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Gimp Hits 2.0

I took one day off and Microsoft are fined (a not so huge amount in terms of their cash-pile, and there could be further ramifications for the Free Software movement.) the previous day, and GIMP 2.0 is released! I’d link to gimp.org but that site’s down and out. Here’s the usual Slashdot discussion on the matter including links to a Windows Gimp binary release. Apparently it’s much improved on previous versions!
Here’s the list of mirrors in case you want to download the source tarball now. Some mirrors haven’t updated yet, but gd.tuwien.ac.at has!

My Settop Box – Easy Linux PVR

This project looks promising. It’s an attempt to make MythTV easier to install by supplying it with Knoppix. AFAICT you install the backend on your server and it’s even possible to run the frontend from the Knoppix CD on a different machine. Unfortunately the recommended hardware spec is well beyond any of the machines I own. That said, I’ve downloaded the ISO so I’ll certainly give it a go!

Morning Ireland piece on MyDoom virus

In a radio interview (realaudio link) this morning an “expert” told the nation that the DDOS attack on SCO was orchestrated by “people who are promoting a thing called open system software where by you can have competitors for the Microsoft products which are essentially free.” Peter Aherne provided a brief transcript of the interview and it looks shocking in it’s ignorance of the facts!
There’s a lengthy thread on the ILUG about it including links to articles debunking the interview.
The serious accusations in this interview need an answer and sooner rather than later!
Update! Nils posted a cleaned up transcript of the interview, and Gavin McCullagh posted one too.

Netcraft: www.sco.com is a weapon of mass destruction

This is so funny! 🙂 Go read it and wait and see if SCO slashdots Slashdot!

Much of the commentary on the SCO distributed denial of service scenario, including our own, has been based on the premise that SCO badly wants to keep their web site running. This may not be the case: unlike Microsoft, which has a real business to run and a real need to keep its web site operational, SCO Executives may not strongly care about the availability of www.sco.com. After all, Michael Doyle’s half a billion dollar patent win against Microsoft scarcely hinged on the response times of the Eolas web site.

In fact, the author of the MyDoom virus has delegated control of the most enormous volume of http traffic that the Internet has yet seen to hostmaster@sco.com. On a whim, SCO can direct that Tsunami at an object of their choosing, simply by changing an A record in named.conf in time for the change to propagate by Sunday.

What Linux browser do you use?

Jesse Long is carrying out a survey to find out what browser Linux users use. If you use Linux please visit her site and complete the survey. It’s short, and she’ll be publishing the results soon so get your votes in quick!
A thought occurred to me, she could simply use the browser identification to find out what browser the user is using, and they’ll usually have the OS in there somewhere too.
Update! Jesse mailed me saying it was a short term survey so check the CLUG archives for the url if you want to do it!

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