Microsoft has issued patches for two critical holes in Windows NT4 as part of its January patch update.

Ars Technica has published a review of the AmigaOS4 Developer Pre-release (+Update 1) and the MicroA1-C. For a short summary regarding the most recent AmigaOS4 happenings I wrote a small update summary.

Join renowned webcast speaker Joe Hummel for an overview of Mono, the open source .NET platform for Linux. Learn about the capabilities of Mono and its possible uses in your enterprise. This webcast is the first in a two-part series; Part 2 will air on February 8, 2005.

"A study by not-for-profit IT security testing organisation Honeynet Project has shown that, on average, Linux systems today take three months to fall prey to hackers, up from 72 hours in equivalent tests conducted between 2001 and 2002..." Complete Story.

Novell Linux Desktop 9 is a capable, polished Linux distribution that will serve well in an enterprise setting—provided the applications that a particular user requires aren't exclusive to Windows. Read the review here.

Software, whether application software like gcc or system software like Linux which are part of the Free Software Foundation attract masses by their appeal of being free. In reality, this in-born-nature of FSF software of being free (in the sense of freedom of speech and not free beer) is not so clear and cogent to a common man. More significantly, if one takes an in-depth look into the Linux world, things seem to go the other way. Update: Fanatic OSNews reader Hubert Figuiere lets us know of the Paul Ferris' rebuttal to this editorial. Thanks Hubert!

Scott Long has released the latest FreeBSD Project status report, describing technical and documentation activities of the FreeBSD Project over the last six months.

This chapter teaches you how to set up a Windows-based network around a single support server used for updates, patches, tools, installation bits, and DHCP services.

"Is Mandrakelinux 10.1 (X86-64) worth €119? As we did not test the commercial edition of the product, we cannot really answer the question, but the FTP edition has given us enough warning signs to put any recommendations on hold." Read the review at LWN.

There is an article over at OpenQNX about a possible new desktop for QNX Neutrino. Elsewhere, check the VxWorks-to-QNX porting guide news.

A new release of DotGNU Portable.NET is out - the new .6.12 version includes a large number of fixes for WinForms and XML, and some preliminary performance increases for PowerPC platforms. Download the source or ready to run packages from GetDotGNU.com or read detailed release notes.

LynuxWorks today introduced a PowerPC version of User-Mode Linux (UML) based on the latest Linux 2.6 kernel and available for PowerPC G5. LynuxWorks' UML software will run on a LynuxWorks' BlueCat Linux host, providing a stable Linux 2.6 virtual machine environment for a PowerPC platform.

The Designing .NET Class Libraries series presents design guidelines for developing classes and components that extend the .NET Framework. The goal of the Designing .NET Class Libraries series is to encourage consistency and predictability in public APIs while enabling Web and cross-language integration. The guidelines presented in 'Designing .NET Class Libraries' are intended to help class library designers understand the trade-offs between different solutions.

"It’s a very good system for a first time Linux user, otherwise referred to as a ‘Newbie’. So if your reading this and have never used Linux before I can recommend you give this operating system a try, you may fall in love with it." Read the review here.