We don't think that Linux is better just because a Microsoft product fails. But this sort of news is important for anyone deciding between Linux and Windows: security is a legitimate issue that should be addressed.

Here are the complete details about new features and enhancements in the latest Samba 2.2 version.

There is nothing like having a new experience. But, in Microsoft's case the experience is old, mundane and undesired. Microsoft is trying to brainwash everyone into believing otherwise. More so, many tech writers expect us to eat up their tales of Windows XP propaganda. But Microsoft is neither successful nor a hit anymore. Here's why.

IBM has eliminated the Linux multimedia gap with the release of the T22 ThinkPad. Big Blue's latest offering is the first commercially available Linux computer with the ability to play back DVDs. LinDVD offers movie and interactive DVD playback along with support for Video CDs (VCD) and MPEG files. Also included is a decoder for multi-channel Dolby Digital audio.

The Bonobo folks have made some small changes to Bonobo since the initial 1.0 release. Here's the scoop.

As you, by now, have realized that partitioning the hard drive is essential part of Linux usage. Partitioning data provides us with logical blocks for effective separation of data. Also, it's quite common to see multi-os machines these days, which require you to partition your hard drive. Fdisk is the tool you use for this purpose. Here we bring you a howto on fdisk for Linux, which mind you, is separate from the fdisk for Windows that most of us are familiar with. This is a matter of confusion for most rookies. For apart from sharing a name, there’s a world of difference between the two.

Of all the journal filesystems available today, ReiserFS, is the most developed under Linux. While IBM's JFS and SGI's XFS have been around a lot longer, they are still in an prenatal stage as far as the Linux OS is concerned. Ext3 has also quite a way to go. So, for now, our choice of a journal filesystem is ReiserFS. Of course, this isn't to say that we're settling for ReiserFS for lack of a better option. ReiserFS is a good choice regardless of the number of options in the market or the quality of those options.

Why Journaling?

HP-Bulgaria has started selling desktop PC's with Linux installed. These PC's are targeted at small to medium sized businesses. This is part of the new HP initiative targeting Eastern European price-sensitive markets.

TclCurl, a Tcl extension to access the facilities of libcurl has been released. With TclCurl you can get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or HTTPS syntax.

Windows won the war for the desktop. But there's a new struggle over operating systems embedded in everyday objects, and this time free software has the inside track, says Claire Tristram.