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Synaptic and APT help Fedora users manage Linux packages.

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will support new CPU-based security protections designed to stop incoming malicious executable code from being triggered. The improved security feature has been included in 64-bit CPUs from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. since last year, but operating system makers haven't yet built support for the technology into their code...

SourceForge, the world's largest open source software development community, has released the newest version of its Enterprise Grade software namesake from its corporate parent VA Software...But there's a twist to the release this time. SourceForge Enterprise 4.1 is not based on the open source software that runs sourceforge.net. Instead, a company spokesman confirmed, the 4.x generation of SFEE is a complete break from SF.net.

I've been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional seven times. I received the Microsoft Visual FoxPro Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. I've been publishing Visual FoxPro books since 1998. So it may come rather as a surprise to hear that I've been converting my entire company to Linux over the last couple of years.

Live distributions of Linux let you find out if you are compatible with the open source operating system before you make a permanent commitment.

By Rob Enderle. Linux represents a threat and an opportunity for every software and hardware company. Apple is once again at the crossroads.

Smart Breeding hints at the solution -- think of it as open source agriculture. The real problem with biotechnology is not the technology, its the corporate culture. Think of Monsanto as Microsoft. It spends billions of dollars developing a product, the workings of which are keep secret. It protects its investment with patents and licenses other sorts of security measures...

Example: You have the Linux 2.4.26 kernel source. Fact: You want to install the newest 2.4.xx kernel. Problem: You have GCC-3.4.0 installed. Solution: Temporarily install GCC-3.3.3. Here's where relink comes in!

When you need to keep a connection, such as a voice over IP phone call, up when moving from network, use this feature of the Session Initiation Protocol.

The head of Microsoft Corp's Brazilian business unit has criticized government officials' decision to adopted Linux as motivated by ideology. Emilio Umeoka is reported to have said: "The sectors, ministries and governments with which we have had dialogue we have manage to work well with. Where we have encountered an approach much more ideological, not based on the technology area, we fail to discuss effectively."

Q:Do any computer makers offer the option of Linux as the operating system for home users? Linux can run on the same PC hardware used by Windows.

Unix and Linux security solutions provider Symark has introduced a new version of its system administration software, PowerBroker, which supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES. Symark's PowerBroker 3.2 enhances security for these OSes by providing selective delegation of root password, thereby reducing the risk of accidental damage or malicious activity. It also manages privileges and access to third-party applications such as databases, CRM and ERP systems, and file structures for individuals and groups.

Open programming software is gaining momentum in Brazil with the help of the government, which says it wants to develop domestic technology without having to pay hefty license fees charged by software giants.

Fedora Core 2 is one of the most useful operating systems available, but beware of its fast-track pace.

Now is the time to begin implementing open source IP telephony. Here's why.

A former Microsoftie says addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and missed opportunities could doom Seattle’s most successful company.

In June 2004, the developers' conference for the well-known free software photo editor GIMP will be held at the GUADEC conference in Kristiansand, Norway. The GIMP developers are looking for sponsors, big and small, to help finance travel expenses and accommodation.

Weather.com's move to an all-open-source website infrastructure has enabled the company to lower costs while meeting increased capacity demands...the Atlanta-based website serves more than 50 million pages on stormy days, but it runs almost entirely on open-source software and commodity hardware. And since the move to the new architecture, it has slashed IT costs by one-third and increased website processing capacity by 30 per cent.

Microsoft's new policy for licensing its patents has supporters of open source software worried that the company will use a broken government system for protecting intellectual property to beat back gains Linux and other competing software have made in the marketplace.