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Why Linux caught on where others failed
News Linux hasn't come close to writing Windows' obituary, but in the 10 years since it was born, Linux has carved out a niche where others have fallen by the wayside.
Aleutia E1
Reviews The Aleutia E1 is a creditable effort at creating a compact, low-power desktop computer. However, the current hardware platform seems a little underpowered for anything other than the most basic tasks.
Torvalds starts locking down next Linux
News Linux leader Linus Torvalds has moved the development of the upcoming 2.6 kernel of the open-source OS to a new phase aimed solely at making the heart of the OS less likely to crash.
Linux Mandrake 8.0 Standard
Product Reviews Linux Mandrake 8.0 Standard
Tags: KDE, GUI, XFree86, GNOME, Kernel, personal finance, Linux-Mandrake 8.0, Hardware, network, Linux
Access NT Terminal Server remotely with rdesktop or PXES
Insight Any utility that makes it easier for Linux clients to access Windows Terminal Server is worth a look, but there are two such utilities you can use with Windows NT/2000: rdesktop and PXES.
Red Hat Cygwin provides UNIX shell scripting in Windows
Insight Who says shell scripting in Windows is dead? Now you can run Linux shell commands while working in Windows. With Red Hat Cygwin, you get the best of both worlds (Windows and Linux) for creating batch jobs
Software testing: Go virtual
Insight Short of setting up duplicate systems, testing new software can be a hairy exercise. Here's another way: use virtual OSes like VMWare and Virtual PC as your testing platform.
Transmeta taking Linux gadgets mobile
News Transmeta, the employer of Linux founder Linus Torvalds, releases Midori, its version of Linux for mobile devices.
Sun helps Linux go global
News Sun Microsystems has released software to the open-source community that could make it easier to make Linux software usable in a myriad of languages.
Red Hat releases new hobbyist Linux
News The company rolls out its newest Linux product, Fedora Core 2, a free version designed for enthusiasts and developers who want to try out newer features.
Tags: Linux
Flaws drill holes in open-source databases
News Vulnerabilities in two popular applications used by developers to store program code could allow attackers to corrupt open-source projects.
Tags: Network security, Databases
Making Linux usable tops Tovalds' list
News The biggest development in Linux in the past year has been a more refined user interface, Linux founder Linus Torvalds says, deprecating the deeper work that remains his own domain.
Chipmakers release source code for drivers
News Via and XGI say they hope to increase the number of Linux platforms that are compatible with their hardware.
Germany-funded Linux software arriving
News KDE, one of the major interfaces designed to make Linux slick looking and easier to use, has been upgraded, an effort that includes the first results of work funded by the German government.
