Flexibility, logic of Gnome and KDE interfaces allow Linux users to address their own needs, rather than the developers', while at the same time boosting personal productivity and satisfaction.

If anything claiming to be illegally copied Microsoft source code shows up on the Net, do not download or read it. If you do, you will lose the right to work on free software.

I have a difficult time pointing at much negative about Best Linux. The installer is user friendly and fast. Autodetection of hardware is good as well, and I like having the opportunity to configure printer during install. The amount of software coming with Best Linux is big.

Akopia announced the release of Interchange 4.6, software that increases efficiency, improves productivity and simplifies the management of e-commerce.

IBM has announced that its Application Solution Center here is currently performing 64-bit porting exercises to prepare for Intel's new Itanium processor, due later this year.

Linuxcare has closed European operations and returned its original chief executive to the top job after a months-long search for a new leader.

What we can't be doing, though, is raising unrealistic expectations or making promises we can't keep in our enthusiasm to advocate Linux. We're getting closer to world domination every day. Let's keep it clean in the home stretch.

This installment will cover the most effective way to become an Open Source office, installing an Open Source operating system. This article compares the installation of the familiar Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 against a popular Linux distribution, Linux Mandrake 7.1.

Ever since Linux has been gaining in popularity, there've been several

occasions when the issue has surfaced: is Microsoft planning an Office

version for the Linux platform?

The media has been talking a lot about the possibility at every

opportunity that they've got. A few months ago, this issue was widely

discussed when a senior executive of a Linux distribution company said

Microsoft was working on it. The topic drew media hype, while many

believed it was just another rumor. Rather than idly speculate on the

possibility, we'll look at both sides of the coin.

The way anti-GPL'ers see it, even the tiniest code snippet can force an entire project to be handed over to the GPL, which could be disastrous for a proprietary software company, and extremely distasteful for a programmer who just wants to maintain control over his own creations.