First of all, a very happy new year to all,
With OpenOffice and Linux bringing serious competition back to the
desktop for the first time in almost a decade, Microsoft's prices have
only one way to go: down.
Here is a good Analysis by Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco at
theRegister.co.uk (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34685.html)
-LED
Hello Friends
Let me have the pleasure to wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year
2004.
And let's all wish that the Open Source Initiaive and the Linux movement gains
new ground. Let's all wish that Linux come out stronger with the passing of each
day.
Long Live Linux
Regards
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Novell begins its metamorphosis into an open source company
The moves Novell has recently made regarding the open source movement
as well as those surrounding its acquisition of SuSE could mean that
the Novell we're looking at a year from now is very different from
the company today.
How? Read this analysis here:
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=986819205&fp=2&fpid=1
Regards
Pratap
Linux's Best (and Worst) Year Ever
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols that appeared at eweek.com is worth reading
You can check it out at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1424319,00.asp
or read the snippets below
[SNIP]
eWEEK Special Report: Best and Worst of 2003 Is it possible to have both your
best year ever and your worst year ever in the same 365 days? It is if you're
Linux and open source.
The bad news can be summarized in one company's name: SCO.
And the good news....many...but the best of all Kernel 2.6 is out.
[/SNIP]
Source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1424319,00.asp
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SCO Group has been pushing its copyright infringement lawsuit against
Linux
more and more recently. A few weeks ago the company sent out a letter
to Open
Source leaders with a list of 71 Linux programs that are supposedly
copied
from UNIX. Those experts, including Linus Torvalds, the creator of
Linux,
have now come out with specific refutations of the alleged
infringements. One
point they made is the simple fact of a lack of flexibility in the
programming languages and POSIX declarations used.
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Dec/gee20031229023244.htm
According to Reardon - the former Microsoft guy and now one of Linux's
biggest fan says "In five years, all cell phones will run Linux," He's
convinced that all cell phones will run Linux for the same reasons
most Linux users today use it for other things. In short, Linux is
reliable, highly portable between different hardware platforms, and
has a huge, world-wide developer following.
http://www.linuxworld.com/story/38282.htm?DE=1
-LED
Some predictions for what will be happening with Linux over the next year.
# Which Linux application area do you believe will grow the fastest in 2004?
# Will 2004 finally be the year when Linux makes significant in-roads on the
desktop?
# Which distributions will show the greatest growth in 2004?
# What major Linux IPO or Linux acqusition will occur in 2004?
# What will be the coolest new Linux application in 2004?
# Will the SCO debacle slow Linux adoption over the next year?
# ...And the kernel?
# What will be the most significant factor driving public adoptions of Linux in
2004?
# Which Hollywood starlet might Tux run off with and secretly get married to?
Read these great article By Kevin Bedell at:
http://www.linuxworld.com/story/38282.htm?DE=1
Regards
-TARUN
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Dear Friends,
LinuxAsia 2004 is being organized from 11-13 February 2004 at the India Habitat
Center, New Delhi. In reation to the same I received a mail from LFY. I hope you
will find it useful.
-TARUN
---FWD MSG---
--- EFY <efydigital@...> wrote: > From:
"EFY" <efydigital@...>
> To: "bobkant@..." <bobkant@...>
> Subject: [OT] Linuxasia 2004
>
> Hi fellow Linuxers ,
>
> We are happy to announce that speaker registration
> for Linux Asia is now open.
> If you wish to present a talk at Linux Asia, please
> register here. Make sure
> that you read the speaker guide before you submit
> your presentation topic. There
> would be a shortlisting of speakers after the
> registration .
>
> for more information about the event , please visit
>
> http://www.linuxasia2004.com/
>
> This is a unique event on Linux and Open Source. A
> place where developers, IT
> entrepreneurs and the Open Source community get
> together.
> Special highlights include
> "The Conference - targeted at IT entrepreneurs, top
> industry executives, government
> technocrats, education specialists and technologists
> "Technology Workshops - listen and learn from the
> OSS gurus
> "The Hub - an 80 to 100 node network demonstrating
> Linux and its various applications
> "The Expo - the perfect venue to see and experience
> the latest Open Source products
> and solutions
>
>
> Event is geared to become the largest event on IT
> ,in theis part of the globe
> .We hope to see you all at Linux Asia 2004 , 11th
> 12th and 13th of february 2004
>
>
> Cheers : )
> Abhishek Kumar
>
> P.S : please forward this mail to all the Linux
> users . Let the Linux users of
> india unite .
>
>
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Hi Friends,
Now you can get the latest on the Linux Kernel version, both in development and
production stage directly from our SunnyLUG's website
(http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/suncityjodhpurlug/).
This service is brought to you courtesy Linux Headquarters which monitors
current kernel developments and automatically retrieves new patch information as
it becomes available.
Now this is available at SunnyLUG. So check it out.
-TARUN
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Linux Kernel "Holds Up Admirably" During 3 Months' Strenuous Testing
According to tests conducted at IBM's Linux Technology Center as part of the
Linux Test Project, the Linux kernel and other core OS components are "reliable
and stable" over 30, 60, and 90 days, and can provide "a robust,
enterprise-level environment for customers over long periods of time." Read in
for further details.
Source and complete coverage at:
http://www.linuxworld.com/story/38364.htm
-TARUN
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Novell Inc.has quietly registered for the copyrights on many versions
of the Unix computer operating system that the SCO Group already says
it owns, further muddying the water surrounding a dispute that has
embroiled the Linux open source.
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Dec/12242003/business/122640.asp
-LED
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the SunCityJodhpurLUG
group.
File : /cathedral-bazaar.pdf
Uploaded by : tarunkant_bobby <bobkant@...>
Description : "The Cathedral and the Bazar" by Eric S. Raymond, an excellent
book on open source economics and it's buissness model.
You can access this file at the URL
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/SunCityJodhpurLUG/files/cathedral-bazaar.pdf
To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit
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tarunkant_bobby <bobkant@...>
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the SunCityJodhpurLUG
group.
File : /7Steps2Samadhi.pdf
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Description : "Seven Steps To Software Samadhi", By Niyam Bhushan is an
excellent article to help you migrate from Windows to GNU/Linux
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tarunkant_bobby <bobkant@...>
Microsoft is planning to license its FAT file system specification and
associated intellectual property.
What will be the implications?
An example of implication -any manufacturer of compact flash memory
cards or digital cameras may end up paying Microsoft as much as
$250,000 for the use of the file format. The FAT File System is
covered by several US patents.
For details check out the M$ site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/tech/fat.asp
-LED
Reflecting On Linux Security In 2003
by Mirko Zorz - Wednesday, 24 December 2003.
This has been indeed an interesting year for Linux security. The point of this
article is to offer a view on what the author Mirko Zorz believe to be some of
the most interesting happenings in 2003.
The Linux experts that offer their view on 2003 are Bob Toxen (one of the 162
recognized developers of Berkeley UNIX and author of "Real World Linux
Security") and Marcel Gagne (President of Salmar Consulting, Inc. and author of
"Linux System Administration - A User's Guide" and "Moving to Linux").
The article is indeed very well written and should be given one read.
Available at: http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=623
Some Snippetes are as follows:
[SNIP]
What can we expect in 2004? The Linux community is growing and just at the end
of 2003 we have the long-awaited 2.6.0 kernel to upgrade to. With every year
since the birth of Linux we've only seen improvements so I think there's only a
bright future ahead.
[/SNIP]
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-TARUN
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Dear Friends,
First of all let me have the pleasure to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
The new year is round the corner. And as we say good bye to the year 2003, it's
time we put on our retrospection caps on and try peeking back into the Linux
World 2003. To aid you in that, here is a very nice article that has appeared on
the net at PCPRO's website entitled "The Linux year in brief"
It's worth a reading. It's available at:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=51784
Regards
-TARUN
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A report has appeared at 'InternetNews.com' by Michael Floyd which throws light
on a recent survey by Evan Bauer, a principal research fellow with Robert
Frances Group (http://www.rfgonline.com). In this just-completed survey the IT
consulting firm conducted with 15 companies about Linux deployments suggests
that cost-savings and the General Public License, or GPL, are trumping any
concerns about SCO Group's claim of copyright infringement within parts of
Linux.
Read on the complete survey report at:
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3292511
-TARUN
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Hello Fellow Members!
As you all know, we have a poll going on our LUG. I would request
all of you valuable members to, please, spare sometime and vote.
Its like democracy, your vote is valuable for our LUG to grow!
Please don't over look this mail. Visit the following link
and vote:
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/SunCityJodhpurLUG/polls
The question is:
Can monthly online chat sessions be
good way of substituting monthly
meetings of LUG?
o Good Idea,
o No Need.
Your support is requested and needed!
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SCO Reveals Its 'Secrets' - Linux and Unix Communities Laugh
Bruce Perens, eminence grise of open-source, just got his hands (well alright
then, his eyes) on the SCO code slides--and ended up getting a good laugh at
what he found thereduring the "find the code" treasure hunt.
If this is SCO's best evidence, I wonder if it's possible to charge not only SCO
but the executives behind this farce with any number of "unproven claims" that
lawyers advise me would not be wise to state in a public forum (after all, that
would make me just as bad as SCO, wouldn't it?)
Curious? Are you ready to be awed with SCO's legal acumen? Check out Perens'
thoughts on the subject yourself by following this link:
http://perens.com/Articles/SCOCopiedCode.html
-TARUN
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Thanks!
Hi!
Linux source code is very big and viewing directory by
directory can be a tedious task leading to nowhere.
Below is the online version (HTMLized) of Linux source
code which can show you interdependencies of the code.
http://lxr.linux.no/
For the ctype.h (the file under question of copying) can
be browsed at
http://lxr.linux.no/source/include/linux/ctype.h
Regards
Himanshu
Hi all!
In continuation to the post of Mr. Kant about Linus' comment
on copying of the source code, the link given below says
exactly what it is like in Linus' own words.
I think programmers here should read it!
Linus himself is now a bit ashamed of the code that he himself
written 12 years back in september 1991. He says macro he used in
linux/include/ctype.h (tolower/toupper) are a bit ugly.
Though that article is equally meant for non-programmers as
Linus explains what a piece of code does. But its nice read.
Read the article at:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031222174158852
Regards
Himanshu
Dear SunnyLUGites,
Here is an excellent bashing on the face of SCO's claims by no other tha the
creator of Linux Linus Torvalds himself. Here are the excerpts from a news item
by STEVE LOHR that had appeared in the latest edition of The New York Times.
Complete news item is available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/23/technology/23linux.html
[SNIP]
Linus Torvalds, creator of the popular Linux computer operating system, defended
his work yesterday as not always lovely but original - and certainly not copied,
as a Utah company SCO has contended.
The files listed in SCO's letter are written in the C programming language.
Citing two files, "include/linux/ctype.h" and "lib/ctype.h," Mr. Torvalds said
"some trivial digging shows that those files are actually there in the original
0.01 distribution of Linux" in September 1991.
"I wrote them," Mr. Torvalds noted, "and looking at the original ones I'm a bit
ashamed."
He observed that some of the macros, or programming shortcuts, are "so horribly
ugly that I wouldn't admit to writing them if it wasn't because somebody else
claimed to have done so ;)" - ending his comment with the e-mail symbol for
winking and smiling.
But Mr. Torvalds is also clearly angered by SCO's accusation that much of Linux
was merely copied. "In short," Mr. Torvalds said, "for the files where I
personally checked the history, I can definitely say that those files were
trivially written by me personally, with no copying from any Unix code, ever.
"I can show, and SCO should have been able to see, that the list they show
clearly shows original work, not copied."
[/SNIP]
Long Live Linux
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Hi all!
--------8<---snip---->8-----------------
Actually I firstly discovered UNIX at University where I learned
computer sciences. It was mostly on Sun with Solaris or SunOS, and I
really was impressed by UNIX. In 1995 I had a 386-based PC at home
with MS-DOS/Windows 3.1 runnning on it and of course it was...
extremely frustrating. In particular when you are a student with
absolutely no money, it was impossible to purchase all the development
software for programming in C/C++/Common Lisp and others, or you had
to copy it illegally. And of course it was without the documentation.
So I spent more and more time at Uni working with UNIX. It was the
early WWW times, and I remember I searched for "free Unix" on the Net.
If I remember well, I used Yahoo! which started less than one year
before, and the browser was... Mosaic :-)
The search results showed several Linux pages. That is how I
discovered Linux.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Read it here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?threadid=126031
Digitalsecure
Hi all!
SCO is celebrating the end of one year and the start of the next with
a new twist in its long, ever-changing, and never substantiated legal
saber-rattling against IBM and all things Linux. In this latest turn,
they have embraced the DMCA, claiming in a news release today that
"Distribution of the copyrighted ABI code, or binary code compiled
using the ABI code, with copyright management information deleted or
altered, violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act codified by
Congress at 17 U.S.C. §1202. DMCA liability extends to those who have
reasonable grounds to know that a distribution (or re-distribution as
required by the GPL) of the altered code or copyright information will
induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal an infringement of any right
under the DMCA."
Read complete story here:
http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/12/22/1438247.shtml?tid=85
Digitalsecure
Microsoft has started distributing two online surveys to Linux User
Groups and Linux users in general, one asking primarily about home
computer use, the other about business use. They apparently don't plan
to release the results of their surveys, so we and other people in the
open source community are asking you to look at them and post your
answers and comments here and on other appropriate sites where, in
open source style, everyone can see them. Read on for more information
and links, and please help spread the word about these surveys; as far
as we know, this is the first time Microsoft has asked Linux users why
we use Linux instead of their products, and the more results, the merrier.
http://www.newsforge.com/os/03/12/21/1546240.shtml?tid=11&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94
-LED
Hi all!
Good news is that another community project Fedora
is out now with core 1.
Everyone can download it from
http://fedora.redhat.com/
It can be a nice project work with. Other distro
have reached far to start with.
It is available in 3 ISOs to download.
Regards
Himanshu
Linux legal timeline
Source: eWEEK reporting
URL: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1239838,00.asp
# 1993 Novell Inc. acquires Unix Systems Labs, holder of Unix source code and
patents for $322 million; Novell sells fully paid Unix license to Sun
Microsystems Inc. for $81 million
# Nov. 6, 1995 Novell sells UnixWare to SCO for 6.1 million shares of SCO stock
# Jan. 26, 1996 Novell files 10-K annual report outlining sale of UnixWare and
states that it will continue to receive revenue from existing licenses for older
versions of Unix System source code
# 2000 IBM pledges to spend $1 billion on Linux in 2001
# March 6, 2003 Caldera/SCO announces the filing of a $1 billion lawsuit against
IBM for alleged contract violation
# May 12 SCO sends a letter telling large companies they face legal action if
they use Linux code
# May 16 Caldera officially proposes to shareholders name change to SCO Group
Inc.
# May 19 Reports emerge that Microsoft Corp. bought an SCO Unix license and
rights to an undisclosed patent
# May 28 Novell publicly challenges SCO's assertion that it owns the copyrights
and patents to Unix System V
# June 16 SCO terminates IBM's right to use or distribute IBM's Unix-based AIX
operating system; SCO amends its lawsuit to ask for more than $3 billion from
IBM
# July 21 SCO claims Linux users are violating copyrights for its Unix System V
source code
# Aug. 4 Red Hat Inc. files suit against SCO, claiming itself innocent of Unix
copyright violations
# Aug. 6 SCO sets pricing for the SCO Intellectual Property License for
Linux—$1,399 for single-CPU servers
# Aug. 7 IBM countersues SCO
# Aug. 13 SCO terminates the Unix System V contract for IBM's Sequent software
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Great stuff bashing SCO's claims.
Read on the excerpts below or go to
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1239838,00.asp
for the complete footage.
[SNIP]
There is a laundry list of significant problems with SCO's claims, and eWEEK
Labs recommends that companies not countenance SCO's demands. Before you buy a
license for something, it makes sense to ask what it is you're paying for, and
SCO has not done much to prove or even clearly delineate its claims.
For starters, SCO refuses to identify the code in question. SCO says that its
Unix code is a trade secret and that it will show samples of the infringing code
only to those willing to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
However, two such samples were recently leaked to the public after appearing as
part of a presentation at the SCO Forum in Las Vegas, and the non-infringing
lineage of both were promptly established by the open-source community. Bruce
Perens, an open-source-code lobbyist, has posted an analysis of the samples at
www.perens.com/Articles/SCO/SCOSlideShow.html, in which he points out that both
pieces of code had been released under the open-source BSD license.
Those two samples represent only a small portion of the code SCO holds to be
infringing, but the origin of these samples casts doubt on SCO's allegations.
In any case, a much bigger problem for SCO in its quest to establish ownership
of Linux is that it has distributed the code in question under the GNU GPL
(General Public License)—in other words, it has given it away. SCO says it was
not aware that its intellectual property was included in Linux when it
distributed it, but there are reasons to question this.
SCO is claiming ownership of such a large portion of Linux that it's difficult
to imagine how the company could have marketed and developed Linux distributions
for years without realizing that it was giving its property away. For example,
SCO asserts that more than 829,000 lines of its proprietary symmetric
multiprocessing code has been duplicated in Linux.
Most recently, SCO has taken to challenging the legality of the GPL, asserting
that it is pre-empted by federal copyright law. It's an argument that Columbia
Law School Professor Eben Moglen has characterized as frivolous and based on an
interpretation of copyright law that would invalidate not only the GPL but many
other proprietary software licenses as well.
[/SNIP]
-TARUN
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Hi group!
I have downloaded v2.6.0 and have compiled it.
It was really a fun doing it.
But I am facing 3 major troubles:-
1. X server has failed to work on 2.6.0
2. USB support is not there (Probably I didn't included it)
3. Iptables failed!
For X server do I have to recompile the sourcecode?
Config command is not working.
For more details how I did it go to
http://digitalsecure.port5.com/experience.html
I have also uploaded my precompiled 2.6.0 kernel with its system map.
Any one of you want to try it without compiling it can download it from
http://digitalsecure.port5.com/goodies.html
I would suggest that one should compile 2.6.0 and test how it is.
Regards
Himanshu
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