Slackware Linux, maintained by Patrick Volkerding, has recently entered the new millennium with Slackware Linux 7. Coming on the heels of Slackware 4.0, Slackware 7 has some new features that make it that much closer to becoming a Linux distribution even Windows fans could love.

This article was originally planned to be a Linux installation guide, but now it is a Mandrake 7.0 Review/Linux Installation Guide. When I first saw the specs for Mandrake 7.0, I was quite excited. Although Linux-Mandrake has a reputation for being newbie-friendly, I had a feeling that Mandrake 7 was going to be even friendlier.

The corelusers.com is a technical support and help site for Corel Linux users. It provides a discussion Board (where users can post questions in categorized forums) , Corel LINUX User Guide, Corel LINUX Server Administrator Guide and Corel LINUX Knowledgebase.

Although open-source UNIX (OSU), especially Linux, will make astonishing gains over the next two years -- between 100% and 700% gain in server share on eight major enterprise server applications, Microsoft Windows NT/2000 will maintain between a 30% and 65% server share on these same applications. This compares to a server share of around 10% or less for OSU on most of these applications. The study also shows that open-source UNIX will have the most impact among smaller companies, while Microsoft's server share continues to grow among the largest enterprises.

The "Low Fuel" light lit up on the dashboard of my car. Great timing! I was already running late and now I had to stop for gas. But rather than risk being stranded somewhere, I kept a lookout for a gas station and pulled into the first one I could find.

What do you get if you combine an ailing US application development tools company with a Canadian software house that's also seen better days?

Remember Wintel? In the 1990s, Microsoft made Windows and Intel made chips, and together the two titans ruled the computing universe. Seemed like a great marriage. Then again, so did Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley. Now, Microsoft must feel jilted watching its old ally enthusiastically aid and abet Linux, the open-source operating system that is seen as a burgeoning threat to Microsoft's sprawling software fiefdom.

Since my first experiences with Linux, running Red Hat 4.2 on my home system and using Slackware 3.2 at work and school I have always been completely in awe at the dramatic improvements each new distribution release brings along with it. When I went from Red Hat 5.1 to 6.0, I was amazed at the new options in GUI's I had, as well as the fact that now all my devices were supported.

My question is, how do I convince my management that "giving something back" to the Linux and/or Open Source community is a good idea? A bit of background: we are almost entirely a Linux-based shop and base most of our services and products around Open Source Software of some kind.

The object of the page appears to be to spread FUD about Sun and it's products. The reason for this is obvious, despite the success of Linux, Sun still has a hold on many of the largest computer sites; sites that Microsoft would love to assimilate into the Borg collective. Anything that may help assimilation is fair in the moral world that Microsoft lives in.