Desktop applications software vendor Corel said its commitment to Linux remains strong despite last week's $135m investment by Microsoft, the Linux community's biggest competitor.

The recent surge in popularity of the Linux operating system in Third World countries like India is a sign that Linux is here to stay.

Well, Red Hat, you can't have it both ways. You can be the bleeding-edge hacker distribution, or you can be the bulletproof business distribution. You can't be both, and any attempt to do so will hurt not just you but Linux in general.

The demand for Unix in Melbourne, Australia is on the move upwards. Over the last 12 months the market has started to witness a distinct growth in the need for Unix across the board, with Linux and FreeBSD featuring heavily.

A very brief introduction to Debian

If you've been reading Slashdot recently, or the Freshmeat editorials and

following various developments in the world of open source, its difficult

to have escaped the mention of Debian.

So, what is Debian? To quote from the Debian FAQ,

Debian GNU/Linux is the result of a volunteer effort to create a free,

high-quality Unix-compatible operating system, complete with a suite of

applications. The idea of a free Unix-like system originates from the GNU

In perhaps the most significant alliance for any of the dozen or so Linux software companies, IBM announced it will offer the Red Hat Linux operating system on all of its new server and mainframe computers.

The company will announce the availability of Design Compiler and other popular chip design tools for the open-source operating system, a move that opens the door for the widespread adoption of Linux as the No. 2 EDA platform and very possibly writes the epitaph for Windows NT in chip design.

This article is the first in a three-part series that provides a blueprint for setting up a multifunctional firewall and server.

The news indicates that Linux, increasingly going head to head with Windows NT and 2000, is just as prone to feature creep and delays as any Microsoft OS.

This year IBM seems determined to dislodge its rivals from their by now incumbent positions. And with that in mind IBM has gone absolutely Linux-tastic. Every server that comes out of the big blue doors over at the big blue HQ are coming packed with Linux.