QAD, developer of industry-specific e-business solutions for manufacturers and distributors, today announced immediate availability of QAD MFG/PRO version 9.0 enterprise applications for the Red Hat Linux 6.0 operating system (OS).

At developerWorks' most recent Barcode event in Boston, Miguel de Icaza, the GNOME project founder was the main attraction during his speech to over 300 software developers and software-developer-hangers-on, on a subject understandably close to his heart, GNOME. GNOME, one of Linux's answers to the ever-popular Windows GUI and development platform, is among the most popular platforms on Linux and other free operating systems.

Linus Torvalds, who started the Linux operating system project in 1991 and is still in charge, said Friday that he's initiating the preliminary versions of the kernel intended for serious "production" use instead of just development of new features.

Linux will not only change the way you use your computer, but will change the entire way computers are used. Linux provides opportunities to the desktop not offered by Microsoft's family of Operating Systems. Even the much beloved Macintosh OS cannot give the same experience as using Linux on the desktop.

The new 1000 series from VA crams two Intel processors into a server 1.75 inches thick. The actual machine is manufactured by Network Engines. Of the major server companies only IBM has a similar product--its "Intimidator" computer, also licensed from Network Engines.

I have been anxiously awaiting XFree86 4.0 for several months. After reading about it from the initial announcement and reading the updates posted on the XFree86 website and on sites like slashdot.org, I knew that I would be wanting this on my system the minute it became available. This document could lightly be considered a HOW-TO, but I won’t classify it as such. This article details my installation of the new XFree86 4.0 windowing system on my home Linux system, and my impressions of it.

PHP is a great embedded programming language for the Internet. Using PHP you can do a great deal of things.

Corel Corp.'s talks with Intel Corp. and at least one computer maker to produce a new line of cheap personal computers could lead to significant long-term revenue for the Ottawa software maker -- and produce a serious threat to Microsoft Corp., analysts say.

The open source movement is supposed to be a digital version of Woodstock, with Internet geeks swaying to a happy beat as they conjure up the software of the future--Linux, in particular. Yet dig a little deeper and you'll quickly uncover a nasty struggle over how that operating system will look on personal computers.

Sun Microsystems plans to release the source code for its Java software development tool in a bid to make the Java programming language more popular. Sun executives said today the company will soon release the code for its "Forte for Java, Community Edition," a free, easy-to-use tool that offers software developers a graphical user interface for designing Java applications.