The Linux Advocate
by Scott Dowdle Linux Advocate by Scott Dowdle LOGIN: My column wasn't finished in time for the last deadline
but that was ok... because Ralph told me that the site was
down anyway because of a destructive lightning strike. I'm
glad to see that it's back up. I find it amazing that the
Linux continues to grow, and grow, and etc... NEWS: Item #1: Slackware 4.0: A First Look - The CPU Review
folks pull out another Linux distro review... this time
Slackware. I'm not that surprised by the review as Slackware
doesn't really have that much of a following these days but
it is still a solid distro. To get the specifics, read the
following URL: http://www.cpureview.com/rev_slack4_a.html
Item #2: Interview with Alan Cox - A
not-long-enough-for-me but really decent interview with Alan
Cox... you know... Mr. Linux #2. Read what Alan has to say
at the following URL: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/hightech/990726/2648940.html
Item #3: New TurboLinux Release Number One OS in Japan -
Not that I care that much or anything, but here's a press
release that claims that TurboLinux is hot in Japan. Find it
at: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990726/ca_turboli_1.html
Item #4: What webserver does MSN run? - The following stories are a little dated (by Internet time anyway) but I do find them rather humorous. The titles tell you the what's up: MSN Powered by Apache http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/20768.html Open-source Apache encroaches on Microsoft http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39241,00.html?owv
Item #5: All the News That's Fit to Wear - Did you ever
want to wear your computer around? Well, I've seen more and
more stories about wearable computers and the following is
just another one on the heap. Talks about Linux a bit though
so what the heck?!: http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/20748.html
Item #6: Amiga goes with Linux? - This news is also a little dated by Internet time but it is significant... IF they ever release a darn machine. I don't know what it matters though... how can an Amiga be an Amiga if it is totally different hardware and runs a totally different OS (Linux) than the original? Sounds silly to me. But anyway... other rumors emerged recently about Transmeta possibly producing the CPU in the box but no one knows for sure. Let's just hope that the Amiga isn't packaged in a box with moo cow patterns on the outside of it. Read the following links if you are much of an Amiga follower: Amiga selects Linux as their Next Generation OS Kernel http://www.amiga.com/diary/1999/990709-e.html Open letter to the community http://www.amiga.com/diary/executive/linux-e.html Response to Linux feedback http://www.amiga.com/diary/executive/990710-e.html Gateway's Amiga prepares for return http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,38973,00.html Amiga Phoenix to use Linux kernel http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/breaking/19990711/A34330-1999Jul11.html
Item #7: Red Hat Software News - Tons of Red Hat news the past couple of weeks... so much that I'm skipping over quite a bit of it. But some may be found below. I'm hoping I can eventually get some Red Hat stock someday... but getting ahold of IPO stock is like getting a date with Cindy Crawford (or insert your wet dream-date here). Waaaaahahahha Red HAT sets IPO at 6 million shares http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/990716/p0.html Freeware Developer Red Hat Sets Terms For Planned IPO http://dowjones.wsj.com/archive/gx.cgi/AppLogic+retrieve?id=ON-CO-19990716-000843.djml&d2hconverter=display-d2h Red Hat to add news to Linux site http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39435,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.f Red Hat Unveils Red Hat Europe http://www.redhat.com/about/1999/press_europe.html Careers at Red Hat http://www.redhat.com/about/careers.html Is Red Hat becoming Linux's Microsoft? http://www.salonmagazine.com/tech/feature/1999/07/14/redhat/index.html Red Hat snags Atomic designers http://www.salonmagazine.com/tech/log/1999/07/16/linux/index.html
Item #8: Some SGI stuff - SGI is becoming more and more committed to Linux. Some stories I ran across recently include the following. There is even something for you graphics freaks out there... so I included additional info about IRIS Performer. They are only a click away: SGI to launch Linux servers http://webserv.vnunet.com/www_user/plsql/pkg_vnu_news.right_frame?p_story=87191&p_type= Announcing Project Mongoose: IRIS Performer for Linux http://reality.sgi.com/performer/perf-99-07/0103.html IRIS Performer FAQ http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/faq.html
Item #9: Linux at the Canadian Comdex - Good day, eh? Linux in the Great White North. Speaking of Canada, did anyone go see the South Park movie? Ok, it was tasteless as expected but the scene of Bill Gates getting murdered rocked didn't it!?! Opps, off topic. Anyway, check out the reports from the Canadian Comdex: Report on Day 1 of Comdex Canada http://www.lwn.net/1999/0715/a/comdexcanada.html Report on Day 2 of Comdex Canada http://lwn.net/daily/linuxcanada/lwn2.html
Item #10: Yet another magazine publisher sponsors a Linux
show - If you didn't know that IDG is the sponsor of
LinuxWorld Expo (or whatever the proper name of it)... and
I'm going to miss all of these shows because I'm a broke
dude in the middle of Montana... opps, off topic again.
Yeah... so... another magazine publisher decides to make a
Linux show. But wait, this particular one also runs a TV
network. I like ZD-TV when I can get it (at the in-law's
house)... and I like the Linux license plate and the big TUX
they have in the backgrounds on some shows... so I'll these
magazine publishers even though THEY DON'T PUBLISH any Linux
magazines yet. Well, not any print ones anyway. Read about
their intentions at the following link: Ziff-Davis Launches
Linux Business Expo http://linuxtoday.com/stories/7870.html
Item #11: Interview with Troll Tech - I recently bought a
book on Qt programming and I hope to put it to good use
someday. I'm very impressed by the developers of Qt
(pronounced "cute") and was very interested to
read an interview with them... although calling it an
interview is kind of weird since there are absolutely no
quotes and it doesn't follow the question and answer style.
Interesting reading none the less: http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/199907/troll-intervju2&page=1
Item #12: Merging images with the Gimp - Since GIMP is
one of those favorite applications people are running mostly
on Linux, the following link that has a tutorial on how to
merge images (with some sexy example pics) might just
interest some of you folks out there. Even you PhotoShop
people even: http://ext2.org/99/07/submitted/Girl/071999-submitted4.shtml
I hope this edition wasn't too disappointing. Sorry there
wasn't a software spotlight this time. Remember, I love
feedback. See you next time. Scott Dowdle
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