"Afraid to switch to Linux because you've heard there isn't enough software out there that runs on the Linux OS? Don't fret. We've picked five outstanding Linux apps, including a browser, an image editor, and a batch of office suites (one for developers, one for regular users, and a free one for cheapskates)."

This was the now-famous thread in which Linus Torvalds said: "Quite frankly, anybody who uses RedHat 7.0 and their broken compiler for _anything_ is going to have trouble."

"The release of KDE 2.0 was seen as a huge leap forward in desktop environments. The two largest desktop environments have received major industrial backing in the form of the GNOME Foundation and the KDE League. And finally, there has been a bounty of good software to ease the Linux neophyte into the world of Open Source and free software."

Star Office 5.2 is an office suite similar to Microsoft Office for

Windows. It consists of Presentation software, Spreadsheets, Word

Processor, HTML editor, Database and can also be used as your e-mail

client! Lets look at the things you can do with StarOffice 5.2 beginning

with the installation procedure. You do need to install the software on

your PC to be able to use it!

Place the StarOffice 5.2 CDROM in the drive, then type

mount /dev/cdrom.

Change to /mnt/cdrom and press enter.

cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/office52

Aggressive is the one word that describes IBM?s product and marketing strategy this year. In almost every instance, Big Blue took the high road in making strategic decisions that would affect how it would be positioned as a company and, ultimately, how its product line would be viewed. This was the year Big Blue took risks.

This article covers ssh's background and architecture, how to build and/or install OpenSSH, how to use ssh as an encrypted replacement for Telnet, how to set some basic ssh configuration options and how to use scp for encrypted file transfers.

"Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and the best I can do is make a prerelease."

"Fortunately, the open source software comm-unity had developed the necessary elements. The Linux operating system (OS), the GNU application development environment, and software for passing messages between the nodes of the parallel system enables a beowulf to function like the much more expensive massively parallel computers marketed by SGI and IBM."

"The Open Source Initiative recognized 18 different licenses as Open Source Software licenses. If a program adheres to one of these licenses, then it can officially be considered Open Source. Each one of these licenses have a time and place in the Open Source world, and each one has it's own unique history."

"This mini-HOWTO will help those of you with Red Hat 6.2 and the Voodoo 3 video card. It also sets a standard so that we can share our FPS results."