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Dear Lina
This week Lina comes to the rescue of an IP masquerading server that was dropping connections at random intervals. That accomplished, she moves on to solve a contradictory message from —surprise —a Windows formatted floppy.
Kernel Cousin debian-hurd #18
More new developers came to the Hurd this week, bringing with them new questions, problems, and solutions. This week features explanations of a number of key issues, such as the Hurd's partition-size limits, Hurd porting, and SMP.
Kernel Traffic #38
The latest stable kernels are still not so stable, with numbers of people reporting crashes and filesystem corruption; but no solution has presented itself so far. Several fascinating implementation discussions and a version control flamewar hit the list this week.
Kernel Cousin Wine #11
This week saw some problems with printers; Marcus Meissner got back from Denmark and reported his experiences; and porting Windows applications to WineLib offered some problems.

Product Comparisons

Our Product Comparisons zero in on the most important aspects of particular Linux software. To rate a product yourself, click on the product name to see what others are saying, then fill out the ratings form with your own evaluation.

Linux Distributions
Criteria: A - installation; B - bundled software; C - administration; D - ownership cost; E - support
Product# of RatingsComposite Score A B C D E
Black Lab Linux 37 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.3
Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 215 3.4 4.3 3.3 3.2 3.4 3
Debian 2.1 616 4.1 3.5 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.1
LinuxPPC 1999 84 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.3
Mandrake 6.0 393 4.0 4.2 4 3.9 4.2 3.6
Red Hat Linux 6.0 962 3.1 3.3 3.2 3 3 3
Slackware 4.0 2019 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.2
SuSE Linux 6.1 502 3.7 3.8 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.4
TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 77 1.9 2 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8
Yellow Dog Champion Server 1.1 430 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6
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