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When looking for a Web hosting server, one of the first things you often have to consider is what operating system the server will run. Now, this article is not about proving that one OS is better or worse than another, and if you already have a bias, then I would recommend you stick to it. This article is not trying to convince you to change.

Peter Naulls' Debian ARM Linux project will be demonstrating at this weekend's Wakefield show, in Yorkshire, UK. Up until recently, Debian ARM for RiscPCs had been unusuable and uninstallable due to lack of maintenance, and Peter was pleased to announce that as of late, "these issues have now been largely addressed (with caveats), and support added for Kinetic machines and RapIDE IDE cards."

Citing a report released in March by Forrester Research, Chan said Microsoft is the only company that fixed all the flaws found in its platform, unlike Red Hat Inc, Debian Systems, Mandrakesoft and Suse, who are the major developers of the open-source Linux operating system.

An increasing number of large corporations in SA [South Africa] are adopting Linux technology for use in their mission-critical and server environments.

A House of Representatives subcommittee convened Wednesday for the first hearing devoted to a proposal to defang the DMCA, a 1998 law that broadly restricts bypassing copy-protection technologies used in DVDs, a few music CDs and some software programs.

I've been trying Linux on and off for a couple of years. My first experience with Linux was with a version of Slackware (can't remember) way back in 1996. At the time the installation was so daunting that I gave up all together. For a little background I consider myself a proficient computer user.

Novell is adding enterprise-level help for its Linux products to its Premium Service technical support program. The service program, which offers different levels of remote and managed support for large businesses running Novell software, will be expanded to its SuSE Linux operating system and other Novell Linux products, the software maker said on Wednesday.

On May 10th, ICS presented a Qt Developer Conference in Waltham, Massachusetts. Over 100 developers were on hand to hear presentations from Havaard Nord (TrollTech CEO), Jasmin Blanchette (TrollTech uber-developer) and Matthias Kalle Dalheimer (Klarälvdalens Datakonsult CEO).

This is part 2 in a four-part series of articles that is roughly a response to "The Magic Cauldron," the seminal work on open source economics written by Eric Raymond. This article discusses points relating to the comparative merits of open source and proprietary software.

The recent launch of IBM's Office application suite is part of a broader challenge to Microsoft's entire .Net development framework, say industry experts

A report from Karlsruhe on the second annual event.

First vendor to support entire Linux environment, from data center to desktop; Extensive enterprise expertise and global support network provide customers comfort level in Linux deployments; Server-based and small business Linux support initiatives complement enterprise offering.

When you quit picking on Windows and start picking on Unix vendors for not being "Linuxy" enough, you've become a true zealot. However, if you consider administration, education, software development, and the labor market (at least in the U.S.), the notion of Linux being the de facto standard Unix starts to look a little less goofy.

The third day of the KMDI Open Source conference at the University of Toronto produced no clashes between open source and proprietary advocates and started with the only split session of the three-day event. In one room, a discussion took place on open source in medicine. In the other, the discussion focused around open source and open content in education.

How can you make the C++ object model take advantage of thebenefits of shared memory? It isn't easy, but it is possible. Thisarticle by IBMer and C++ guru Sachin O. Agrawal shows how, with detailedcode samples, output log samples, tips, and caveats.

Linux is evolving as the predominant OS of the new millennium and legacy OSes like OS/2 are getting phased out gradually. This series of article(s) attempts to help the developers involved in the tedious process of migrating/porting the OS/2 system drivers/application to linux. It provides a one-to-one mapping of various OS/2 to linux calls related to threads, IPC, memory mgmt, timer handling, file handling etc. In addition it also captures the various preprocessor directives, compiler/linker options which can be mapped from OS/2 to linux. Part 2 covers mapping of system calls related to memory mgmt, file handling, and device driver interface.

This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter brings you an update on the Gentoo Documentation Project as well as some information about GLEP 26, which has to do with Portage's handling of kernels. Further down you'll find security announcements you'll want to peruse, community coverage, and a tip about renaming many files at a time. Enjoy!