Wednesday, May 05, 2004

gallery 1.4.3-pl1 released (Gallery). Total project downloads to date: 1323936 Project description: A slick, intuitive web based photo gallery with authenticated users and privileged albums. Easy to install, configure and use. Photo management includes automatic thumbnails, resizing, rotation, etc. User privileges make this great for communities. [Download] [Release Notes] By ckdake@users.sourceforge.net (Chris Kelly). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] 9:54:24 PM    comment []  trackback []

Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes Posted by pudge on Wednesday May 05, @06:50PM from the raising-you-one-worm dept. blackmonday writes "Kieren McCarthy of Techworld argues that Mac OS X is rife with security holes, and that Apple is doing a 'half-hearted' job of patching their operating system security holes, and has a 'strange habit of pretending a big problem is of no significance.' As a Mac user I find this an intruiging article in light of the Sasser Worm and its recent variants." Despite the article's assertions, no evidence of widespread security problems, or lack of effort to solve them, is offered. The only real question is Apple's lack of communication with the public in the nature of the problems. [Slashdot] 9:52:22 PM    comment []  trackback []

Microsoft aligns Longhorn client and server work. Jim Allchin, vice president of Microsoft's platforms group, said at the company's annual WinHEC event yesterday that the Longhorn client and server products are now "tied together." [Computerworld News] 6:37:52 PM    comment []  trackback []

Longhorn Screenshots - The Next Windows Longhorn - build 4074 - screenshots. From Winbeta.org: http://www.winbeta.org/winbeta/forums/index.php?s=61f2ec88bf6173630a3b7e6a278dbd0d&;showtopic=4324 Screenshots: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 [Watched threads for: The Channel 9 Team] 6:34:45 PM    comment []  trackback []

Law schools brief ~ L-schools adopting B-school methods. Leading law school news of the past two weeks is a report from the New York Law Journal on the increasing adoption of business school methods of instruction, particularly the team-based case-study method, by law schools looking to better prepare their students... [JURIST's Paper Chase] Interesting news.  The article quoted also notest hat some law faculty see the change as not a good thing since being a lawyer is more than just learning a skill set, it is also about thinking like a lawyer.  I'd agree with that observation.  A lawyer is not an accountant or a mid-level manager.  So, while there is certainly room for the use of b-school methods, such should be used were appropriate and after careful consideration. 6:26:24 PM    comment []  trackback []

Will Novell Adopt The LTSP Project? Will Novell Adopt The LTSP Project? Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 05, @12:33PM from the add-air-to-fire dept. SafeTinspector writes "Yesterday I attended a Novell/HP Linux seminer "Delivering & Deploying Linux Across the Enterprise" Among the boring and expected stuff, the Novell representative had several slides in his presentation claiming that Novell is going to get heavily involved with LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) to bring policy based security and administration to the LTSP similar to those found in Microsoft and Citrix terminal servers--probably through their venerable Zenworks product line. Also heavily hinted at would be an install wizard provided by Novell that would greatly simplify the installation and configuration of LTSP, which is currently quite complex. I can find no hard information about this on LTSP or Novell websites, nor any information within Google newsgroup search. Does anyone know more about this? On a side note, the laptops of both the HP rep and Novell rep were running SuSE Linux Desktop with Ximian XD2 installed and the presentation was made using OpenOffice Presentation." [Slashdot] 2:06:48 PM    comment []  trackback []

Linux in action: A public library's success story. Over the past year, the Howard County (Md.) Public Library has migrated more than 200 public PCs from Windows 98 and Windows NT to Linux. These PCs are used both to surf the Internet and to access the library's catalogues. NewsForge recently spoke with Brian Auger, associate director of the library, and the IT team responsible for the migration. We wanted to learn more about why and how it was accomplished, and how pleased they are with the results. [NewsForge] 11:13:50 AM    comment []  trackback []

AMD beats Intel in desktop processor sales. Research firm Current Analysis has said that AMD outpaced Intel in desktop CPUs sales for the week ending April 24. That week AMD accounted for 52% of desktop CPU sales, marking what is believed to be the first time the AMD has outsold Intel in retail. [Ars Technica] 11:13:16 AM    comment []  trackback []

Microsoft Joins Bonded Sender Program to Stem Spam. IronPort Systems' program certifies e-mail senders as legitimate and requires them to post a financial bond guaranteeing their continued good behavior; it now will handle more than 30 percent of all e-mail traffic. [eWEEK Technology News] 10:48:40 AM    comment []  trackback []

intltool2 0.30 released (Cygwin GNOME 2.x). Total project downloads to date: 2060 Project description: The Cygwin GNOME 2.x project aims to port the GNOME Desktop 2.x to Windows OS, using Cygwin as a porting tool and user environment. [Download] [Release Notes] By glyoung@users.sourceforge.net (Hansom Young). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] Hey, I already got KDE to run under Cygwin... 10:45:05 AM    comment []  trackback []

Linux-Based X Terminals with XDMCP. A tutorial for configuring XDMCP on your network so you can use old equipment, cut down on administration duties and cut costs. [Linux Journal] Yep, X-terminals for everyone.  One way to put an end to the virus/worm foolishness. 10:43:18 AM    comment []  trackback []

Sun Microsystems: The Sun Java Desktop System, Release 2 Arrives "The fully integrated desktop solution ships with a client desktop, including an office productivity suite, email, calendar, browser, instant messaging tools, and more. It also includes developer and system management tools for remote administration in a single package..."  [Linux Today] 10:40:56 AM    comment []  trackback []

Frontier 9.0.1b2 now available. Frontier 9.0.1b2 is available for testing. This release incorporates several new features and fixes from the 9.0.1b1 release. This beta release is a full install only. Upgrade packages will be made available in a subsequent release. If you're comfortable running beta software, please help us test this release by following these instructions. [UserLand Product News] 10:39:09 AM    comment []  trackback []

What should LUGs do?. Last week two friends of mine from the local Linux Users Group were telling me that while they realize bringing in and helping new users is important, they're more interested in meetings that focus on enterprise-level tech presentations that will help them in their jobs. Is it possible for a LUG to serve everyone? [NewsForge] 10:38:26 AM    comment []  trackback []

Red Hat Introduces Desktop Linux Competitor. Due mid-month, Red Hat Desktop will take on desktop alternatives from Novell and Sun. The company said costs will be around $6 per seat. [eWEEK Technology News] A good plan given the trouble wiht MSFT these days.  I do wonder how long IT managers will continue to tolerate the ongoing insecurity of Windows. 10:37:42 AM    comment []  trackback []