This article takes a look at why you might want to port your application from Sun Solaris to Linux, and presents guidelines, suggestions, and resources to help. Included in the article is the authors' handy online tool that you can use to check the APIs used by your Solaris application for compatibility on Linux.
Source: ZDNet
Hoping to succeed in a difficult task, a software start-up plans to sell a version of Linux designed to run popular Windows programs.
Lindows.com, a 20-person San Diego company led by former MP3.com Chief Executive Michael Robertson, plans to sell a preview edition of the software for $99 this quarter, with version 1.0 coming in early 2002.
Source: Linux Planet
By: Brian Proffitt
The Word to the Wise tour bus has officially pulled off to the side of the road while the driver begs the indulgence of the tourists to continue to examine the word processing juggernaut that is OpenOffice. It is not the norm to spend three columns' worth of time reviewing what is essentially one product among many but I will submit that OpenOffice (and its near-clone StarOffice) is a product special enough to pay attention to.
Alan Cox, one of the primary developers of the Linux kernel, today released a pre-patch for the 2.2 Linux kernel. Within his changelog, he indicates there were security fixes, the details of which he apparently cannot disclose, citing legal retribution by the US government due to the DMCA.
Source: Security News Portal - SNPortal
The third public release of the LSM-based SELinux prototype has been issued by the NSA. This release contains several bug fixes and improvements to both LSM and SELinux and is based on the lsm-2001_10_11 patch against kernel 2.4.12. See selinux/ChangeLog for a detailed summary of the changes. A few highlights are listed below:
The Duke of URL has posted their 13th Linux Buyer's Guide. As usual, the guide covers new developments in Linux hardware over the last couple months, along with 3 custom Linux boxes in varying price-ranges. In addition to the guide is a short a sweet look at Linux-compatible peripherals.
Five years ago, in a Linux Journal article I wrote in 1996, I developed a recipe for an elegant and economical Linux box. I used this as motivation for a discussion of what makes a good, balanced system design. The article became one of the most popular in LJ's history, so the editors have invited me back for a second round.
The director of open source consultancy NetProject, Eddie Bleasdale, has reiterated his pledge to give £10,000 to anyone who can infect his Linux computer with a virus.
He made the challenge amidst increasing concerns over the security of Microsoft's webserver software, which has been hit by a series of high-profile viruses.
Bleasdale maintains it is impossible to infect a correctly configured Linux system with a virus, and conversely that it is impossible to make a system running Windows secure.
Like many users of PCs, you may be considering the switch to Linux. You've heard all the arguments about the economic viability and cross-platform compatibility of open source software in general and Linux in particular, but you may still be intimidated by the prospect of changing environments. This article takes you through a Linux newbie's experience as he seeks to change over to Linux. He addresses many of the issues involved, including software availability and support.
Internet Exchange Messaging Server (IEMS) 5.1, a high-end, user-friendly messaging server, well known for its integrated outstanding anti-virus feature has been recently released by International Messaging Associates (IMA). Its anti-virus capability has been further enhanced through the addition of an Attachment Removal Filter Module and a Messaging Queue Open API. IEMS5.1 can run on a single machine or in a distributed environment. Its various modules can, separately, run on Windows and Linux platforms in a multi-platform environment.
