In the previous article named "Introducing Motor: A Programming IDE

for Linux", I covered the basics of software development using

Motor. Now I continue with a look at some advanced issues such as

debugging, organizing your libraries, version control and a bit

more. By the way, I've just released the new 2.0.0 version of Motor,

so features appearing in this latest release are also covered in this

article.

Currently, almost all the planned features of Motor have been implemented.

Upon a visit of Richard Stallman,GNU/Linux distributor MandrakeSoft announced a

donation of 2500 Euro to the Free Software Foundation Europe, the acknowledged sister organization of the Free Software Foundation in the United States.

"The more things change, the more they remain the same. Only one year ago Linux

was the darling of the media and Wall Street. Linux was a Prince that potentially would overthrow the King of OSes, Windows. Today, Linux articles are filled with dyspeptic gloom and opinions about the failure of Linux to grab a large market share or mind share."

The newest version of LinuxPPC, a version of the Linux OS for PowerPC processors, has been released. LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 is the company's first three CD-ROM set. Its innovations range from new graphical boot software to software that can dynamically repartition a hard disk.

"Linux is currently going through the same stages the Internet did. It started off as a geeks-only area, but some very smart companies -- IBM and so forth -- saw the potential for the OS, just like very smart companies -- Netscape -- saw the potential for the Internet."

Jockeying to cut to the front of the Linux world, IBM has demonstrated an uncanny affinity for the once-renegade operating system, sinking not only dollars and

engineering time but also unimpeachable corporate reputation into Linux products and enhancements.

"Last time around, I talked about the question of whether Linux users were starting to converge on a common desktop. This time, let's look at the much thornier

issues of whether that's a good thing for everyone involved, and how we might get there."

"We saw the single largest corporate purchase of Linux, the biggest Linux clustering installation, the greatest gains for Linux vis-à-vis Windows and Unix, the

largest number of Linux-made millionaires (and millionaires gone bust), not to mention the greatest number of news articles hyping Linux. Makes you wonder if there's anywhere for Linux to go but down!"

He created Microsoft's biggest rival - and then gave it away. For his inventive

genius and great generosity, the European editors of Reader's Digest have chosen the modest Finn as the European of the Year.

"You must also remember that this Windows tech came from just one source, and was not manipulated by the population at large. No one could change the base code

for the interface, save a handful of developers. This closed, for-profit only mentality may have led to the EMP incident. It would certainly explain the Redmond Riots in 2024."