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Something Different

This is difficult column for me. While it may not be my last, in some ways I hope that it is. You see, after just over 3 years with LWN.net, I find myself looking for gainful employment.

Gainful? With all credit to the fine folks that have donated to LWN.net, it has not been enough to pay salaries. Now my financial situation demands that I find an income, even if it means leaving LWN. I may still be around in some capacity or another, after all, I'm a vice-president of Eklektix, but I need to focus more of my energy on securing an income.

The ideal job of my future should make use of my writing and editing skills. I have grown very accustomed to working from home, so I would like to continue to do that, at least part time. The Linux box and the DSL line are already here. My next job could also draw on my experience as a software engineer, my knowledge of Linux, or something else entirely. I am an eclectic person with a little knowledge in many different fields.

Please see my resume for additional details.

Thank you,
Rebecca Sobol ris@lwn.net

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Debian News

Woody release manager Anthony Towns shares some information about the new security infrastructure. This new infrastructure is a critical component of the woody release.

For more information about the release, see the [2002-06-11] Release Status Update.

Unofficial woody MiniCD images updated. LordSutch.com MiniCD images are available for alpha, i386, m68k, and PowerPC; updated to the current state of woody. The main change is the upgrade of dpkg to 1.9.21. There is also ipppd added for the benefit of ISDN users.

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Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #45

This week's Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter looks at MandrakeSoft OEM Offers; More Details on LinuxTag 2002; MandrakeClub Activities; Business Case of the Week; Mandrake in the News; Website of the Week; What's New at MandrakeSecure.net?; Security-related Software Updates; and Headlines from MandrakeForum.

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Red Hat Linux

Red Hat reports that multiple kernel bugs were fixed, including generic kernel bugs, x86-specific bugs, and IA-64-specific bugs. Relevant releases/architectures include: Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.1k, 7.2 - athlon, i386, i586, i686, ia64.

Updated toolchain and glibc packages for s390 are now available which contain the latest recommended patches by IBM as well as several other bugfixes.

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SuSE Linux - Supported Distributions

SuSE announced that support for the SuSE Linux 6.4 distribution will be discontinued with the release of the SuSE Linux 8.0 i386 FTP version.

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Slackware Linux

Progress on Slackware 8.1 continues. The third release candidate became available for testing on June 10, 2002. Visit the change log for more details. We've also included a review of 8.1rc2 in the review section below.

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Trustix Secure Linux

The Trustix Newsletter for July 2002 is available. It includes information about Trustix Linux Solutions, the Trustix Mileage program, and much more.

Trustix has released several bug fix advisories this week. There has been package cleanup in apache and in mutt; an updated samba package corrects a problem with winbind and the storing of the *.tdb files; there are minor security fixes for the GNU fileutils package and the bzip2 package; and a minor bug fix in the imap package.

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DMZS-Biatchux Bootable CD

The DMZS-Biatchux Bootable CD is a relatively new distribution, first making a public appearance on February 28 of this year. Biatchux is a portable, bootable CDROM distribution which aims to provide an immediate environment to perform forensic analysis, incident response, data recovery, virus scanning and vulnerability assessment. BiatchUX-Lite v.0.1.0.7a-45 was recently released, with major feature enhancements.

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Astaro Security Linux

Astaro Security Linux has released stable version 3.200 with major feature enhancements.

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GENDIST

GENDIST has released v1.4.0 with major feature enhancements.

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Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux has released v1.2. Changes include installation fixes and countless updates to the Portage tree, including full KDE 3.0.1 (20020604) and GNOME 2 support.

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Mindi Linux

Mindi Linux has released version 0.63-7 with major bugfixes.

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Netstation Linux

Netstation Linux has released development version 0.8 with major feature enhancements. Version 0.8.2 was released soon after, with more feature enhancements.

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ShareTheNet

ShareTheNet, a distribution that allows just about any network software to use the Internet, is no longer being sold or supported. It is still available for download. ShareTheNet has moved to the Historical section of our distributions list.

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TA-Linux sparc pre-0.2.0-test

TA-Linux has released sparc pre-0.2.0-test for your testing pleasure.

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ttylinux

ttylinux has released version 2.2 with minor bugfixes.

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Taking Up the Slack(ware) (LinuxPlanet)

LinuxPlanet reviews Slackware 8.1rc2. "Slackware devotees won't be disappointed with this release because most of what you have come to know and love about Slackware is still present in this release. The pending release of Slackware 8.1 might interest users of other Linux distributions, too."

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Feature: Hardened Linux Puts Hackers EnGarde (Network Computing)

Network Computing reviews several secure Linux distributions. "EnGarde walked away with our Editor's Choice award thanks to the depth of its security strategy, which covers nearly all the bases. Everything from the low-level mechanisms (binary integrity checking and stack protection) to high-level usability issues (including an excellent patching interface) demonstrate the serious effort the Guardian Digital crew has invested in EnGarde."

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Engarde Secure Linux Pro 1.1 Review

LinuxLookup reviews Engarde Secure Linux Pro 1.1. "Most people who know me often tell me that I am paranoid. I say that I have good reason to be. Hacker attacks and malicious code are just a few examples of why I am cautious with my computer systems. Guardian Digital's Engarde Secure Linux Professional offers a lightweight, robust, and secure Linux Distribution for small and large networks. "

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ServerWatch Listing (With Download) for OpenLinux (internet.com)

Here's a review on internet.com of Caldera's OpenLinux Server 3.1.1. "The price of this package would be justified for many administrators for the mere fact that it elimintes the need to collect all of the components. However, it also offers many other benefits, including one of the best installation programs we've seen for any type of server (not just Linux), a documentation server that allows access to the 380-page documentation set from any browser, a browser-based administration console that provides a secure GUI management console for the server from any browser, and a 60-day evaluation of the Volution systems management product."

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