UNIX SIG
By Christopher J. Fearnley

The Unix SIG will meet from 11-1 as usual.  But I'd appreciate it if
someone could contribute to the Data Bus.  I getting too busy to write
articles each month.

PLUG (Philadelphia Area Linux User's Group) a spin-off from PACS' Unix
SIG meets every other week now.  Send e-mail to cjf@netaxs.com to be
added to the announcements mailing list.

Linus Torvalds announced a code freeze on the 1.3.xx series of
kernels.  This is the first step in the process of stabilizing the
kernel after a rash of new features have been added (including SMP
support, some real time extensions, portability to the DEC Alpha, MIPS
and Sparc architectures, an numerous other features).  The next
version of the Linux kernel will be 2.0 and will be finalized as soon
as all the bugs are ironed out (my guess is six months or so).

FYI, I'll be attending the first conference on Freely Redistributable
Software in Cambridge in early February.  Remind me to tell you how it
went.