Lilux-info January 2005

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by Eric Dondelinger

Hi, did I miss the news, or did Debian Sarge go stable? AFAIK, it was supposed to go stable (from testing) quite soon, but I haven't seen any news about this - now I'm checking out some Debian documentation, and here [1] I see Sarge as stable, the testing distribution is called Etch (never heard that name before), and unstable still is Sid. On the other hand, the main page of www.debian.org still mentions 3.0 / woody as stable, as does http://www.debian.org/releases/ Oh well, I guess they're deep into preparing that update... still it's somewhat confusing. Greets Eric

21 years

[IT/Linux Days] Banner

by IT/Linux-Days

Dear list members, this time it is just a short message and some files. Contents: --------- 1) BANNERS FOR YOUR HOMEPAGE 2) DON'T FORGET... __________________________________ 1) BANNERS FOR YOUR HOMEPAGE ============================ Attached you find several banners for your homepage. If you have any ability to include one (or more) of them into your website and link it to http://www.it-linux-days.de/ we will be glad about this. There are multiple files in several sizes, all as (patent-free) PNG and (Gimp) XCF format. 2) DON'T FORGET... ================== ...the mail from today. We need: - your papers for your speech - info corner: your entry in the schedule - projects: a list with computers / furniture you need Greetings, Manuel Schneider -- -- IT/Linux-Days 2005 Regio-Messe-Gesellschaft Manuel Schneider Messe Lörrach GmbH Im Wolfischbühl 26 Obermattweg 2 79585 Steinen 79540 Lörrach Telefon: +49 7627 924327 Telefon: +49 7621 940928-0 Telefax: +49 7627 924328 Telefax: +49 7621 940928-21 E-Mail: info(a)it-linux-days.de E-Mail: info(a)messe-loerrach.de http://www.it-linux-days.de/ http://www.messe-loerrach.de/

21 years

[info@it-linux-days.de: IT/Linux Days News: Call for papers, Info Corner, new plan]

by Eric Dondelinger

21 years

[Fwd: The Open Source Observatory launches the Open Source Software Inventory]

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: The Open Source Observatory launches the Open Source Software Inventory Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:28:55 +0100 From: Aisola, Kamini <Kamini.Aisola(a)be.unisys.com> To: <gposs(a)cec.eu.int> The European Commission's Open Source Observatory (OSO) http://europa.eu.int/ida/oso/ is a clearinghouse of information related to free / libre / open source software in the public sector, and is intended to promote and spread the use of best practices in Europe. The OSO is part of the EC's IDA (Interchange of Data between Administrations) programme, and ultimately aims to provide a comprehensive overview of free/libre/open source software policies and activities in the public sector, especially in current and future EU Member States. The OSO recently launched the *OSO Software Inventory, *a catalogue of replicable free / libre / open source software solutions for eGovernment. The aim of the Inventory is to classify and briefly describe these solutions, to provide contact information for the software solution developers, to permit providers and potential users of eGovernment solutions to specify and search for relevant applications, and to thereby allow public administrations to estimate if possible whether and how these solutions might be replicable. We invite you to submit any free / libre / open source software projects that your organisation or team has produced, for inclusion in the OSO Software Inventory. Submission of a software project is easy you only need to fill in an online form (http://europa.eu.int/ida/en/chapter/5649) with a few questions regarding the nature of the software. Within a few days thereafter, you will see your software description online on the Inventory website. We would also appreciate it if you could pass this email on to any software projects you might know of, or post this message to any free or open source software mailing lists. If you have any questions regarding the OSO or the OSO Software Inventory, please feel free to send an email to: gposs(a)cec.eu.int <mailto:gposs@cec.eu.int> Best regards, The IDA-Open Source Observatory Team / / */Links:/* /IDA-OSO: //http://europa.eu.int/ida.oso/// /OSO Software Inventory - Submit your software at: http://europa.eu.int/ida/en/chapter/5649 / /Open Source Software related News on the OSO: http://europa.eu.int/ida/en/chapter/469/ - -- Thierry Coutelier Président LiLux asbl 7, Rue Jacques Sturm L-2556 Luxembourg Office:+352 710725 608 Home:+352 406776 http://www.lilux.lu/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB7OgvPOfrcNNQX7oRApyBAJ0fEEUCectBUI38Ogw8nnkfJaj//ACeNZZI aRbUEtLaahEub2fqiGA8FwE= =eZYh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

21 years

61 députés du Parlement européen poussent à un retour en 1re lecture

by Fred

Pour info ---------- Message transmis ---------- Subject: [BREVETS] Fwd: Soixante et un députés du Parlement européen poussent à un retour en 1re lecture Date: mardi 11 Janvier 2005 05:37 From: "Rene Mages" <rmages(a)linux-azur.org> To: "Liste de diffusion LCBL " <brevets(a)lists.apinc.org> Cc: "Gerald Sedrati-Dinet " <gibus(a)ffii.fr> Salut à tous, Cette motion (cf infra) tombe à point nommé : si la procédure de codécision est -réinitialisée- nous avons toutes les chances d'aborder la nouvelle première lecture dans des conditions beaucoup plus favorables (à nos convictions) que celles dans lesquelles nous étions en 2003 et en 2004. Amicalement. -- Rene Mages (GnuPG key 1024D/2CC455D9 ) rmages*linux-azur.org ---------------------------- Message original ---------------------------- Objet:Soixante et un députés du Parlement européen poussent à un retour en 1re lecture De: "Gérald Sédrati-Dinet (gibus)" <gibus(a)ffii.fr> Date: Lun 10 janvier 2005 12:28 À: "Liste de diffusion FR-PARL FFII" <fr-parl(a)ffii.org> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Une motion pour une résolution, signée par 61 députés du Parlement européen, appelle à une nouvelle première lecture de la directive sur les brevets logiciels. La motion a reçu un soutien appuyé de la part deurodéputés de Pologne et dautres nouveaux états membres. Cependant, de nombreux anciens eurodéputés ont également accueilli favorablement linitiative comme un moyen de sortir de la crise. Crise dans laquelle on a le sentiment que le Conseil a plombé le projet de directive en narrivant pas à conduire une véritable première lecture. Détails sur http://www.ffii.fr/soixante_un_deputes_parlement_europeen_poussent_un_retou… Merci de diffuser largement -- Gérald Sédrati-Dinet Vice-président et représentant en France de la FFII http://www.ffii.fr/ http://eu.ffii.org _______________________________________________ Fr-parl maillist Subscribe through the project system http://www.ffii.org/assoc/knecht/proj/, fine-tune via http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/fr-parl http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/fr-parl -------------------------------------------------------

21 years

IBM slammed over patent giveaway

by Georges Toth

check out this article: http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126979,00.htm some snips: <snip> IBM is a member of pro-patent organisation EICTA. According to sources it has also individually lobbied political parties to push through the directive. </snip> <snip> A spokesman for Germany's ruling Social Democratic (SPD) party, which spoke out against the directive in October, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK that IBM has put pressure on it both individually and through EICTA to support the directive. In particular, Fritz Teufel, the head of IBM's patent department in Germany, has been involved in pushing through the software patent directive, according to Mueller and the FFII, which has a Web page dedicated to Teufel. </snip> <snip> "We've been told all along by the EPO (European Patent Office), the UKPO and the DTI that 'software patents do not hurt open source software', but here is the world's largest software patent holder openly admitting that they do," said Tortolano. "IBM's exclusion of small businesses perfectly highlights that software patent portfolios have enabled multinational corporations to become legislators of who can and cannot develop computer software." </snip> -- regards, Georges Toth

21 years

Re: [Lilux-info] Firefox: http://http/

by Steve Clement

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 pst(a)lilux.lu wrote: | | | Steve Clement wrote: | |> Found a broken link on a website that pointed to: |> |> http://http//goood-website.com |> |> Well see for yourselves what happens when you hit: http://http/ |> in Firefox ;) | | | this really a strange behaviour ... Not really, if Firefox can't resolve a link one of the things it does is querying google.com and displaying the first hit, so all of you html-meta tag specialists why, by googling.com, for: http do I get microsoft as a NON-SPONSORED first link? hmmm, Steve C - -- ION Network Solutions Steve Clement Unix System Administrator 209, rue des Romains L-8041 Bertrange Tel: +352 261 276-2 Fax: +352 261 276-9 mailto:steve@ion.lu http://www.ion.lu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB5YALMH8DIBsiCrgRArqbAKCWSSDppD3LXXL9O6iJLlykhZOCEgCgqSND tum69RN2G1cTsB/PBYABWqo= =9SUP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Firefox: http://http/

by Steve Clement

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Found a broken link on a website that pointed to: http://http//goood-website.com Well see for yourselves what happens when you hit: http://http/ in Firefox ;) dunno what happens in other browsers... nite, Steve C - -- ION Network Solutions Steve Clement Unix System Administrator 209, rue des Romains L-8041 Bertrange Tel: +352 261 276-2 Fax: +352 261 276-9 mailto:steve@ion.lu http://www.ion.lu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB5XH/MH8DIBsiCrgRAgzYAJ0ZcLEj1wa5nE+K0NAUBCdlP3/iygCfdcog ZlT9Gm1otb0WC82QhEoEVnc= =dcj+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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IBM met 500 licences dans le domaine public

by Michel Maria-Sube

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21 years

[Fwd: Re: [Lilux-info] yet another service not running on Linux?]

by jfreres

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Lilux-info] yet another service not running on Linux? Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:40:53 +0100 From: jfreres <jfreres(a)pt.lu> To: linux-info(a)linux.lu References: <20050107213140.GA31850(a)linux.lu> Eric Dondelinger wrote: > Hi, > > I received an advertisement from P&T (got my ADSL connection there) > for their new (?) clearviewonline.lu service, for which a demo is > supposed to be available. The link indicated is as follows: > > https://www.clearviewonline.lu/cgi-bin/clrview/clrview/jsp/accueil.jsp > > Nice start: the certificate is expired. > Nice continuation 1: Requirements IE 5.0+, NN 6.0+, Acrobar Reader. > I'd expect no dependence on any particular webbrowser... > Nice continuation 2: In Konqueror, their "Demonstration" link doesn't > have any effect. > So I retried in Firefox, there I get a popup explaining I should enter > demo/demo for authentication to get a demo. > Nice continuation 3: afer entering demo/demo as indicated, I only get > an error message - Une erreur de traitement est survenue, veuillez > nous en excuser. > > And I'd have thought they'd learned the lesson, what with CCP Connect > working on any platform now... > > Greets Eric > _______________________________________________ > Lilux-info mailing list > Lilux-info(a)lilux.lu > http://lilux.lu/mailman/listinfo/lilux-info > > Hi, I tested it yesterday evening and got the same error message, not only with Linux, but also in Win2000+Firexfox1.0 So one thing is sure: it's NOT a Linux problem, it MAY BE a Firefox problem. But if they say it works in NN6.0+ then it should also work in NN7.x and NN7.2 is totally compatible with Mozilla 1.7.3 and with Firefox1.0, isn't it? So it's strange not to work with Firexfox...? I did not test it with IEx.x because I object to use that insecure browser whenever not necessary. I did not test with Mozilla because I deinstalled Mozilla since I use Firefox+Thunderbird. Maybe the demo itself had a technical problem yesterday ? I will test it once more with Firefox and then with Opera, too. jfreres

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