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Please note that security updates from the various distributions are covered in the security section.

Nuclinux - a new single-floppy distribution. The initial announcement for Nuclinux went out on April 18th, 2000. This distribution appears to be primarily for acquiring internet access on a networked machine, complete with programs for web browsing, accessing mail and remote machine access (telnet only, no ssh).

Bastille Linux

A patched version of Bastille Linux 1.0.4 has been announced, Bastille 1.0.4p1, to fix a confusing step in the installation process that was causing problems for some people.

Caldera OpenLinux

Caldera Systems has put out a set of press releases, including this announcement that OpenLinux eBuilder is now available. It includes the IBM WebSphere application server and the "ECential Open Commerce Framework" from Evergreen. There is this announcement that they will be offering training at the Linux Business Expo. And finally there is an announcement that SolutionBank has signed up as Caldera's first "eSolutions Provider."

Corel

German, French and Dutch support. Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. has announced the first version of Corel Linux with German, French and Dutch support. The press release incorrectly calls this the "First Multilingual Linux O.S.", a claim that is, shall we say, questionable, given the number of distributions with multiple language support, many of them with much broader support than just four European languages.

Can Corel Rope Linux Desktops? (ZDNet). ZDNet looks at Corel's future in this lengthy article. "But the bigger question, especially among investors and analysts, is whether the company can successfully pull off its move into the Linux market."

Coyote Linux

A new prepatch for Coyote Linux has been released, Coyote Linux 1.20pre2.

Debian GNU/Linux

This week's Debian Weekly News announces the first new Debian developer in a long time: Brendan O'Dea. Hopefully Brendan will soon be joined by other people who've been waiting in the queue for approval. The first test cycle for the next release of Debian is scheduled to begin on May 2nd and will last two weeks, with an evaluation afterwards as to whether additional test cycles are needed. Other topics this week included dpkg progress, documentation registration, installation from floppies and fixing package priorities.

DemoLinux

A beta version of DemoLinux 2.0, dubbed DemoLinux 1.9, has been released. It includes the StarOffice suite, which is apparently causing some problems, since they have applied for a license from Sun and have not yet received one. DemoLinux 1.9 is based on Debian Linux.

MaxOS

MaxOS beta to be released in May. The MaxOS folks have put up a product page describing the upcoming MaxOS distribution and indicating that the first beta release will happen in May. (MaxOS was profiled in this LWN feature back in March).

Red Hat Linux

Ad agency doffs Red Hat (Raleigh/Durham BusinessJournal). The Raleigh/Durham Business Journal has run this article on how Red Hat got dumped by its advertising agency. "Red Hat Software's advertising agency dropped the account only six months after winning the business, complaining that the Linux distributor doesn't have its marketing act together."

ROCK Linux

The latest snapshot of ROCK Linux contains support for the base features of ROCK Router Linux and also ROCK Telnet Terminal. The former is a version of ROCK Linux tailored for routers and the latter is a floppy-based version that "can auto-detect it's IP-Address using bootp or rarp and open some telnet sessions to a hardcoded server ip".

Slackware Linux

Updates to slackware-current over the past week include sc-7.2, jove-4.16, elm-2.5.3, gpm-1.19.1 and sendmail-8.10.1. The gpm update closes a security hole, see the security page for more details.

SuSE Linux

SuSE: Netscape package updates. SuSE has released updated Netscape packagesfor SuSE Linux 6.4 after reports of instability with the Netscape 4.72 originally shipped. The problem was tracked down to a compiler bug that affected the X11 libraries. An upgrade is recommended for anyone using Netscape with SuSE Linux 6.4.

Linux is suited for Boris Becker (Yahoo Germany). Strong praise for Linux comes in this Yahoo Germany article, which takes a look at SuSE Linux 6.4 (Babelfish translation). The author praises the ease of installation, the support for USB mice, keyboards and printers, clean automatic support for sound and continuing improvements in DVD support. The Reiser file system is mentioned as well.

TurboLinux

TurboLinux Clustering (ZDNet). ZDNet reviews the high-availability clustering offering from TurboLinux. "We also tested automatic fail-over by the time-honored technique of killing the power to the system that wasn't running TurboCluster's Advanced Traffic Manager (ATM). We don't recommend you try this at home. While the system performance took an immediate nosedive, within a minute the remaining server was automatically shouldering the whole load." (Thanks to C?sar A. K. Grossmann).

Oracle takes equity stake in TurboLinux. Here's a very brief Reuters article stating that Oracle has taken an (unspecified) equity investment in TurboLinux.

Vine Linux

Vine Linux 2.0. A new version of Vine Linux, Vine Linux 2.0, was announced on April 14th. Vine Linux is a Japanese Linux distribution. Vine Linux 1.X was based on Red Hat 5.1. We do not have any details on version 2.0 as of yet (oh, for a babelfish that understood Asian languages ...).

Section Editor: Liz Coolbaugh


April 20, 2000

Please note that not every distribution will show up every week. Only distributions with recent news to report will be listed.


Leading
Caldera OpenLinux
Debian GNU/Linux
Linux-Mandrake
Red Hat
Slackware
SuSE
TurboLinux

Also well-known
ASPLinux
Best Linux
Conectiva Linux
e-smith

Progeny
Rock Linux

Non-technical desktop
easyLinux
Icepack Linux
Independence
LibraNet
Redmond Linux
WinSlack

Education
Boston University
kmLinux
LinuxFromScratch
OpenClassroom
Red Escolar

General Purpose
Alzza Linux
aXon Linux
Bad Penguin Linux
BearOps
Black Cat Linux
BluePoint Linux
BYO Linux
CAEN Linux
Cafe Linux
ChainSaw Linux
Circle MUDLinux
cLIeNUX
Complete Linux
Console Linux
Corel Linux
CRUX
Darkstar Linux
DLite
easyLinux
Elfstone Linux
ESware Linux
Eurielec Linux
eXecutive Linux
Fried Chicken
FTOSX
FullPliant
Gentoo
Go!Linux
HA Linux
Halloween Linux
HispaFuentes
IceLinux
Ivrix
ix86 Linux
J-LINUX
JBLinux
Jurix
KRUD
KSI-Linux
Lanthan Linux
Laonux
LASER5
Leetnux
Linpus Linux
Linux Cyrillic Edition
Linux MLD
LinuxOne OS
LinuxPPP
Linux Pro Plus
Linux-SIS
LNX System
LoopLinux
LSD
Lute Linux
MageNet
Mastodon
MaxOS
minilinux
MSC.Linux

NoMad Linux
Omoikane GNU/Linux
PingOO Linux
Plamo Linux
PLD
Project Ballantain
PROSA
Rabid Squirrel
Repairlix
Root Linux
Scrudgeware
Serial Terminal
Sorcerer
spyLinux
Stampede
Stataboware
TechLinux
TimeSys Linux/RT
Tom Linux
Trinux
Turkuaz
Ute-Linux
VA-enhanced Red Hat
Vine Linux
Virtual Linux
WholeLinux
WinLinux 2000
XTeamLinux
ZipSpeak

Country-specific
Argentina
GNU/Linux Ututo
Britain
Definite Linux
Eridani
China
COSIX
Red Flag
France
Linux/MNIS
Italy
LinuxEspresso
Madeinlinux
Vedova
Spain
Linux Esware
Thailand
Kaiwal Linux
Thai Linux Extension

Related Projects
Chinese Linux Extension

Historical (Non-active)
Dualix
Gentus
Giotto
MCC Interim Linux
OS2000
Storm Linux


 

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