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Torvalds Looks Ahead

As the Linux community congregates in New York for the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, the center of attention, as always, will be Linux creator...

KDE 3.0 Is Big on Usability

Ive predicted that 2002 will bring with it more usable brands of desktop Linux, thanks in part to KDE 3.0 and GNOME 2.0 desktop...

Microsoft Spins Server Stories

By now, you may have seen the latest leaked memo from Microsoft Vice President Brian Valentine. The memo outlines the companys anti-Linux strategy. Though...

Microsoft Leaks Another Glum Valentine

El Gato was amused to see that Microsoft may be having as much trouble stopping internal memos from leaking to the press as it...

KDE Advances in Most Areas

Release 2.2.2 of KDE brings Linux and the other Unix-family operating systems another step closer to parity with Windows and Mac OS in the...

Ximian Branching Out

Ximian Inc. is the latest company with open-source roots to start selling proprietary products.Ximian, the open-source desktop company formerly known as Helix Code Inc.,...

Mandrake Linux Packs Punch

Built around the 2.4.8 Linux kernel, Mandrake Linux 8.1 PowerPack fancies itself a full-featured workstation system. In tests, it turned in decent results, but...

NetBSD Got Game

Confused by the many packaged flavors of Linux? Among the BSDs, FreeBSD probably has the greatest mind share and the user-friendliest tools, OpenBSD is...

CDE Vulnerability Opens Unix Systems Up to Attacks

Security researchers have identified a serious vulnerability in the Common Desktop Environment GUI used by many Unix systems that could enable a remote attacker...

Labs-Eye View: The Linux 2.4 Kernel

Its been a rocky road for the Linux 2.4 kernel, which originally used a memory management system that was significantly more intricate than the...