[PLUG] News you may not have read

[Rich Shepard]

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XFCE, ICEWM & ENLIGHTENMENT COMPARED
     (Source: LinuxWorld.com) Xfce is mostly a CDE clone, I
recommend Icewm to those comfortable with the Windows 9x taskbar,
Enlightenment runs quite fast & is stable, but I'm appalled by
the garish look of the themes.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=714372

PAUL VIXIE: OPEN SOURCE THE ONLY WAY FORWARD
     (Source: Bio-IT World) 'Eventually,' says Internet pioneer
Paul Vixie, 'even Microsoft will have to embrace open source.'
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=714373

RASH OF VULNERABILITIES COME TO LIGHT
     (Source: ITworld.com) A bug in Apache was discovered that
allows a remote attacker to run code of their choice as the Web
server user.Depending on whom you ask, this vulnerability is not
exploitable on Linux, only BSD and Windows.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=714375

LOOKING INTO LINDOWS
     (Source: InfoWorld.com) LindowsOS is a Linux-based operating
system focused on the consumer desktop market. Lindows made
headlines after claiming it would run Windows software, but that
focus apparently disappeared when its business relationship with
CodeWeavers dissolved in April.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=714376

MICROSOFT'S LICENSE MANIPULATION
     (Source: InfoWorld.com) As the July 31st deadline for
customers to decide their volume-license strategy approaches,
however, the confusion and angst readers are expressing about the
program is getting worse.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=714377

SHARP RISE IN WEB SITE DEFACEMENTS ON LINUX SERVERS
     (Source: IDG.net) The number of defacements of Web sites on
Linux-based systems recorded by London security consultancy mi2g
rose significantly in the first half of 2002, a company spokesman
said Tuesday.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=714380