Linux-Mandrake creator Gaël Duval's production goals for MandrakeSoft are simple. To make it better, still better, always better.

The programming community need to learn from Outlook's mistakes. Application stupidity in the form of a badly-written MUA or plain poor programming can still bring the house down.

Wine is beginning to evolve into a very complete emulation of the Windows API. The Wine project also stated that it was time to work towards a 1.0 release. For many Linux users, it may be time to start using Wine.

As the "10-ton gorilla" of desktop software, battles a court-ordered breakup, an operating system symbolized by a small, flightless bird could be the real winner.

In 1999, Dr. Tobin Maginnis began work on a vendor-neutral Linux certification program under his private company, Sair Inc. Sair is currently offering its exams through Sylvan Prometric testing centers worldwide.

In Q3 Acer will intro a yellow WebPad using the 3120 Crusoe chip, and the Mobile Linux operating system.

So, you've just moved to Linux, and now you're wondering how to install software, and what these "packages" are. . Out of the box, your favorite Linux distribution comes with everything necessary to set up a complete Internet/intranet solution — from email to Web servers and even firewalls. Best of all, in the spirit of Linux and open source, all the software is free!

So, you've just moved to Linux, and now you're wondering how to install software, and what these "packages" are. This article will introduce you to packages -- specifically, packages in the popular RPM format used in distributions including Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, and Caldera. Future updates will encompass the DEB format used in Debian distributions, upcoming package formats, and more.

There is a proposal aimed at clarifying the position of Debian toward Free Software and the fact that non-free is not a part of the Debian System. This would exclude packages such as Netscape and opponents argue that the proposal breaks the Debian Social Contract.

David is working on Konqueror, the new can-do-everything file manager for KDE and also KOffice. He answers questions about these packages and the release date of KDE2.