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This series of articles is specially written for newbie programmers using Gnome and GNU/Linux. Python, the chosen language for development, avoids the usual overhead of compiled languages like C. Read it at LinuxFocus.org. Previous articles in the series: first article, second article.

"Lindows 2.0 is like Baby Bear's porridge--it's just right. This new operating system isn't too hardcore for the average user, and it's nowhere near as expensive to buy and operate as Windows." Read the article at ZDNet Australia.

One Spanish region has made the switch completely, even encouraging a local company's development of a Linux distribution. Other European governments are considering following a similar policy.

"It's all over but the shouting. The non-settling states can still appeal, but they're not going to win. The DC Circuit slapped down Judges Sporkin and Jackson when they tried to give Microsoft a hard time; now that it has the ruling it wants, it's going to let that ruling stand. That leaves only the Supreme Court, and it's hard for me to imagine this particular Supreme Court even hearing the Microsoft case." Editorial.

"With this release RedHat are making a concerted effort at integration and that is something that sits awkwardly with the open source model. Firstly, it forces a degree of cooperation between software developers - they need to adhere to standards but if they want to become part of the latest Linux distribution they need to adhere to those standards that it adopts." Read the review at LinuxLinks.

gtkmm (previously known as Gtk--) is the official C++ interface for the popular GUI library GTK+. Highlights include typesafe callbacks, widgets extensible via inheritance and a comprehensive set of widget classes that can be freely combined to quickly create complex user interfaces.

Jaluna introduces its first product, Jaluna-1, a suite of Real-Time software components. Jaluna-1 is based on C5, the 5th generation of Sun Microsystems' ChorusOS product. Millions of units of ChorusOS operating system products are shipping worldwide in the UNIX, telecom and network devices markets. Beyond Jaluna-1, future Jaluna Software Component Suites will leverage other Open Source technologies including Linux, Eclipse and Java.

"Todd Fries and Todd Miller happily send along notice that OpenBSD 3.2 has been released. It's available by FTP, CDROMs are shipping, and is CVS if you want to source upgrade. This is a big release for OpenBSD with many substantial changes. Many users will want to reinstall from scratch and not upgrade, as architecture changes on some platforms as well as enhanced security features are best taken advantage of that way. Read on for the release notes." Read the full release notes at Deadly.org.

A very common question that comes up when trying Debian GNU/Linux is how the heck do you get Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (a.k.a. ALSA) sound modules set up properly? In this HOWTO LinuxOrbit shows you how to compile and install the ALSA kernel modules, and then setup things using the ALSA Debian script so that modules are automatically loaded and unloaded, and your mixer levels are saved and restored on boot up.

"IBM Corp is lining up the launch of its first xSeries server based on Intel's 64-bit Itanium-2 processor for the first quarter of 2003, and has confirmed that it has dropped plans to bring its AIX Unix operating system to the Itanium processor platform." Read the article at TheRegister.

Mozilla's HTML engine, named Gecko, has been powering a number of other browsers on many platforms for a while now, like Galeon, Chimera and more. Vote for your favorite one! Oh, and being on the subject, K-Meleon 0.7, Galeon 2-dev, Salamander 0.3 and Phoenix 0.4 are all very recently released.

"No matter how often it has been said, it seems that many GNU/Linux and Macintosh users refuse to see the obvious. The response to a recent article of mine demonstrated this statement as well as any other example I can think of. What is so obvious? That while speciality software and functionality is nice, it isn't going to make or break adoption of an operating system." Find out why at OfB.biz.

Workrave is a free program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Something possibly very important for all us (computer maniacs) OSNews readers. The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit. Refer to the feature comparison for a complete list of features, and how the program performs with respect to other programs on the market. Currently, the program runs on GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows .