IBM programming expert shows you how to use RPM to package simple software on a Red Hat Linux 7.1 system. RPM is a widely used tool for delivering software for Linux; Users can easily install an RPM-packaged product.
Source: CNN
Michael Robertson's last startup, MP3.com, helped ignite the digital music revolution, attracting a big buzz and lawsuits from major record labels.
Robertson's latest gig is no less ambitious: an operating system called Lindows that aims to run programs designed for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows.
The gist: No Microsoft purchase necessary. Lindows is being built to run on the Linux operating system.
Source: Wired
In many ways, LinuxWorld 2002 was the ultimate bad blind date.
Big business was briefly paired with hackers at the expo. The business folks got all excited and talked about long-term committed relationships, but the hackers were bored out of their minds.
Many long-term LinuxWorld attendees said they thought the corporate presence at this year's show was both overwhelming and uninspiring, and they felt that the expo had lost its hacker heart.
Source: BetaNews
Sony today announced plans to release the first supported version of its "Linux (for PlayStation 2)," dubbed Release 1.0. A beta Linux kit was made available in Japan last July in response to requests by the Japanese Linux society. After an overwhelming positive response from the community, Sony decided to publicly release and support the development kit. Release 1.0 will go on sale beginning in May for Japanese customers and debut in June for the United States and Europe.
Source: Vnunet
Linux kernel hackers this week appealed for the appointment of a 'penguin patch lieutenant' to deal with the glaring shortcomings in Linus Torvalds's kernel patch system and generally "make Linus's life easier".
In a request for comments posted to the Linux kernel mailing list yesterday, kernel hacker Rob Landley slammed the current state of the Linux kernel patching system as "ridiculous" and called for the appointment of a penguin patch master.
With Linux security becoming a hot topic this white papers contains information, code examples, and strategies on securing Linux Servers for Service Providers.
Source: News Forge
l33tdawg: From the screenshots, this OS looks pretty damn sweet. It seems to be running KDE, and going by how easy it was for the author to setup Samba shares and detect new hardware with the OS, maybe Lindows will be the successor to Corel Linux! :)
found a copy of the LindowOS sneak preview lying around and decided to try it out. If nothing else, the vaporware tag isn't going to stick anymore on Michael Robertson's latest venture.
Source: News Forge
We spend a lot of time covering the "Who, What, When, Where and How" of Linux, but rarely talk about "Why." Many of the questions we get through our editors@linux.com email address essentially ask, "Why should I (or my company) use Linux?" There are many possible answers. I'm going to try to cover, in the most newbie-friendly way possible, a few of them here. Please feel free to chime in with your own in the "comments" section.
Source: ZDNet
The hype that spawned several Linux start-ups has vanished, but a pioneer in operating systems for computing devices other than PCs still has faith that Linux is the foundation for success.
MontaVista Software has raised $28 million from earlier investors and from new partners including IBM Microelectronics and Sony, said Jim Ready, founder and chief executive.
"This carries us to profitability and greater heights," Ready said.
Source: SecurityFocus
This article will cover the issues of Linux hardening, with a specific focus on kernel hardening and its use on production systems. Several kernel-hardening approaches and their usability will be analyzed.
