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This week the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter has news about the Gentoo Foundation's website redesign contest, a report and pictures from the Gentoo PPC Developer Meeting in Germany last week, and plenty of community coverage, international news, and 'Gentoo in the press' references.

"The pre-rc2 release is a preview of new features we hope to add to the next release candidate. This release is an opportunity to get some wider testing of our most recent improvements to the installer before we declare it stable and ready for the release of sarge."

When Perl isn't fast enough, you can have applications interact with Oracle databases by using C.

Trashware often means "badly designed or useless software," but in recent years the term has came to indicate something else which could have an important impact on computer users. I use trashware to refer to trashed hardware. We all see perfectly good working computers dumped as soon as the latest and cutest software slows them down. But trashware is not trash, and a number of groups are working to save those "obsolete" computers from the landfill and using free software to make them useful again for fun, profit, or service.

Leading distributor of Linux open source solutions to the enterprise Red Hat, Inc has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with America Online, Inc to acquire certain assets of Netscape Security Solutions.

TCM's Conference Will Feature Major Corporations Such as Red Hat, FEMA, Oracle, IBM and Northrop Grumman

Novell, the leading provider of information solutions, announced today at GITEX Dubai 2004 that it continues to appoint new channel partners to support the growing demand in the Middle East for Linux-based solutions.

Recent news about Ubuntu had peaked my interest. Debian based, good development team, the Ubuntu philosophy and an active community.

A smashingly successful Ohio LinuxFest has just finished, and our on-the-scene (and anonymous) reporter has written an excellent (and at times hilarious) roundup of the event. Congratulations go out to the organizers of the OLF, and a special thanks to maddog for helping them with last minute needs. Well done all!

Statistics and feedback from the 2004 Ohio Linux Fest. There's a story here of community. Jon (Maddog) Hall helped save the event by providing last minute funding, which IBM quickly covered. The planners have chosen a format that works (the time is just right, not too long, not too short) and the venue is perfect.

The Mozilla Foundation today released Firefox 0.10.1, which patches a security hole that was discovered this week. Users can download a new build of Firefox, wait for the automatic update to prompt you to upgrade, or install the XPI to upgrade it. Users are urged to upgrade Firefox. The hole is not known to affect any other Mozilla applications.

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, during an appearance here Friday at the Computer History Museum, expressed no fear of Linux usurping Windows in the software industry.

'Red Hat and the open-source community should be ecstatic,' says Matthew Szulik. After his company announced that it's acquiring security and authentication tools from Netscape Security Solutions to bolster its software arsenal, Red Hat Inc. CEO and Chairman Matthew Szulik spoke with Computerworld senior reporter Todd R. Weiss about the future strategy of the Raleigh, N.C.-based Linux vendor.

The French Ministry of Defense will put up €7 million over the next three years to fund an industrial consortium building a Linux-based operating system that can achieve EAL5 certification. The coalition includes Bertin Technologies, SURLOG, Jaluna, Mandrakesoft, and OPPIDA.

Charles Cooper, executive editor of CNET News.com has switched from IE to Firefox, while Arik Hesseldahl of Forbes.com is also singing Firefox's praises. Meanwhile, InternetWeek is the latest site to ask if the browser wars are back.

Prentice Hall has published a book about open source licenses by well-known intellectual property lawyer Larry Rosen. Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law is a plain-English guide to open source law for developers, managers, users, and lawyers.

2004. The Mozilla Foundation releases an important security update for Firefox. All users should upgrade to the latest version of the Firefox Preview Release. A patch is available for current Preview Release users.

O'Reilly has published a book that explores Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System (JDS), giving users new and already familiar with the Linux desktop an in-depth look. While the authors say JDS behaves pretty much the way a Windows or Mac user would expect, the more powerful features of JDS make it a standout for home or office use.

No, Linux desktops' multimedia capabilities are not on par with Windows' -- things are now at the point where Linux is preferable to Windows.

With a career spanning nearly four decades, Todd Rundgren has done virtually everything. Literally. He's produced best-selling records, composed scores, and released several solo albums, including the first interactive music album ever, No World Record in 1993. He's also an accomplished hacker. According to Rundgren, if he hadn't discovered music, he'd probably be a Linux geek. Read our exclusive interview with Todd, the god.