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Everything You Wanted to Know about Linux
Thinking of switching to Linux? Get the details you need to make the transition painless.
Best Technical Support Award
InfoWorld declares the Linux user community to have the best technical support. Compares help Linux users give to each other as opposed to the amount of tech support offered by major corporations.
Mission Critical powers Linux Clusters
Mission Critical Linux launches server-clustering software for enterprise environments.
IBM and Linux: the dinosaurs and the penguin
How IBM is making a comeback with Linux. The Register.
Linux code co-op
IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi co-operate on corporate Linux code. From The Register.
NewsForge: Linux.com matches Microsoft software donation offers!
Get Linux free while supplies last. Hurry this offer only good as long as the internet lasts.
Cisco iQ: The Charlie Rose Interview: Linus Torvalds
Open source instigator Linus Torvalds speaks with Charlie Rose about the past, present, and future of Linux and technology.
InfoWorld Interview with Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds talks economics and operating systems in this interview with Mike Vizard of InfoWorld. Focuses mainly on how Linux is affecting the way people look at the future of operating systems and economics models that drive the industry.
Linux Winning The War of Perception
As far as IBM is concerned Linux has become mainstream and it is doing mainstream business.
Linux Gears up to Challenge Windows on Desktop
With more stability, security and pricing in a desktop OS with a look and feel like Windows, Linux advocates say they are getting ready to take on Microsoft, which dominates the desktop market. [USA Today]
Grassroots Linux grows (InfoWorld)
An article that contains stories of different companies that have started using Linux. Also contains a section on "How to pick your Linux" which states the advantages of different distributions and links to their homepages.
Open Source's First Six Months
Eric Raymond talks about the 6 months after Netscape announced its commitment to open source.
Can you install Linux? I think I can
Linux may be leading the open-source movement but is it the software for the people? It depends. Would you recognize a video card if it jumped off a motherboard? [CNN]
Cell Phone Makers Call on Linux
Can the alternative OS compete in a market already dominated by Palm and Microsoft?
Desktop Linux is for real
Love it or hate, Linux is not going away, but it is gaining ground.
vnunet.com: Major vendors tout United Linux
Attempting to create new standards, and turn up the heat in the war on Windows.
CRN: Constructing a Windowless Office
Matches and compares Linux options to what were once considered Windows tasks.
Could You Get Fired for Choosing Linux?
Article with numerous follow up posts. Covers the usual arguaments for/against Linux.
Linux Cluster Solution Means Business
Linux clustering solutions will move from scientific applications into the boardroom and business arena, if a nine-month-old startup called Mission Critical Linux has its way.
HP-Compaq's Great Software Challenge
What will CEO Carly Fiorina do about its gaggle of operating systems? The decision could confirm her vision and make Linux a huge winner. Business Week Online.
Linux comes of age
Low cost and stability make open-source system an attractive choice.
LinuxWorld.com interview with Linus Torvalds
Joe Barr asks Linus about 2.4, Alan Cox, Linux trade shows, Microsoft, the future, and beer.
Kimberlite's Cluster Free to Open Source Suitors
"She uses off-the-shelf commodity hardware running virtually any Linux distribution." Press release on Mission Critical's Kimberlite.
Security Fueling Open-Source Adoption
Price no longer the best reason to try OSS?
Survey on PC WEEK
In which users where asked "What do you use when failure is not an option?". Linux was choosen by 80 percent of respondance.
Easier install makes Red Hat 5.1 even more appealing
An InfoWorld review of the Red Hat distribution version 5.1.
The Register: MS moves to head off Linux desktop 'threat'
Does Redmond fear Linux is ready for prime time?
Linux Renews Desktop Bid
Enterprises are looking again at Linux as a Windows alternative.
How to Persuade Your Boss to Take the Linux Plunge
Selling Linux on its merits.
Do women need an OS of their own?
LinuxChix debate the merits of a female-orientated operating system. [ZDNN]
Linux in the spotlight
Review of the Taos Tech Talk with Linus by EETimes.
Governments push open-source software
Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from Brazil to China are increasingly considering open-source software. CNET.
90% Windows, 5% Mac, 5% Linux?
Register article by a Newsforge regular about the "market share" of popular Operating Systems.
How valid is the IDC data?
Should the Microsoft TCO information be trusted?
Why Linux will prevail
Linux is destined for more than servers, and this article explains why.
Can Mandrake raise money by being your team?
Newsforge article says Mandrake soft is considering an IPO.
CNN.com - Is Linux poised to topple Microsoft?
A combination of Microsoft dislike and "no secrets" open source threatens the monopoly.
News: Japan mulls Windows replacement
Microsofts bugs push Japan to look at Open Source.
The Penguin, the Press, and the Marketplace
The viability of Linux as a mainstream operating system, examined from a media and marketing perspective.
CNET- Server sellers bang Linux drum
With the exception of Microsoft, most of the computing industry's largest companies now actively support Linux.
Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up
Where Linux is, and where it is going, in the enterprise sector.
Linux picking up database steam
Computer Associates and possibly Informix will make databases for Linux.
InfoWorld's OS of the Year
The Red Hat Linux distribution wins InfoWorld's OS of the Year for 1997. Contains a small synopsis of the distributions strengths.
She-geeks confess love for Linux
Sick of sexist attitudes, female techies from around the world are getting connected and getting organized. [ZDNN]
Linux loves the slow economy
Explains the benefits of a soft economy to the adoption of free software and to Linux in particular.
Veritas places big store in the Penguin
Vendor to port storage software to Linux OS.
Crossroads 6 - 1
This is the Fall 1999 issue of Crossroads, the International ACM student magazine. This issue features articles related to all aspects of Linux, including parallel computing, networking, and security.
ZDNet: Tech Update
Special report, Linux in the limelight.
Big Blue slips Linux into the oil industry
Three year deal moves oil companies to the penguin.
Economist.com- Linux gets a break
For the first time in years, Microsoft's unassailable lead in computer operating systems is being challenged by manufacturers offering Linux software.
The software war goes nuclear
An article arguing which OS will win the coveted spot atop the network OS throne. Mentions how projects such as the K Desktop Environment will help make Unix, and Linux, a more viable operating system than ever before.
NewsForge: Improving the Linux vs. Microsoft debate
Total cost of ownership improves the quality of the operating systems debate.
Feds Can no Longer Ignore Linux
There may come a day when government IT managers realize the cost savings of not having to pay for an OS license for every desktop and server. [CNN]
Linux future scales out
As software companies continue to pour millions into scaling Linux for the enterprise, some observers now believe the open-source OS's future is to serve as a distributed, network-based operating system.
Linux: Penguin suitability
Open operating system Linux would love to bolster its success in big back-end servers with a slice of the lucrative desktop market. Windows' licensing pitch may be the penguin's invitation to the party.
Linux makes strides in enterprise market
In an environment of budget pressures, corporations are more open to the idea of free, open-source software.
Create a Linux based Network for peanuts
A functioning workstation for little or no money on older hardware? It can be done, and here is how.
Desktop Dreams
Linux on the desktop in the Wake of MandrakeSoft's Bankruptcy.
Why Microsoft is wary of open source
CNet discusses how Linux's popularity could hinder the software giant in its quest to gain control of a server market.
IBM Mulls Linux For Its PCs
IBM may soon start packing its PCs with the open-source Linux operating system. IBM's Linux initiative has so far been limited to its servers and workstations.
Thinking of switching to Linux? Get the details you need to make the transition painless.
InfoWorld declares the Linux user community to have the best technical support. Compares help Linux users give to each other as opposed to the amount of tech support offered by major corporations.
Mission Critical Linux launches server-clustering software for enterprise environments.
How IBM is making a comeback with Linux. The Register.
IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi co-operate on corporate Linux code. From The Register.
Get Linux free while supplies last. Hurry this offer only good as long as the internet lasts.
Open source instigator Linus Torvalds speaks with Charlie Rose about the past, present, and future of Linux and technology.
Linus Torvalds talks economics and operating systems in this interview with Mike Vizard of InfoWorld. Focuses mainly on how Linux is affecting the way people look at the future of operating systems and economics models that drive the industry.
As far as IBM is concerned Linux has become mainstream and it is doing mainstream business.
With more stability, security and pricing in a desktop OS with a look and feel like Windows, Linux advocates say they are getting ready to take on Microsoft, which dominates the desktop market. [USA Today]
An article that contains stories of different companies that have started using Linux. Also contains a section on "How to pick your Linux" which states the advantages of different distributions and links to their homepages.
Eric Raymond talks about the 6 months after Netscape announced its commitment to open source.
Linux may be leading the open-source movement but is it the software for the people? It depends. Would you recognize a video card if it jumped off a motherboard? [CNN]
Can the alternative OS compete in a market already dominated by Palm and Microsoft?
Love it or hate, Linux is not going away, but it is gaining ground.
Attempting to create new standards, and turn up the heat in the war on Windows.
Matches and compares Linux options to what were once considered Windows tasks.
Article with numerous follow up posts. Covers the usual arguaments for/against Linux.
Linux clustering solutions will move from scientific applications into the boardroom and business arena, if a nine-month-old startup called Mission Critical Linux has its way.
What will CEO Carly Fiorina do about its gaggle of operating systems? The decision could confirm her vision and make Linux a huge winner. Business Week Online.
Low cost and stability make open-source system an attractive choice.
Joe Barr asks Linus about 2.4, Alan Cox, Linux trade shows, Microsoft, the future, and beer.
"She uses off-the-shelf commodity hardware running virtually any Linux distribution." Press release on Mission Critical's Kimberlite.
Price no longer the best reason to try OSS?
In which users where asked "What do you use when failure is not an option?". Linux was choosen by 80 percent of respondance.
An InfoWorld review of the Red Hat distribution version 5.1.
Does Redmond fear Linux is ready for prime time?
Enterprises are looking again at Linux as a Windows alternative.
Selling Linux on its merits.
LinuxChix debate the merits of a female-orientated operating system. [ZDNN]
Review of the Taos Tech Talk with Linus by EETimes.
Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from Brazil to China are increasingly considering open-source software. CNET.
Register article by a Newsforge regular about the "market share" of popular Operating Systems.
Should the Microsoft TCO information be trusted?
Linux is destined for more than servers, and this article explains why.
Newsforge article says Mandrake soft is considering an IPO.
A combination of Microsoft dislike and "no secrets" open source threatens the monopoly.
Microsofts bugs push Japan to look at Open Source.
The viability of Linux as a mainstream operating system, examined from a media and marketing perspective.
With the exception of Microsoft, most of the computing industry's largest companies now actively support Linux.
Where Linux is, and where it is going, in the enterprise sector.
Computer Associates and possibly Informix will make databases for Linux.
The Red Hat Linux distribution wins InfoWorld's OS of the Year for 1997. Contains a small synopsis of the distributions strengths.
Sick of sexist attitudes, female techies from around the world are getting connected and getting organized. [ZDNN]
Explains the benefits of a soft economy to the adoption of free software and to Linux in particular.
Vendor to port storage software to Linux OS.
This is the Fall 1999 issue of Crossroads, the International ACM student magazine. This issue features articles related to all aspects of Linux, including parallel computing, networking, and security.
Special report, Linux in the limelight.
Three year deal moves oil companies to the penguin.
For the first time in years, Microsoft's unassailable lead in computer operating systems is being challenged by manufacturers offering Linux software.
An article arguing which OS will win the coveted spot atop the network OS throne. Mentions how projects such as the K Desktop Environment will help make Unix, and Linux, a more viable operating system than ever before.
Total cost of ownership improves the quality of the operating systems debate.
There may come a day when government IT managers realize the cost savings of not having to pay for an OS license for every desktop and server. [CNN]
As software companies continue to pour millions into scaling Linux for the enterprise, some observers now believe the open-source OS's future is to serve as a distributed, network-based operating system.
Open operating system Linux would love to bolster its success in big back-end servers with a slice of the lucrative desktop market. Windows' licensing pitch may be the penguin's invitation to the party.
In an environment of budget pressures, corporations are more open to the idea of free, open-source software.
A functioning workstation for little or no money on older hardware? It can be done, and here is how.
Linux on the desktop in the Wake of MandrakeSoft's Bankruptcy.
CNet discusses how Linux's popularity could hinder the software giant in its quest to gain control of a server market.
IBM may soon start packing its PCs with the open-source Linux operating system. IBM's Linux initiative has so far been limited to its servers and workstations.
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