freeVSD, the GPL virtual server solution for Linux, is announcing the release of version 1.4.6 which now provides full support for Red Hat 7.0, and includes the latest true `thin client' administration interface for virtual servers, VSDClient.

Some Linux applications can get by with merely the presence of a specific version of glibc, the C library that contains the primary system calls used by Linux applications, but others depend on the presence of certain system utilities, installation applications, or other features. Linux community's answer to this is the Linux Standard Base.

Allchin said, "open source is an intellectual property destroyer. I can't imagine something that could be worse...for the software business." We disagree. If anything, it has the potential to bring the software industry back to the marketplace.

Last week, we had a look at the concept of TCP Wrappers from the theoretical perspective. As we have already mentioned, TCP Wrappers isn't meant to fulfill the security measures you would want for an enterprise network. But it surely does fall into the greater scheme of rule sets that would make up a comprehensive strategy to protect an enterprise network. The author of TCP Wrappers mentions this stating, that TCP Wrappers could be made use of along with a firewall box on your corporate gateway with minimum services running.

"While some have jumped to the conclusion that Schacker is cynically spreading FUD ("Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt") about a technology (Linux) and development model (open source) that poses a threat to his company, I prefer to think that he is genuinely concerned about the welfare of users of Linux in embedded applications. I will do my best to allay his fears."

"LINE is not an emulator. LINE is a utility which executes unmodified Linux applications on Windows by intercepting Linux system calls. The Linux applications themselves are not emulated. They run directly on the CPU just like all other Windows applications."

The moral of this article is that when the mainstream press is crying for open source software on the desktop, remember that the open source model already holds dominance in certain software industries, and it's not looking like proprietary software vendors are catching up.

"If Linux companies refocused their efforts away from maintaining multiple base distributions, they could concentrate on the kind of added value that would crack the Linux market open."

Henderickson reports that ILM has been moving toward Linux. Linux looks like it has a big future for us because it's UNIX without the expensive boxes. ILM's future desktops, he expects, would be based largely on Linux, with some Mac OSX machines.

"Despite how bright things were just 6 months ago with dozens of companies joining the fray, the market for Linux games seem to have stagnated and even briefly collapsed. So I took a long hard look at who and what is driving Linux gaming, why it hasn't worked so far, and what can be done to remedy the situation."