SGI has demonstrated the first Linux cluster based on Intel's IA-64 Itanium processor, using the Supercomputing 99 show as the venue for the event.

Red Hat is rich in stock value, and indications are that the company wants to move beyond shipping low-cost, shrink-wrapped copies of the Linux operating system into products and services supporting Linux.

Recently I have been reading up on the architecture of Linux and Windows NT. This is partly to make myself a better Penguinista and also to find out why Windows NT Sucks.

So you've got this laptop, and you think "how cool would it be to install Linux on it?" The answer is "very cool," especially if you like to advocate. Nothing like a a demonstration to convince the masses.

The following article details the process I used to install Slackware 7.0 onto my laptop.

MAT is an enterprise monitoring and administration tool. It allows you as an administrator, or authorized individual, to manage a hetrogeneous UNIX network.

OK, this really won't be a total review. Essentially I'll describe the install process in an abbreviated manner. For those of you who want to install Linux for the first time, or if you've used other distributions before and want to know what to expect, this page tries to lay that out.

Taiwanese firm First International Computer (FIC), said it has signed a deal with Caldera to bundle OpenLinux 2.3 with PC systems it supplies.

Desktop Linux may not be a reality just yet, but as far as Silicon Graphics is concerned, it is going to have to be as the company is staking its future on it. SGI recently admitted that it had failed to find a buyer for its Intel-based workstation business.

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