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Linux : Articles : Running Linux with Office XP: Is it ready for business?
Posted: ( Thu 3rd Jul 2003 01:09:59[PM] UTC )
Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the desktop. That all just changed

Linux : Articles : Sinbad Hears Linux's Siren Song
Posted: ( Thu 3rd Jul 2003 09:56:16[AM] UTC )
A thousand years ago, people were telling the story of Sinbad the Sailor and his seven amazing voyages. Now the swashbuckling sailor has been given new life with Linux.

Linux : Opinions : Transparent Linux safe from SCO
Posted: ( Sat 28th Jun 2003 09:41:48[AM] UTC )
In response to the Cnet, June 24, 2003, Perspectives column by Richard Wilder, "Open source's moment of truth": Mr. Wilder takes the preposterous claims from SCO Group as a cautionary tale regarding open-source adoption. He's mistaken.

Linux : Opinions : Open source's moment of truth
Posted: ( Wed 25th Jun 2003 11:01:14[AM] UTC )
Over the past several years, corporate America has warmed to open-source software programs such as the Linux operating system and the Apache Web server.

Linux : Articles : VMWare Workstation 4.0 Review
Posted: ( Wed 25th Jun 2003 10:59:50[AM] UTC )
If you have a mixed network like I do sometimes you have to compromise. At my job we run Windows, Linux and a sole Mac (Graphics dept.) and lets face it, when you do consulting work and if you design and develop custom applications you have to be able to develop for your clients platform and as much as I hate it, it's a Windows world. Before I used to have 2 workstations, one Windows and one Linux, or I had to dual boot. In the past, virtual machines have been lacking. Either they were too slow or lacking a certain pizazz to get the job done. Enter VMWare Workstation 4.

Linux : Websites : AboutDebian.com Linux Guides
Posted: ( Mon 23rd Jun 2003 05:10:04[PM] UTC )
Step-by-step guides walk you through the installation and configuration of numerous types of LAN, Internet, and gateway servers.

Linux : Interviews : Interview with Ximian's Nat Friedman
Posted: ( Thu 5th Jun 2003 05:41:12[AM] UTC )
OSNews features a 4-page interview with Nat Friedman, Co-Founder and Vice-President of Product Development at Ximian. They discuss a lot of interesting topics, ranging from Ximian's products, to Apple, to Linux on the desktop and much more.

Linux : Opinions : Killing Linux
Posted: ( Thu 5th Jun 2003 05:40:38[AM] UTC )
The Linux community seems to be taking very lightly the recent events surrounding the SCO-versus-IBM lawsuit and SCO's claim that Linux relies on Unix in unfair ways. One writer calls the situation a farce, while another thinks it's laughable and stupid. Linus Torvalds has reportedly said it is not much different than a Jerry Springer Show—mere entertainment. The Linux community seems to have put its collective head in the sand. Nobody seems to realize that Linux and the entire open-source movement are at grave risk. Apparently the open-source idealists don't understand the quirks of the legal system.

Linux : Articles : The Wrong Choice: Sometimes it's Linux, consultant says
Posted: ( Mon 2nd Jun 2003 09:10:38[AM] UTC )
An IT consultant says Linux was the wrong choice for one of his clients -- one who ended up getting done in by a remote programmer with too big a fingerprint on a custom application.

Linux : Articles : Ten reasons to turn to open source support services
Posted: ( Mon 2nd Jun 2003 09:09:03[AM] UTC )
Free software support is usually an e-mail or a mailing list away for the open-source community. Linux users don\'t need to play phone tag with help desks, just tap into the bevy of resources available online. Usually, users said, an answer is no more than a day away.

Linux : Opinions : Microsoft's new Linux gambit
Posted: ( Mon 2nd Jun 2003 07:58:29[AM] UTC )
Listen closely to what Microsoft is not saying about SCO Group's open-source operetta.

Linux : Articles : A new distro in town: Gentoo emerges victorious
Posted: ( Mon 2nd Jun 2003 07:57:54[AM] UTC )
The 'meta-distro' Gentoo makes it possible to compile and configure everything on your system exac tly the way you like, providing you with more structure and tools to ease the process and automate updates. Do I still like Debian? I absolutely love it. But until further notice, Gentoo is now my f lavor of Linux.

Linux : Articles : Grandma Runs Linux... Has it Been a Year Already?
Posted: ( Fri 16th May 2003 05:10:50[AM] UTC )
A year ago this Mother's Day weekend, I converted my mom, a 67 year old mother of 3, and grandmother of 4, to Linux. With regards to computers, she barely knew a right-click from a left-click, and didn't deal well with navigating menus, or changing settings of any kind.A year ago this Mother's Day weekend, I converted my mom, a 67 year old mother of 3, and grandmother of 4, to Linux. With regards to computers, she barely knew a right-click from a left-click, and didn't deal well with navigating menus, or changing settings of any kind.

Linux : Articles : Linux/OSS support, part 4: Step-by-step guide to getting it
Posted: ( Fri 16th May 2003 05:10:12[AM] UTC )
An IT manager describes his step-by-step process for finding free Linux or open-source software support.

Linux : Articles : Microsoft's double standard on third-world piracy
Posted: ( Fri 16th May 2003 05:08:43[AM] UTC )
outhEast Asia - I would like to talk about Microsoft's double standard regarding software piracy. I work for a software development company. We are currently working on different projects for a big telecommunications company under Microsoft's Consulting Services division. But let me tell you... at this very moment, if the BSA comes crashing into our development location, all our equipment will be confiscated, and we will be fined for our use of pirated Microsoft products (Windows 2000 AS, Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET, SQL Server 2000, BizTalk 2000, etc.).