Inprise is expected to announce, at Comdex in Las Vegas this week, plans to release the source code of its Kylix Linux rapid application development tool to the GNOME Foundation. Inprise officials said support for GNOME will be added into Kylix, so that applications developed with Kylix will adjust to the look and feel of the GNOME desktop.

The Ottawa-based company will announce within a few months new server and enterprise editions of its Corel Linux operating system that will enable Corel to sell "solutions rather than applications," CEO and President Derek Burney said last week in an interview.

At the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas this week, e-commerce software vendor Exterprise Inc. and marketing startup PartnerAxis Inc. will unveil a Linux-based e-marketplace for Linux vendors, resellers and users. This follows the announcement last week by IBM that it has rolled out its WebSphere Commerce Suite Start 4.1 high-end e-commerce platform for Linux.

Most of us take DNS servers for granted. This continuing series on attacking and defending your own machines discusses how people attack DNS servers and what you can do to improve your security.

What do I need to know about writing drivers?

Basic knowledge of kernel compilation, a good deal of programming

experience in C under Linux and lastly, the right techniques of data

structures, like linked list is essential along with their data types.

The first thing a programmer must know before attempting to write a

driver, is to know how the Linux kernel source compiles, paying attention

to the compilation process (the gcc compiler flags).

Choosing the device type

a) Block drivers

The glory of Windows, Gates and the fences surrounding them ...

Ever wondered why you pay so much for those closed source products that

help you manage your system remotely on Windows. I guess it comes with the

territory. Realistically speaking there aren't many tools available out

there in the market that make remote administering of Windows a real easy

task. One of the most slick pieces of software that I know of comes from

the stables of Symantec called PC Anywhere.

In sharp contrast, the open source movement has several options for

Linux is fast becoming the operating system of choice for enterprise database users. Linux offers an environment that is flexible, secure, and reliable. As the

use of databases in conjunction with enterprise solutions grows, system and database administrators want to focus on customer solutions--not operating and database systems.

Microsoft denies that the _NSAKEY provides the National Security Agency with a backdoor to Windows files, and reassures customers that the recent crack of its network does not endanger Windows security. But unless Microsoft opens the source code for Windows so we can see for ourselves, we can never really have confidence in Windows security again.

The Open Source business model may make for an interesting college thesis. But, when it comes to making some serious money, Linux companies are a disaster in progress.

If you have ever wanted to set up a Linux-based Web server but aren't sure how to get started, this article is for you! This first of two parts covers the basic steps to installing a Linux system including the software packages for operating a Web server.