Changes in Lycoris as a company

  Submitted by Tim Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 27 Comments
Joseph Cheek CEO of Lycoris has published a letter to their customers and the community. In the letter Joe addresses many outstanding issues that have gone unresolved over the past few months, and outlines major changes to Lycoris the company, the products, and future direction. My Take: I always thought that Joe is a great guy, and this letter confirms it. He is an objective and a responsible man.
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Open Source Solaris Stalls

Solaris 38 Comments
If you were expecting a sneak peak of an open source Solaris or to buy a commercial version next week when it launches, don't hold your breath. Although Sun Microsystems said it is on track to officially launch Solaris 10, the next generation server operating system, on Nov. 15 at its Network Computing 04Q4 event in San Jose, the products will actually take a bit longer.
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OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets

OpenBSD 8 Comments
In order to better understand why OpenBSD has decided this is important, KernelTrap approached Theo de Raadt with a few questions. In reply he fully explains the issue, talking about how successful this form of activism has been for OpenBSD in the past, and offering specifics on exactly what they are trying to accomplish. He summarizes, "the open source community has support for all the ethernet chipsets, all the scsi chipsets, all the raid chipsets, so why should we not have support for all the wireless chipsets?"
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Arch Linux Vs Slackware: The Best of All Worlds

Rumors 129 Comments
To paraphrase one of the best "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, "Best of Both Worlds", both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between --what I believe-- are the two best Linux distros around today. Mind you though, "best" doesn't always mean "easy".
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Study: Mac OS X (and BSD) ‘world’s safest and most secure’ OS

  Submitted by Neil Taylor macOS 60 Comments
The most comprehensive study ever undertaken by the mi2g Intelligence Unit over 12 months reveals that the world's safest and most secure 24/7 online computing environment - operating system plus applications - is proving to be the Open Source platform of BSD and the Mac OS X based on Darwin. On the same report, Linux doesn't rate as well. Elsewhere, AppleInsider and Gavers posted news about OSX Tiger: Burnable folders, revised Smart Folders.
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TransGaming Announces Cedega Time Limited Demo

Games 22 Comments
Linuxlookup.com is reporting on how Transgaming released a time limited demo of its flagship Linux product, Cedega. The Cedega Time Limited Demo will be available only for a two week period, from November 2nd to November 15th and can be downloaded at www.transgaming.com. Cedega allows hundreds of the top triple ‘A’ PC titles to run on the Linux operating system, seamlessly, transparently, and out-of-the-box with equivalent game-play and performance as the original PC version.
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