Apple.slashdot.org features an interesting question by a reader, asking for a bootable "live" Linux CD for the Mac, the way Knoppix and/or Morphix do it on x86 (one CD with KDE and another one with Gnome, plus apps). I would like to urge Yellow Dog Linux, the premier Linux distro for Macs (review), to build such a version, as it would not only help their product marketing-wise, but given the reluctance found in the majority of "normal" Mac users (as opposed to power users) to re-partition their Macs and try other OSes, it should "push" and introduce these users to Linux in an easy and comfortable way. UPDATE: I put up a poll for you, come in and vote for your favorite Mac Linux distro (vote even in case you don't own a Mac; there is an option for it).

Restructure your code for multiprocessor Macs and take advantage of SMP with the help of Cocoa. Elsewhere, you will find a tutorial of Real Basic under Mac OS X, the 21st in the long series.

From Kristian Van Der Vliet, project leader of Syllable: "We are currently checking everything into CVS in preperation for Syllable 0.4.4, which is now scheduled to be released next weekend."

Want a quick guide to installing and securing Red Hat Linux? This article details the steps required to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 on a production server. It covers the procedures necessary to get the operating system from the setup CDs to your system's hard disks, shutting down any unnecessary system services, and applying any required system updates from Red Hat.

The bewildering choice and ever increasing number of Linux distribution can be confusing for those of you who are new to Linux. This is why this page at DistroWatch was created. It lists 10 distributions, which are generally considered as most widely used by Linux fans around the world.

Serenity Systems announces the release of eComStation 1.1 products. The new product branding includes the separation of OS platform component from some of the applications which had been included in eComStation 1.0. Users may now select from eComStation Entry, the OS platform component, and the eComStation Application Pack. The multiprocessor support is available as an optional feature as well, and a server edition based on Warp Server for e-business is also available. Read the full announcement as a PDF here. Our review of eCS 1.1 can be found here.

This is one of the original boot logs for Linux on a POWER5 IBM microprocessor. Linux was ported to POWER5 at an IBM Lab in Austin Texas. The port was done with pre-production hardware.

After the recent announcement that the FreeBSD boot scripts in /etc have been replaced with the next generation version imported from NetBSD, I've wanted to learn more about the new system, but wasn't able to find much info.

While Apple grabs publicity for its new 99 cent music download store, Microsoft is quietly preparing for a counterattack by improving its own technology for supporting subscription music services.

Project Mono, an effort to create an open source version of the Microsoft Corp. .Net Framework, expects to release version 1.0 of its software this year, probably in the fourth quarter.

"There's a community within Unix-Linux that has grown to increase its stability, where finding the bugs is considered a positive thing. Whereas, with Windows, there's a rather aggressive community trying to find bugs to denigrate Microsoft and Windows." Read the article at NewsFactor.

Forrester senior analyst Laura Koetzle pointed out that the IIS Web server program is turned off by default in the new version of Windows, so that machines not offering Web connections need not be secured against Web-based attacks. Read the article at eCommerceTimes.

Microsoft Corp’s .NET vision, once a confusing morass of marketing hype and technological buzzwords, is now a mature platform for the development and deployment of web-based applications which require inter-device connectivity, the company said.

A few more links to yesterday's barrage of SCO-related articles: "SCO CEO says no Linux is legit" (interview with the SCO CEO), "Meet Linux's New Public Enemy No. 1" (another SCO CEO interview), "Torvalds Sounds Off On SCO Lawsuit", "Analysis: SCO Takes on Linux", "Tragedy to farce--the SCO vs IBM lawsuit" (written by ESR).