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Linsight launched

Linsight is the professional approach toward providing a single and complete information resource for Linux. By providing resources for interested readers, Linsight will advocate Linux to an entirely new audience and raise awareness of the operating system to new markets.

Disorder in the Court over DVD

Linux enthusiasts claim the code was not meant to facilitate illegal copying or to disseminate copyrighted material. A DVD need not be decoded to be copied, the courtroom protesters pointed out.

Linux Gazette #49 (January 2000) is available

Linux Gazette is a freely available, WWW e-zine that includes short articles giving tips and tricks, ideas and suggestions for customizing and running Linux. It is a member of the Linux Documentation Project.

Quake III Arena for Linux Now Shipping

The smorgasbord of slaughter has come to Linux! id Software's latest version of the first-person shoot 'em up Quake III Arena is now available for ordering in a special edition tin case only for the Linux version.

Yellow Dog Linux Gone Home sneak preview at Mac World

Terra Soft Solutions, developers of Yellow Dog Linux, will be showing a preview of the upcoming, much-anticipated release of Yellow Dog Linux Gone Home -- YDL for the home or small office.

Seven People You Should Follow Into the Next Decade

As the decade winds down, there are the people you need to watch -- and the people you need to avoid. Lucky for you I've put together a list: HARDWARE: LINUS TORVALDS, TRANSMETA; OPERATING SYSTEM: BOB YOUNG, RED HAT.

1999 Linux Timeline

The LWN (Linux Weekly News) has made the final Linux Timeline of all the Linux happenings for the year 1999.

Inprise Corp. now a soldier in Linux revolution

It had a near-death experience early this year after five years of declining sale. Boland is now back with a new name, Inprise Corp., and a new gimmick -- it is an Internet player and a soldier in the Linux revolution.

Gnome and KDE: One GUI Too Many? part IV

With its market leverage, Red Hat seemed poised to turn Gnome into the de facto standard desktop, simply by shipping it as default.

Top stories of 1999 cut wide swath

6. Linux goes to work. The popularity of the upstart operating system exploded, as it grabbed more headlines, increased interest from Microsoft and the attention of Wall Street. Linux companies--Red Hat, VA Linux Systems, Andover.Net and Cobalt Networks--all had highly successful IPOs.

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