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DistributionsPlease note that security updates from the various distributions are covered in the security section. Red Hat 6.2 vs. Caldera 2.4 eDesktop. Here is a detailed, combined review of Red Hat 6.2 and Caldera 2.4 eDesktop by Eric Lee Green. "It is rare that Linux distributions rev on almost the same day, but that's what happened with Red Hat 6.2 and Caldera 2.4. Both are tasty, but in different ways. Having tired of reading shallow distribution reviews by people who have no idea of the enterprise environment, I decided to remedy that situation. In this article I attempt to tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly of each one, and which one you might want to use in various situations." Debian GNU/LinuxWichert Akkerman released doc-central this week. doc-central is a new system for browsing Debian's documentation easily with a web browser; he wrote it out of frustration with the current documentation tools and as a project to learn Python. More information can be found in Wichert's announcement.IBM and Alcôve partner to support Debian GNU/Linux Alcôve has announced (in French) that it is partnering with IBM to provide support for the Debian distribution in several parts of the world, including France, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Middle East, and Africa. The service seems to consist primarily of phone support, and appears to be limited to IBM hardware. English text is also available. (Found in Portalux News). Debian Weekly News. This week's Debian Weekly News by Joey Hess looks at the problem of insuring the integrity of Debian packages on mirror sites and a few other short subjects. Hard Hat LinuxMontaVista Software ports to IBM PowerPC 405GP. MontaVista Software has announced a port of its Hard Hat Linux distribution to IBM's PowerPC 405GP processor.Hard Hat Linux for ARM. Applied Data Systems (ADS) has launched a new commercially-available Linux, the Intel StrongARM SA-1110 platform. The ADS Virtual Linux Development Team is supplying the ARM port to Monta Vista, who will then deliver Hard Hat Linux for ARM. Kha0s LinuxKha0s Linux gets a new project leader. The Kha0s project ("better living through extreme paranoia") has set itself a goal of developing "an ultra-secure, Linux-based operating system that will appeal to security minded systems administrators." The project got off to a good start under leader Scott Fallin; their early releases were downloaded by people at NASA, the FBI, and the NSA, among others. In recent times development has slowed somewhat; Mr. Fallin has also taken on new "real job" responsibilities and has not been able to devote much time to the project.Thus the announcement that Mr. Fallin is stepping down as the leader of Kha0s, to be replaced by Moshe Bar. Mr. Bar's name may be familiar to many who have seen his articles in places like the Linux Journal, Linux Magazine, and Byte, but writing is not his profession. Instead, he works as an OS researcher for clients worldwide - a job that has him dealing with security issues frequently. Mr. Bar is also one of the initial developers that started work on Kha0s, and the author of its crypto layer. As one of the people who have shaped Kha0s thus far, he was an obvious choice to be the new project leader. In that role, he hopes to revitalize the project and, helped by a somewhat reduced set of objectives, to get a working alpha version out by September. He is, of course, looking for more developers to help move things along... Linux-MandrakePerfect...except for the documentation... LinuxPlanet reviews Linux-Mandrake 7.0. "Linux-Mandrake comes this close to being the perfect Linux distribution.... So why aren't we jumping up and down, proclaiming that Linux-Mandrake 7.0 is the best Linux distribution ever? For one reason: the poor quality of the documentation in the shrink-wrap version. Much of what's great in Linux-Mandrake 7.0 is simply undocumented or misdocumented..."IBM to support Linux-Mandrake in France. MandrakeSoft has announced (in French) that IBM's Global Services will be offering support for the Linux-Mandrake distribution in France. English text is available via Babelfish. (Found in Da Linux French Page). Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Edition. Red Hat has announced its "Enterprise Edition," which prominently features the "ARCserveIT" storage management package from Computer Associates.Large-scale Red Hat deployment. Red Hat has announced that epicRealm, an Internet service provider, will be deploying 1,000 servers running Red Hat Linux. Slackware LinuxInstalling Slackware manually is fun. For those of you who are not impressed with four-click installation procedures, here is a lengthy document describing how to install Slackware 7 manually. Expect it to take a while... As an added challenge for some of us, the document is in French; a partial translation is available via Babelfish. (Found in Da Linux French Page).SuSE LinuxSuSE 6.4 reviewed. Pro-Linux.de has put up a review (in German) of the SuSE 6.4 distribution. A partial translation (the article is long) is available via Babelfish.TrustixThe 1.0 version of Trustix Secure Linux has been released. Trustix is working at building a secure, server-oriented distribution. There is little information about what they are up to on their web site; a quick look at the download site shows the familiar signs of a Red Hat-derived product, however.TurboLinuxA TurboLinux discussion forum has been established for those who would like to gather and talk about their experiences with the distribution.Section Editor: Liz Coolbaugh |
April 13, 2000
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