This article helps you get started with the basic security tools, which will allow you to deal with most basic security vulnerabilities.

"With the PowerPack Deluxe edition of Mandrake 7.2 you get all the software you could ever wish for. 7 CDs loaded with more than 2300 apps will probably satisfy most people, I'm sure."

Long thought of as the free operating system, Linux today boasts heavyweight features that let it take on even enterprise-strength requirements.

With vendors working to enhance performance, add new features, and fix bugs, analysts said that open-source databases are inching their way up to the level of proprietary databases in terms of features and functionality, albeit slowly.

"Although it's important to spend time on prevention, you must also have a backup plan in the event that security is compromised. If one of your systems is cracked, immediate detection and damage control are essential to prevent an intruder from gaining access to other systems and causing irreparable problems."

"Even though I trust Linux blindly, I don't trust the companies that make the machines, power supply, network cards, motherboards etc, and I am always afraid that if one of these fail, my system will be unusable. Hence the service will be unavailable, further more I will be taking down all the company services even though they are not directly related to me."

"Ok, so you have Linux installed on your computer and want to know how to make your life easier? Well, sit right back, and I'll give you 10 tweaks to your system that I use on a daily basis and couldn't live without!"

"Two years ago I was bold and naive enough to assert that my mother would be able to switch to Linux by now. And if Linux were ready for her, I think there's a pretty good possibility that she would do just that. You see, she, like so many other people with years of experience being an end user, despises Windows."

These experimental 64-bit Linux patches are intended to demonstrate the viabilty of this concept. These experimental 64-bit Linux patches apply to the kernel 2.4.0-test11.

GMate, the company responsible for the highly anticipated Yopy, a Linux-based handheld, has announced a program that will make a limited number of the devices available to developers in January.