Being new to this whole Linux scene, you've determined to install what is known

as one of the easier distributions, Red Hat 7. This guide will take you through

several steps, which will ultimately leave you with a dual-boot system.

The Italian state administration is excessively dependent on Microsoft's software, and the country could achieve significant budget savings if it switched to open-source software, according to an open letter that a group of information technology professionals is preparing to deliver to Public Administration Minister.

According to VARBusiness's annual report card of vendors, Linux vendors come up

short when compared to other OS vendors. In the rankings that were announced recently, Microsoft led the way, followed by Novell, SCO, Caldera, Red Hat, and LinuxOne.

What happens under the eminently plausible scenario wherein Torvalds, widely regarded as the "benevolent dictator" of the Linux operating system, and synonymous with the Linux project in the public mind, decides to quit? Or retires to a desert isle? Or gets sick? Or gets hit by a bus?

Interesting that LinuxMall.com is not mentioned more frequently in the Linux related trade press, especially now! LinuxMall.com just went public via merging with an already public company that was converting to Linux, and are now providing the OpenSource community with an unprecedented opportunity.

SuSE 7 has been out for a while now but I was able to obtain a copy for

myself only a few weeks back. SuSE is one of the leading Linux

distributions. SuSE does lag in market share as compared to Red Hat but

that is definitely not a function of it's quality. This is a very

high quality distribution that you must definitely check out.

SuSE 7.0 comes in two different editions, the Personal and Professional

Pack. I worked with the latter whose box (which by the way weights 2.5

kgs!) is loaded with software and manuals. The professional edition,

Within the corporate market, Microsoft has based their marketing on the claim that their software is secure and easy to use. On the server side have been fighting a rather hard battle against entrenched Unix systems and cheap Linux boxes. The core message that Microsoft sends to this market is that the customer should trust Microsoft, their competency, their ability to supply secure and powerful products.

The cash-strapped british health service would benefit from adopting open source software such as Linux, according to health service experts. It is claimed that using open source software would reduce the cost of implementing technology within the health service and make systems more future-proof and adaptable.

Snort is a lightweight network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching/matching and can be used to detect a variety of attacks and probes.

IDC Japan released its year-2000 Japanese market forecast for server operating systems. The company estimates that a total of 531,300 server OS licenses will be shipped in Japan this year, representing an increase of 26.9 percent over 1999.