announced that Linux would be supported on all of its hardware. Since then, there has been a steady flow of announcements as various Linux vendors have released versions for a particular IBM platform. This week it was the eServer iSeries, a high-performance server for small to mid-sized enterprises, that received support from two Linux vendors. Turbolinux released Turbolinux 6.5 (TL 6.5), a complete Linux server distribution that provides Linux's firewall and Web server, and Windows-compatible file, print and email services for the IBM eServer iSeries and pSeries. SuSE Linux announced the SuSE Linux Developer Edition for the IBM eServer iSeries. SuSE's announcement also tells us that IBM ships the eServer iSeries with a new version of its OS/400 operating system, which now enables the use of several operating systems at the same time. "For example, on one iSeries server, a firewall or Internet services such as WWW, FTP, proxy, and e-mail can be operated in a separate Linux partition, while company applications such as payroll and human resources programs can simultaneously be processed under OS/400." The latest Red Hat beta. Red Hat released the Roswell beta with an air of mystery. "Reports cite that this supposed ROSWELL beta included 4 CDs of software, with such things as a 2.4.6 Linux kernel, XFree86 4.1.0, KDE 2.2pre, GNOME 1.4, and journaling file system support, and included support for both x86 and ia64. Were any such Red Hat Linux beta release to exist, it would not be recommended for use on mission-critical hardware, and any casualties due to data loss, mutation, swamp gas, radiation, or strange glowing lights with such a release would be scoffed at." Roswell is real, but very much a beta release. Casualties due to data loss, etc. are still likely to be scoffed at. Let's be careful out there. Germany's top-selling Embedded Linux Distribution now available in English. SYSGO Real-Time Solutions (GmbH), located in Mainz, Germany, announced that ELinOS, an embedded distribution and development environment, is now available in English. ELinOS v2.0 is based on Linux Kernel 2.4 and has been equipped with the kernel extension RTAI, allowing the use of Linux in the context of hard realtime tasks. ELinOS is available for X86 processors, as well as the PowerPC and ARM. More on Devil-Linux. Last week we introduced Devil-Linux, a specialized
distribution intended for the creation of firewall and router
systems. Mexican Schools Embrace Windows (Wired). Wired News reported on the failure of the ScholarNet (later Red Escolar) project to achieve its goal of installing Linux in many thousands of Mexican public schools. "[Arturo] Espinosa said a chronic scarcity of personnel familiar with GNU/Linux, a lack of compatible hardware, and little political support killed off the idea. It was easier to go with Windows." New DistributionsThanks to Fred Mobach we added two more distributions to our list. PsiLinux (formerly Linux7k or linux-7110) is for the Psion platform. It's currently a work in progress but they have a booting kernel now. J-LINUX is an Italian distribution. It's Mandrake based with a number of add-ons like support for the Italian language, Kernel 2.4.x, Desktop KDE 2.1. Version 1.0.0 (nickname "Nemesis") is available via the web. Note: This page doesn't seem to load correctly with all browsers. 2-Disk Xwindow Linux System. The 2-Disk Xwindow Linux System is an alpha quality small distribution with kernel 2.4.6/libc-2.1, busybox, tinylogin, e3, X 4.1 vesa, ppp, fvwm2(CDE/win95 themes), fvwmscript, chimera, xpaint, xedit, some daemons, umsdos/ext2/initrd and network support. Distribution NewsDebian News. The Woody code freeze is in the first phase. Here is a list of things remaining before moving to the next phase. The Kernel Cousin Debian Hurd #102 for 7 August is available. Mandrake News. Here's the Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter issue #7 (in French). The Mandrake Cooker Weekly News for August 6th, 2001 talks about journaling file systems, gcc 3.0 and other topics. Sorcerer GNU Linux. Sorcerer GNU Linux is a source-based ix86 Linux distribution designed for advanced Linux adminstration. Aside from a bzipped bootable ISO9660 installation CDROM image, no binaries are downloaded. Several recent updates appear on the web site, including a recently redesigned xfree86 build script. Redmond Linux. Redmond Linux announced problems with build 36. If you want to use your keyboard during the installation, either use an older version, or wait for build 37. A firm September 21st ship date has been set for Redmond Linux Personal, Amethyst release. The Redmond Linux web site now includes a counter showing the number of days, hours, and minutes until release. Minor Distribution updatesttylinux. ttylinux is at version 1.9 as of August 7, 2001. This is a minimalistic Linux distribution that can fit in 2.88 MB of disk space. Distribution ReviewsReview: Slackware Linux 8.0 (Duke of URL). Slackware Linux 8.0 is is reviewed by the Duke of URL. "Even with most current OSes moving to a more automated method of installation and maintenance, Slackware has always maintained its simple, hands-on approach... This is quite possibly the reason Slackware has lasted so long." Section Editor: Rebecca Sobol |
August 9, 2001
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. We said it runs from CDROM, but
project leader Heiko Zuerker tells us that " it's just booting
from it and holds all the programs in a ramdisk. I started a voting
about this and most of the people want to have everything on the
ramdisk (because of the speed)."
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