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Welcome to this year's 44th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Anibal Monsalve Salazar summarised the latest DebConf5 preparation meeting. Joey Hess reported that he has been able to test the new debian-installer remote via network on different architectures which helps ensure that it will run properly.

Pogo Linux announced the PerformanceWare 5864, an eight processor AMD Opteron-based server. This system is the first commercially available Linux-optimized server to use eight AMD Opteron 800-series processors. The computing power of the PerformanceWare 5864 meets the ever growing demands of enterprise databases and high performance computing applications.

Mandrakelinux 10.1 for x86-64 is now available! This new version is compatible with the following 64-bit processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon 64, Intel EM64T.

The Qtopia Linux-based smartphone platform has found its way to China. Datang Mobile plans to manufacture TD-SCDMA Linux phones in early 2005.

When you have to get work done (especially if you're self-employed) it's important to choose the right tools to enhance your productivity. If your work has something to do with a computer, the operating system is especially important. Of all of the OSes that I have used and reviewed over the years -- and I still have all of them available -- I prefer FreeBSD's "new technology release" as my main workstation operating system. Why? Because I can get more work done with it.

Merit Network, a not-for-profit network research organisation, says that Microsoft appears to be staking its claim to various Internet protocols, which may thwart future innovation in the technology -- but Microsoft claims that this is merely a misunderstanding, which it is trying to resolve.

Tinyminds.org is a Linux site that is not tiny at all. There's so much information here it would be difficult to fit all of it into even a big head. Tinyminds has been around since June 2002, providing resources to the community and the Internet at large, in order to fulfill its mission of "bringing users closer to Linux."

Before the dust whipped up by Linux executive Chris Stone's departure from Novell had begun to settle, the company announced today's $536 million settlement payment from Microsoft regarding Novell's NetWare. Industry insiders believe the timing of these two events -- which happened within four days of each other -- is curious, to say the least.

Desktop Linux is almost soup. We only have a few items left on the short list. Will we do it? If history is an indicator, the answer is yes.

How to make a great browser even better. We check out ten extensions that make browsing the web more entertaining and easier if you're a Firefox user.

Opinion:Through its settlements with Sun and Novell, which total more than $2.4 billion, Microsoft has bought an extra dose of punishment from competitors focused on popularizing Linux.

After two and a half years at the top of a list of the world's fastest supercomputers, NEC's Earth Simulator has finally been dethroned: IBM's Blue Gene/L officially is the new king of the hill.

The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has been criticised by anti-patent campaigners on Monday for an article it published last week on the software patent directive.

Borrowing a concept from a very popular open source site, Open Source Risk Management (OSRM) has launched a study today that's designed to assess whether current European laws regarding technology patents actually do what they're supposed to and protect true innovation rather than corporate interests.

Platform Delivers Free Cluster Management Solution Optimized for Dell Linux Clusters

As promised, Novell is releasing its business Linux desktop ahead of schedule.

FreeBSD developers on Saturday announced the release of the final version of FreeBSD 5.3, the open-source operating system. The milestone release is the first stable version of the 5.x development branch, said FreeBSD developer Scott Long in the release announcement.

White Box Enterprise Linux (WBEL) is an attempt to fill the void left by Red Hat's decision to become a purely commercial product. It's not without problems, but it does a bridge the functionality gap between the Fedora Project and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced antitrust settlements with Novell Inc. and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), ending years of legal wrangling.

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