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XPde is a Linux desktop that looks so frighteningly close to Windows XP I didn't recognize it as other than XP itself. From the XPde website: "It's a complete desktop environment for Linux on x86. It tries to make easier for Windows XP users to use a Linux box. Nothing more, no clipboard compatibility between Gtk and Qt applications, no emulation of Windows applications, no unification on the widgets of X applications, just a desktop environment." Well, you just have to see it to believe it. Here come the screenshots.

Novell Asia has urged the Philippine government to take a closer look at Linux, citing that adopting the open source operating system would be crucial to safeguarding the security and integrity of its computer networks.

ActivMedia has increased the computing power in its Debian Linux powered surveillance robot between 4 and 6 times, while raising power consumption marginally, according to SBC (single board computer) supplier VersaLogic, which will demonstrate the $30,000 "PatrolBot" at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston next month.

Developers of KDE have announced plans to simplify searching for files on the open-source Linux desktop environment by adding a Google-style search feature.

Peripheral maker LaCie released on Thursday a mobile hard drive loaded with MandrakeSoft's version of the Linux operating system.

There are a number of promising technical papers under consideration by the Internet Engineering Task Force which deal with the ever-growing problem of spam. Most of them seek to attack the spam problem obliquely rather than head on. These techniques avoid looking at message content in an attempt to determine if an email is spam or not. Instead, they focus on authenticating the sender. Since most spam comes from forged email addresses, eliminating such forgery would be a big step up in the fight against spam. In this article we'll look at the evolution of the current Sender ID proposals, and we'll also examine some of the non-technical barriers which might prevent any of the proposed solutions from ever working.

Telstra's recent cut-price desktop software deal with Microsoft has rapidly made its way into the marketing arsenal of at least one enterprising open source vendor.

Server maker IBM Corp. and commercial Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. say that they have jumped through the rigorous Common Criteria security certifications used by the U.S. government (and particularly the Department of Defense) to certify if a particular server and operating system stack is secure enough for deployment in sensitive situations.

Premier Linux advocacy organization creates executive legal role to focus on industry issues affecting IP, patents and copyright

In part I we examined some of the issues facing FLOSS in Eastern Europe. In this article we'll look more closely at how interested parties keep the playing field uneven and discourage the adoption of FLOSS solutions that might be more appropriate for this part of the world.

With security holes to the left of us and program incompatibilities to the right, SP2 is giving corporate IT departments more reasons than ever to consider a move to Linux desktops.

A conversation with one of the founders of YHD Software, the company supplying Emergency Response Network systems to the FBI and DHS.

Writing about aKademy can begin to feel a little like writing a soap opera guide without the romance (so far). To save your patience, this report from the first two days of the coding marathon will focus largely on the scheduled content, and in particular on developments in accessibility, usability and local KDE groups. The coding marathon lasts for five days, in between the developer conference and the user conference, and allows the project's hackers to work solidly for just under a week under the same roof, and spend time discussing and working on practical issues. Alongside the marathon, a series of tutorials are being run by some of the top hackers and professionals in their fields.

One XML's many uses is creating documentation. XML is incredibly well suited to producing output in multiple formats -- everything from HTML to PDF to JavaHelp. The most popular variant of XML for creating documentation is DocBook, but for all its power and flexibility, DocBook is difficult to learn, and the DocBook toolchain can be tough to set up. Consider instead AurigaDoc, an XML-based document engine that can output more than 10 commonly used document formats. Unlike DocBook, AurigaDoc is simple to learn; it uses a small number of tags, and yet produces clean and attractive output.

Well the latest version of Knoppix, 3.6, has been released, something you can tell because all the usual sites are either responding slowly or are completely down.

Chip firm Via said it has made improvements to its Xine open source player which supports MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 video acceleration for entertainment devices.

Microsoft is expanding a plan to draw mainframe customers to Windows for high-end applications.