Redhat to support KDE developement 372
belbo writes "According to
a notice on KDE's news page Redhat is now funding two
KDE developers in their efforts to port KDE to the upcoming
open-sourced QT 2.0." Indeed KDE 1.1 is apparently in
Red Hat 5.9. Furthermore, Moritz Moeller - Herrmann
tells us that our ubiquitous friend Kalle Dalheimer announced
to the KDE-dev list that
" KDE was awarded "Innovation of the Year 1998/99" in the category software at a Ziff-Davis event in relation to the CeBIT fair. The other finalists
were Lotus eSuite and Microtest Visual CD. This award is a great achievement of the whole KDE team! Congratulations to all of you! We will provide scanned pictures of the award
and other items we got (like posters and stickers) as soon as possible on the KDE web site."
Finally, Linux Today has a
brand new look and is sporting interviews with people of the
Linux community. In one of them, Corel CEO Micheal Cowpland
reveals that
Corel's open-source GUI will be based on KDE. Please folks,
don't let this good news bring on a flame-war. Many people want
to choose which desktop suits them best: GNOME, GNUStep, KDE
are all worthy contenders.
Red Hat Releases Starbuck 223
An anonymous reader was the first to let us know that
ftp.redhat.com has
something new- Starbuck, aka Red Hat 5.9, aka Pre 6.0.
Hopefully this thing will be on the mirrors.
Feature:Free Linux 630
Tom Christiansen,
the Perl deity who once kick/banned me from #perl for asking
a question about socket programming (not that I'm bitter *grin*)
has written a feature called "Free Linux, Support the Demon Penguin"
where he argues with the FSF and RMSs stance that Linux should
be referred to as GNU/Linux because it is mostly GNU. Tom
includes some numbers that you might find revealing. This
one is worth a read.
Learning Perl/Tk 65
After a bit of a hiatus, Jason Bennett has returned with a review of Nancy Walsh's Learning Perl/Tk. As the title of the book would indicate, this is an ideal book for those looking to learn the Tk tool kit and Perl. This book assumes a level Perl background, and a little GUI, but is a good intermediate step-click below if you want to know more.
SuSE 6.0 First Complete Look 125
Matt writes "Much hype has followed the release of latest version of SuSE (6.0), and judging by the review over at Ars Technica of this hot distribution the hype is well
justified. While packing a big bang, SuSE incorporates tools like YaST, SaX, KDE,
StarOffice 5.0, and so forth to get users of any experience level up on their feet and
running productively. As a long time user of RedHat I find SuSE to be a worthy competitor,
as well as a strong indication that distributions as a whole are continuing to do positive
things to stimulate the growth of the desktop OS user base for Linux. Definitely a worthy
read, check it out!"
CowboyNeal swears by SuSE. I'm itching for a new Debian
CD.
PC Magazine (online) on Linux & Linuxworld 55
PC Magazine Online has published some
articles about Open Source, Linux world and reviews of Slackware, Caldera, Debian,
Redhat, Gecko, and Apache. Worth a read. Those articles will be published on the
next issue of PC Magazine in the March 23rd issue. (thanks to Eli Marmor for telling
me about it).
Friday Quickies 92
Fernando Perez writes "A new Linux distribution called BeroLinux
is out. It's RedHat 5.2 based and seems to have
been put together by a single guy." It notably includes kernel 2.2, GNOME, KDE, and
Pentium+K6 optimized binary. Secondly, fellow Debian developer Adam Heath (doogie) wrote in with something I'm surprised hasn't been posted yet: Matrox has released G200 specs. Next off, Alan Cox throws us a hat trick. Staring with ac1:
For those of you who remember the Echelon articles from awhile back, you can
take a "UK ballon trip of a lifetime" over the NSA's listening post in Menwith Hill. ac2:
A linux-kernel post where you can read about HP working on a port of Linux to the Merced. ac3: Before Alan worked with Linus, he worked with a man who wrote an entire Unix clone for himself. He's released the source at the website, and has named it, appropriatley enough, OMU (One Man Unix). Finally, for those of you in the DC Metro Area, NOVALUG will be meeting tomorrow morning at 10AM in the Lee Center (check the website for more information).
70,000 copies of Linux hit India 81
Tom writes "Just saw this on Linux Weekly News:
A magazine in India (called "PC Quest") apparently just
carried RedHat 5.2++ on their March cover CD. Claims the
focus of the issue is corporate (whatever that means), and
that the articles would be available on their website RSN.
Apparently they do it every year - accompanying press release
claims quarter of a million Linux CDs so far."
Redhat's New Web Site 144
Jonathan Ocab wrote
in to tell us that Red Hat
has redone their site. You'll notice a summary of both
Freshmeat and Slashdot stories on the page, linkage to
User Friendly, as well as lots
of javascript mouseovers to consume bandwidth.
GNOME 1.0 Released 1095
The illustrious Elliot Lee writes "GNOME 1.0 is now available for download. Please peruse the press release and then download it via a convenient FTP mirror (as soon as they sync up). " Update: 03/04 08:36 by J : Whoops - forgot to plug my own program!
If you've installed GNOME and want scrolling Slashdot headlines on your panel, check
under Panel Applets ->Amusements->SlashApp. Thanks John, Chris, Fred, and everyone else!
More LinuxWorld Expo News 14
Oracle will announce today Oracle 8i for Linux. It will be available within 60 days. They are also giving away
20,000 copies of an "early access CD" for the people who will register. RedHat will be showing a new portal this week
(it's not available yet) which will include "everything that a Linux user need". Netscape will announce today the delivery of preview releases of Directory
and Messanger servers for Linux.
Can Linux Work Without Shutdown? 61
Glen Raphael submitted this odd question
a while ago: "Suppose I have a test tool
running under Linux in an environment where
the power is expected to die often and for
long periods of time without any warning
(and buying a UPS isn't an option).
How can I make it safe to just turn off the
power to the PC running Linux without
properly shutting down?" So what is one
to do when they want to run a Linux box
and they can't trust their outlet?
Several LinuxWorld Expo Notes 18
Several people have written in with assorted notes about
LinuxWorld Expo. I've heard rumblings of prizes for the
show including a VW Bug from LinuxCare and even a Harley.
I've attached a blurb from Robert McMillan about the show.
Also, I've written up a bunch
of notes about the Slashdot Booth at the show including
a wish list: We need a few contacts in San Jose to help
us find some stuff for the show. Somebody has to have
this stuff just sitting around, so hit the link if you wanna
help.
CNNfn Cover Story on RedHat/Linux 22
Fudge.Org
writes "There is a promo
link on CNNFN.COM. It mentions RedHat being born in a
garage and/or college dorm, and how it will topple the
Bill Gates empire. The article should show up some time today. "
Someone yell when this link goes live.
Kernel 2.2.1 RPMS 38
An anonymous reader writes "rawhide.redhat.com has finally put the 2.2.1 RPMS
on their site. It seems to be Kernel 2.2.1 release 3. "
Redhat 5.2 2.2-Kernel Update 88
An anonymous reader "Red Hat has a set of update rpms that are apparently intended
to make 5.2 fully compatible with the 2.2 kernels.
(I've been using 2.2.1 since it was released with
no ill effects anyway...) " I'm posting this just so
people stop emailing me and asking. Besides, the rpms
seem to be worki
"Art vs. Design" and Code 120
Maybe its because I consider myself an artist, a coder,
and a designer. Maybe its because I worked as a commercial
programmer in an ad agency surrounded by talented designers.
And maybe its because I served out my studio art minor surrounded by
talented artists. Maybe its because I wrote free code in my
spare time, but this feature Oskar Pearson
struck a chord in me. It talks about Art vs. Design, and
Commercial Code vs. Free Code. Something to think about.
Open Source Acid Test Revisted 129
Kragen Sitaker has written
a brutal reply to the story Sengan posted yesterday on the
The Open Source Acid Test. It goes down
and point by point shows the factual errors and fud in the story.
It pleases me greatly to post this feature. Check it out.
Ask Slashdot: Upgrading Red Hat 5.2 to Linux 2.2.0 127
Daniel Roberts
wants to know about the following::
"I am running Red Hat 5.2, and I have been
trying to upgrade to 2.2 since pre1.
My problem is, I have read through the
"Changes" file very carefully, and
tried to upgrade all the needed packages...
But it still won't work. I am looking for
binary RPMs whenever I can, but even Raw
Hide does not seem to have all the needed
updates to make it work. In particular, I
cannot get libc5.4.46 to work, for some
reason, even though I've tried to install
the binary tar version. My question is:
what do I need to do to get Linux 2.2.0
working properly with a stock Red Hat 5.2
system??" Update: 02/12 03:02 by
C :
I've just discoveded information about
"Project Tango" which may be the answer
to this question. Thanks to
Palin for the heads up.