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A four-part blog article titled "The Linux Desktop Distribution of the Future" offers suggestions on how a future Linux Desktop might work. "It is not intended to be a comprehensive essay, although all the concepts presented here are consider[ed] 'doable,'" writes blogger Jerason Banes

Open-source zealots may continue to play a part in instigating the spread of Linux across the European continent, nearly 14 years after Linus Torvalds hatched the operating system in Finland. But private corporations and public-sector users in Europe typically cite pragmatic reasons for taking up the open-source operating system. They point to price and performance benefits. They want freedom to swap out hardware. They find the operating system reliable. They like its flexibility.

An independent report from investment banking firm SG Cowen & Co says Linux is beginning to bump into constraints that will cause growth to slow and limit its inroads into the Microsoft Windows installed base. The report, authored by SG Cowan managing director and group head of technology research, Drew Brosseau, goes on to paint a cautious picture for investors considering taking a plunge into leading Linux providers Red Hat and Novel. That's remarkable in part because SG Cowan discloses in the report that it holds "1 per cent or more of the common equity securities" of Red Hat.

This is a mini Linux distribution for the Linksys wrt54g. In about 20 seconds, you can install a small set of Linux tools to your access point's ramdisk. The distribution is geared towards those who are curious about casually exploring the internal workings of this device. The installation is strictly to the ram disk of the box. No permanent changes are made. If you mess something up, power-cycle the box

I've never really done any form of review ofSlackware Linux and I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's because it might come across as bias since I consider it one of the most attractive distributions available today. Maybe it's because I've called it home for so many years. Who knows. I will say that I recently changed my mind about it and this is my story.

This is commercial site but the product just looks so cool

The picotux 100 is the world's smallest Linux computer, only slightly larger (35mm×19mm×19mm) than an RJ45 connector. Inside, there is an ARM7 CPU at 55 MHz running uClinux kernel 2.4.27 and Busybox 1.0. Two communication interfaces are provided, 10/100 Mbit half/full duplex Ethernet and a serial port with up to 230.400 baud. Five additional lines can be used for either general input/output or serial handshaking.

Unfortunately for the purveyors of FUD, the SCO suit has not exactly opened the flood gates of litigation. First, SCO's action against Daimler-Chrysler was dismissed outright. Second, the AutoZone suit, while still pending, has been delayed until SCO's primary suit can be litigated.

Aeronix used Linux to build a $99 instant messenger appliance aimed at keeping kids from tying up the family PC while chatting with friends. Naturally, hackers soon appropriated the device for other duties, such as remotely controlling/monitoring Sony's Aibo robot.

In this article, Ibrahim Haddad continues his detailed examination of Carrier Grade Linux, with an overview of CGL distributions, deployments, and some of the challenges ahead.

BIG BLUE has hammered the final nails into OS/2's coffin. It said that all sales of OS/2 will end on the 23rd of December this year, and support for the pre-emptive multitasking operating system will end on the 31st December 2006.

It's doubly ironic that IBM has rather kindly posted a migration page for existing OS/2 users, so that they can easily move to Linux.

The company can now sell its open-source collaboration server packaged with Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server—even to Novell's competitor, Red Hat.

Open Source Development Labs head denies that he knows of any concrete plans for Microsoft to bring its applications to Linux.

The information that Microsoft conceded to offer royalty free in its server interoperability licence is already publicly available, according to a company evaluating the agreement A firm involved in the market testing of Microsoft's server interoperability licence on Wednesday criticised the royalty-free concessions the software giant made in its final offer to the EU.

Yes, you really can make money from"free" software; you just need to have a good business plan.

Marten Mickos, the CEO of MySQL AB, "I believe that it is possible to build a fantastically profitable business on free software, but one must realize that open source/free software is not a business model in itself. It is only a production and distribution method."

Firefox 1.0.5 patches 11 security issues, including a spoofing vulnerability and a tenacious frame-injection flaw. Meanwhile, Mozilla gets closer to a new update system for Firefox 1.1.

Silicon Graphics supplants its proprietary IRIX operating system with Linux in order to enter the supercomputer field. So which bit of news is more surprising: SGI going with Linux, or SGI still being in business?

I knew when I mentioned something negative about the GNU Project’s General Public License (GPL), in my column last week, I would inevitably be accused of arguing the GPL was a bad license. I knew this would happen despite my qualification to the argument that I had released code under the GPL myself.

This week’s show is on web browsers for Linux. While there are waaaay to many available to check them all out on one show, Kelly Penguin Girl and I take a look at 4-5 of them

He goes unrecognized in Portland's coffee shops. He rarely shows up at his suburban Beaverton office. And while Linus Torvalds is a cult figure among computer enthusiasts worldwide, he's essentially invisible in his new home state.

Lead by Progeny, numerous Debian Linux distribution companies and nonprofits consider forming a common core server distribution for the enterprise. But Mandriva and Turbolinux are rethinking their involvement.