An Aberdeen Group analyst outlines the challenges of managing Linux platforms and the features users should consider when selecting Linux software management solutions.

SuSE Linux, the international Open Source technology leader and solutions provider, announced that the latest version of its advanced

enterprise operating system, the 64-bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IBM eServer zSeries, will be available by the beginning of May.

SuSE Linux, announced the launch o the eighth generation of Europe\'s most popular Linux operating system and applications package to be

available from software retailers from mid-April.

German software vendor SuSE Linux AG will ship SuSE Linux 8.0, its latest version of the open-source Linux operating system, worldwide in the second half of April, spokesman Christian Egle said Friday.

The better news is that the trend is changing dramatically. Contributions

to the worldwide GNU/Linux effort from South Asia are coming up virtually

by the day. But, on the other hand, the sad part of the story is that hardly

anybody seems to be noticing this... not even in India.

Young Indians from Nagpur to the North East, and those based in places

as distant as Mumbai and Melbourne are adding generously and often selflessly

to the powers of Linux. This talent-rich, resource-poor part of the globe

is beginning to make its contribution felt.

This HOWTO specifically details how to create a dual boot system using Redhat Linux 7.2 and Windows XP with a NTFS file system using the GRUB boot loader.

I am sure almost all users of the Linux OS have heard or read, at one time or other, how Linux can and is being run on old 486s with just 16MB of RAM. And if you are (un)lucky enough to know some Linux guru, he would surely have boasted of this fact (and probably more than once). Upon hearing/reading this, the question that most surely pops up in a normal user\'s mind is, \"Hey, how come my Celeron with 64MB of RAM is so slow?\" Don\'t worry, help is here.

Especially if you\'re just starting out in embedded development, the wealth of available bootloaders, scaled-down distributions, filesystems, and GUIs can seem overwhelming. But this wealth of options is actually a boon, allowing you to tailor your development or user environment exactly to your needs. This overview of embedded development on Linux will help you make sense of it all.

Alan Cox is generally referred to in the open-source developer community as a \"kernel hacker\" -- someone whose programming responsibilities cover the Linux kernel, or core, itself. Thousands of developers all over the world, from hobbyists to IBM engineers, are constantly contributing to open source software, so Cox\'s role of organising and applying improvements is vital.

Following Apple\'s successful introduction of its new UNIX-based operating system, OS X (pronounced OS Ten), many are asking whether OS X poses a serious challenge to Linux for the title of best alternative desktop operating system. Others go even further, asking whether OS X is the UNIX world\'s best chance to topple Microsoft\'s Windows hegemony.