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TurboLinux 4.0 Workstation Lite Review

As this was a "Lite" single-cd version without printed documentation this is not to be considered to be a full review of the commercial package; as a matter of fact I have reason to believe that the packages on this CD are older than what is currently shipped in their boxed edition.

Zope-on-a-Rope

Zope, one of the leading open-source application servers for content management and portals, will soon support two network protocols heavily supported by Microsoft, the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol.

IPO investors get a shot at two Linux plays

Looking to ride the Linux wave sweeping through Silicon Valley onto Wall Street, VA Linux Systems and Andover.net are expected to begin public trading next week.

Mastering Gimp - Part III

This article is the third of a four part series.  Initially written as a proposal for ALS, it turned out to be too long for an hour long talk.  Since I think it's still a useful paper, I'm presenting it here on the 'Muse.

Interview: Debian Project Leader Tells All

S/390 systems running OS/390, VM/ESA or VSE/ESA can now operate as a server for Linux clients, work with a Linux peer, or work with a Linux server expanding the role of the S/390 server in the enterprise.

Interview: Debian Project Leader Tells All

There are over 500 Debian maintainers today, up from 100 only a few years ago. Wichert Akkerman has been Project Leader for this brilliant, sometimes unruly (but always interesting) gang since February.

MICROSOFT AND THE PENGUIN

With respect to computer Operating Systems, it is generally regarded (when cost is put aside), that UNIX (with now Linux at the fountainhead of that development) is generally the most adanced system-level architecture with the most mature implementation (i.e. Stable).

Who Redhat Should Really Buy

Redhat should buy Troll Tech and place QT under the LGPL or BSD licenses. Let's face it: they have the money. I doubt that Troll Tech would be TOO antagonistic since they are obviously interested in Free Software (they are giving away their life's blood to support Free Software). And Heaven knows that Redhat has the money.

LinuxWars: Distribution War II

Now that I've recently reviewed four of the latest leading Linux distributions, it is time to publish a new head-to-head comparison between them - the Second Distribution War if you will.

Linux: Swiss Army Knife of Operating Systems

Generally speaking, most of the hype regarding Linux compares its abilities to run a given task against other operating systems doing the same thing.

Poll

What needs to be improved most on Android 3.x for tablets?: