The 1999 Technical Excellence Awards of PC Magazine has awarded Linus Torvalds - the Linux founder as the 'Person of the Year'.

Less than a day after Microsoft Corp. CEO Bill Gates touted the robust future of the PC, Red Hat Inc. Chairman Bob Young announced the platform's death in a Comdex keynote address at Las Vegas.

Red Hat, the leading Linux seller, will acquire software company Cygnus Solutions for $674 million and, in a surprising move, has replaced its own chief executive officer, the company said.

Linux is moving into a different era, a time when the future of the operating system software will be driven by user needs instead of programmers' curiosity, the movement's founder said.

Computer maker Silicon Graphics Inc unveiled a new type of supercomputer based on Intel chips and the Linux operating system instead of its own proprietary technology.

Have you ever tried convincing your office mates that Linux (tm) will eventually dominate the desktop market, but were unable to do so, because you lacked a cogent explanation?

Have you ever tried convincing your office mates that Linux (tm) will eventually dominate the desktop market, but were unable to do so, because you lacked a cogent explanation?

This article is mainly for teachers who wish to do some web site construction, though it may be of some interest to others.

Nearly all Linux distributions available today are insecure right out of the box. Many of these security holes can be easily plugged, but tradition and habit have left them wide open.

While it is possible for almost anyone to set up a server, a server will only be successful if it is sufficiently fast to keep players coming back.