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Linux is no threat to Microsoft and any claims to the contrary are simply a misconception created by sensationalism and media hype, Microsoft Australia's platform strategy manager Paul Roworth said on Wednesday.

IBM is putting final touches to plans for a Linux competency centre in South Africa.

Software maker Actuate on Tuesday proposed a project within the Eclipse open-source foundation to create freely available business intelligence and reporting software.

Lex and yacc are tools to automatically build C code suitable for parsing things in simple languages. These tools are most often used for parts of compilers or interpreters, or for reading configuration files. In the first of two articles, Peter Seebach explains what lex and yacc actually do and shows how to use them for simple tasks.

Here is a press-release about a new innovative product designed by Mandrakesoft and LaCie. "Globetrotter" is a mobile $219 Linux system on a USB hard-drive, in the spirit of Mandrakemove.

David Welton proposed the creation of a Linux Incompatibility List, a wiki-type web site used for tracking hardware devices that are currently known to not work with the Linux kernel.

The month of August marks a major milestone for the KDE project. Along with the occurance of the KDE Community World Summit 2004, "aKademy", the KDE team has released version 3.3 of the K Desktop Environment. This is the quickest release cycle in recent history, coming roughly six months after the release of KDE 3.2. To put this into perspective, KDE 3.2 took over a year to complete. Does this mean fewer features, less polish, or more bugs? Certainly not!

Debian based DebXPde 20-8-2004, codenamed Barnix (Barnfield College's remastering of Knoppix) features XP styled XPde as it's default desktop environment.

New Beta Version Open Source Dialer Permits AOL Subscribers to Use Linux Operating System

Turku, the second largest city in Finland, has dropped its plan to switch from the Windows OS and application software to Open Office and Linux.

Windows users who need access to the tools available with Linux while running Windows, without having access to a separate machine, have until recently had two choices: if they simply need POSIX tools, they can install Cygwin; if they need a full Linux system, they can install Linux using a virtual machine such as Cygwin. Cooperative Linux provides a third choice: now users can run Linux alongside Windows.

The International Open Source Network (IOSN), an organization funded by the United Nations, has released a beginner's manual for the Linux desktop. The manual was created with the hope of nudging the fledgling tech sector in developing countries towards Open Source software options.

The United Nations, through its International Open Source Network (IOSN) will organize the first annual Software Freedom Day on Saturday in an effort to educate Asian users about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and encourage its wider use in the region.

Developers behind the next version of KDE, an open-source Linux desktop environment, are trying to make their software more accessible to people with disabilities.

Like many (if not most) open source developers, I use Mailman, the GNU mailing list manager, for all of my newsletter requirements. Recently, however, I began playing with a different one-way announcement-type newsletter mailer. It's called PHPlist, and as you might guess, in contrast to Mailman, it's not Python powered. Beyond the language difference, it adds a number of useful default features, including email from RSS feeds and sophisticated user management that really extends the power of an announcement-based mailing list.

Representatives from three of Australia's major political parties are expected to detail their policies on open source, Linux and open standards at an industry group conference early next month.

MEN Mikro Elektronik claims to be one of the first European embedded computer suppliers to join the MontaVista Linux software certification program.

Several organisations will celebrate Saturday's International Software Freedom Day by hosting open source events around the country. The Go Open Source campaign and various Linux user groups will host open source install fests in all major city centres around the country, at which members of the public are invited to bring in their PCs and have open source software installed under the guidance of a trained specialist. The events will also feature displays of the latest available software.

Lately there have been a fair amount of "Linux is not ready for the desktop" articles around the web. There are complaints about the trouble of installing and configuring systems. One recurring comment is that there are a lack of pre-loaded systems available. LinuxCertified is one company that offers Linux pre-loaded on laptops, which have a reputation of being somewhat of a bear to install on. Linuxlookup.com was eager to see if LinuxCertified's offering was "ready for the desktop (or laptop)". Read the full review.