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    What distribution will your handheld system run? Palm Computing's
    dominance in the handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) market
    seems to be coming to an end. The new PDA systems provide far more
    power and functionality; they are full-strength computers in their own
    right. And Linux is the obvious system to run on them. But it will be
    interesting to see which Linux that will be.
    
    At the moment, the company that most obviously appears to be making a
    determined effort to be the supplier of Linux for handheld systems is
    Lineo. Sharp's [44]new Linux-based PDA uses Lineo's distribution and
    tools, of course; according to [45]this announcement the next
    generation PDA (which will be sold in the U.S.) will also be developed
    with Lineo.
    
    Lineo has also [46]announced a deal with Insignia, Opera, and
    Trolltech to create "Embedix Plus for Smart Handheld Devices." The
    carefully-worded release describes the "open standards platform" which
    will be developed by these companies. It will doubtless be a
    well-designed system, but it will not be an "open source" platform.
    Don't expect to be able to download your copy anytime soon.
    
    The other company that is making a try for handheld systems is
    Transvirtual, with its [47]PocketLinux system. At a first glance,
    PocketLinux appears to be grinding to a halt - there has been no
    release since 1.0 in January, and mailing list traffic has slowed to a
    stop. One could be forgiven for thinking that things look grim for
    those wanting to run a 100% free system on their PDAs. Appearances can
    be deceptive, however.
    
    Transvirtual has been quiet, evidently, due to a move into a new,
    larger office in San Francisco. There are also rumors about a new
    round of financing that is to be announced soon. But it does seem that
    there will be a major change with PocketLinux - new releases are going
    to be based on a different system, called [48]Familiar.
    
    Familiar is a bit of a stealth project; your editor must confess to
    having been ignorant of it until recently. A quick look, though,
    reveals that work on a free handheld distribution is proceeding
    nicely. Familiar is a new distribution being produced as part of the
    [49]Handhelds.org project; it is currently oriented toward the Compaq
    iPAQ system, but, as it stabilizes, it will certainly be ported to
    other platforms as well.
    
    Familiar is loosely based on the Debian ARM distribution, but it uses
    its own (smaller, simpler) package manager ("ipkg"). Much of the
    development work on handheld applications (the first appears to be a
    contact manager) is being done with Python, Gtk, and GDK. The [50]0.4
    release came out on May 14.
    
    The Familiar distribution looks like it will be the base for most
    other free handheld systems. As mentioned, PocketLinux will be using
    it; Transvirtual will undoubtedly add Kaffe and a bunch of other Java
    goodies as well. The [51]Intimate distribution adds full Debian
    package management, at the cost of not fitting into a
    minimally-equipped iPAQ.
    
    As the next generations of handheld systems arrive, the commercial
    distributors will doubtless come out with high-quality products that
    run on them. But the work on Familiar (and derivatives) is important -
    it is defining the shape, and providing much of the source, that
    future handheld distributions will have. Now if only those iPAQ
    systems were a little cheaper...
    
    The empire strikes harder. For those who still haven't seen it,
    [52]this interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in the Chicago Sun
    Times is worth a look. Here are his comments on Linux:
    
      Open source is not available to commercial companies. The way the
      license is written, if you use any open-source software, you have
      to make the rest of your software open source. If the government
      wants to put something in the public domain, it should. Linux is
      not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in
      an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the
      way that the license works.
      
    We are, of course, getting used to critical comments from Microsoft.
    As the company gets more worried, the attacks are becoming more
    frequent and more pointed. Even so, describing Linux as "a cancer"
    seems like a bit much. Even for Steve Ballmer. The only rational
    response is to laugh.
    
    The worst part of those comments, however, is not the comparison
    between free software and deadly diseases. It is this line:
    
      The way the license is written, if you use any open-source
      software, you have to make the rest of your software open source.
      
    Anybody who has looked at free software licenses at all knows that the
    above is not true - even for the GPL, which is far from the only free
    license. The CEO of Microsoft can be reasonably expected to know what
    he is talking about when criticising the competition. Words like
    "unamerican" or "cancer" are value judgements. The above, instead, is
    a blatant, deliberate lie.
    
    Microsoft, clearly, wants to scare companies away from Linux with this
    sort of untruth. It seems unlikely to work. Quite a few companies are
    working with free software, and there is a distinct lack of horror
    stories about those companies losing the rights to their own software.
    Even the most risk-averse of companies will eventually figure that one
    out. But we have seen how the opposition plans to play; it's going to
    be an interesting time.
    
    For a longer analysis of Mr. Ballmer's comments, see [53]this missive
    from Eric Raymond. "In the open-source community, we have a favorite
    quote from Mohandas Gandhi: 'First they ignore you. Then they laugh at
    you. Then they fight you. Then you win.' Evidently, we're getting
    close to winning."
    
    Craig Mundie to speak at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. When an
    opponent is spreading untruths, often the best thing to do is to shine
    a light on what they are saying. So O'Reilly is to be congratulated
    for [54]its announcement that Microsoft VP Craig Mundie will be
    presenting the "shared source" program at the [55]Open Source
    Convention, to be held in San Diego next month. Mr. Mundie will be
    followed by Michael Tiemann, who will take the "open source" side.
    There will then be a panel discussion.
    
    This event is likely to draw some media attention. Given the setting,
    Mr. Mundie will not be able to get away with untruthful statements
    about free software, so he is likely to come off in a rather different
    light. Maybe he'll even learn something. We're looking forward to the
    event.
    
    Another DMCA lawsuit - with a twist. Here's [56]a press release from
    the EFF about a lawsuit launched by Professor Edward Felten and
    associates against the RIAA, the SDMI, Verance, and the U.S. Justice
    Department. Essentially, the suit is asking the court to rule that
    Prof. Felten may present his paper on the cracking of the SDMI
    watermarking system without fear of legal reprisal. The legal route is
    being taken because, among other things, a simple "permission note"
    from the SDMI would not be sufficient. The point, of course, is that
    researchers should not have to ask permission from corporate interests
    before publishing their findings.
    
    More information on the action, including the full text of the legal
    filing, may be found on [57]the EFF's 'Felten v. RIAA' page. We wish
    them luck.
    
    Penguin Gallery update. [58][Penguin example] After far too much
    delay, the [59]LWN.net Penguin Gallery has been updated by Dennis
    Tenney. There are now some 350 penguins on 13 pages; some of them are
    quite imaginative. Have a look to see what Tux has been up to...
    
    Time for a thank-you note. Last week we posted a reader survey and a
    request for volunteers to fill it out for us. We have received
    thousands of responses over the last week, despite the fact that
    numerous people had difficulties with the Tucows survey form. We
    greatly appreciate all of you who have taken the time to fill out the
    survey and provide us with much-needed information. One of the best
    things about producing LWN is the quality of readers we have been able
    to attract. Thanks!
    
    We're just beginning to look at the results of the survey; several
    hundred of you supplied additional comments, so it's going to take us
    a while. We'll get back to you with what we learned once the process
    is complete.
    
    Inside this week's Linux Weekly News:
      * [60]Security: Happy Birthday, PGP, Kaladix Linux, tcp_wrappers
        license, new vulnerabilities in OpenSSH, sendmail, man, xinetd,
        qpopper, ispell and more.
      * [61]Kernel: Eliminating bounce buffers; swap problems again.
      * [62]Distributions: Lots and lots of new distributions!
      * [63]On the Desktop: Syncing feelings with Palm Pilots, DVD for
        Linux, KDE 2.2.
      * [64]Development: XFree86 4.1.0, Writing FAQs, WorldForge update,
        g95, Perl module tracking, the state of XML.
      * [65]Commerce: Sharp does Linux, the Zaurus way.
      * [66]History: Tux turns 5, as does the 2.0 kernel. How Eazel looked
        last year.
      * [67]Letters: In defense of the desktop page; auditing; licensing
        and marxism.
        
    ...plus the usual array of reports, updates, and announcements.
    
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