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Why NOT to Upgrade Your Linux System

Submitted by Dhanesh Ramachandram 2004-12-19 Linux 64 Comments

I'm not upgrading my Fedora Core 2 machine to Core 3, even though the new version has been out for a couple of months. There's not anything wrong with FC3 itself, it's just that system upgrades are both a blessing and a curse.

10 Things To Do with a Live Linux CD

Submitted by Tux5 2004-12-18 Linux 34 Comments

Live Linux CDs are a simple concept with many possible uses. Here are 10 things you can do with a live Linux CD.

Linux Looms Larger Than Thought

Submitted by jeanmarc 2004-12-15 Linux 37 Comments

The overall Linux market is far larger than previous estimates show, a new study says. In an analysis of the Linux market released late Tuesday, market research firm IDC estimated that the Linux market -- including servers, PCs and packaged software -- is expected to register a 26% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over five years, reaching a whopping $35.7 billion by 2008.

Linux has fewer bugs than rivals

Submitted by Rahul Sundaram 2004-12-14 Linux 116 Comments

Standford University research team has found that Linux has fewer bugs than the competition using Coverity, a static source code analysis tool. Andrew Morton, one of the core developers says that the major bugs detected using this tool have already been fixed. It might be of interest that Linus Trovalds has developed a similar tool called sparse specifically for the Linux kernel which has proved itself to be pretty useful.

Review: Xandros Desktop 3 Deluxe

Adam Scheinberg 2004-12-13 Linux 63 Comments

There's always a lot of excitement when a major Linux distribution has a new release - there's the clamour for the release notes and changelog, as well as the insatiable urge for screenshots and the search for the torrent for the ISOs. The release of Xandros Desktop 3.0 last week was no exception, with OS fanatics everywhere curious just what was in store. Read on for details.

iMac G5 Preliminary Support in Linux Kernel

Submitted by Sibel 2004-12-12 Linux 132 Comments

I was happy as an iMac G5 owner, now I am a happy Linux user again: good news is coming from the growing linux-on-mac community.

MIPS 2.6. Kernel Evaluation LSP from MontaVista

Submitted by Patricia Colby 2004-12-09 Linux 2 Comments

MontaVista Software has announced the immediate availability of a MIPS evaluation Linux Support Package (LSP) for MontaVista Linux Professional Edition (Pro), based on the 2.6 Linux kernel and MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.1 applications and tools.

Improvements in SELinux

Submitted by Rahul Sundaram 2004-12-08 Linux 12 Comments

James Morris, one of the core SELinux developers has a blog entry detailing the evolution of SELinux and how it has worked so far including a recent major performance boost using RCU (Read Copy Update) code in the Linux kernel.

What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?

Eugenia Loli 2004-12-08 Linux 63 Comments

For this article, it is accepted that in today's real world, there is little to suggest that worm writers would or could create the same degree of havoc on Linux as they have for Windows. However, that does not mean that Linux is impermeable to attack by the same kind of malicious, worm-writer-minded efforts that plague Windows. So what are the real vulnerabilities of the Linux operating system?

A view at Crux-PPC Evolution

Submitted by Sandor 2004-12-06 Linux 21 Comments

A view with screenshots at the first release of Crux-PPC Evolution, a new extended version of the Crux lightweight distribution.

Why Install Linux on your Mac

Guest post by Dhanesh Ramachandram 2004-12-02 Linux 80 Comments

Yeah, why? Your typical modern Mac comes with all the Unixy goodness you could ever need, right? But there are a bunch of Linux PPC distributions that you can, if you feel the need, install on your Apple hardware.

Multi-distro Linux Live CD

Submitted by Alan 2004-12-01 Linux 17 Comments

With CD Shell, it's possible to boot multiple live distros from the same piece of media. Load up a CD or DVD with combinations of Damn Small Linux, DBAN, Slax, or other "live" distributions and always have the right tool for the job.

Torvalds: GPL Needs Minor Work

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-29 Linux 84 Comments

The GNU General Public License, which is the most widely used free-software license and is used to license the open-source Linux kernel, is set for its first revision in 13 years. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux operating system, last week weighed in on the upcoming challenges facing GPL Version 3.

Notes from a Yellowdog 4.0 installation

Submitted by Rob Carvey 2004-11-25 Linux 33 Comments

Some notes from a Yellowdog 4.0 installation along with some screenshots.

New Linux Distros, Old Problems

Submitted by TTF 2004-11-23 Linux 36 Comments

Several new distributions make communicating with a Windows network more difficult than it should be.

Torvalds Slams EU Patent Proposal

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-23 Linux 42 Comments

Linus Torvalds and two other European software luminaries have thrown their weight behind a campaign to block software patents from being legitimized in Europe, ahead of a critical European Competitiveness Council decision later this week.

Linux sees a Window in enterprise apps market

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-23 Linux No Comments

A report has predicted that more than one in seven ERP servers will be running the open-source operating system by 2007. Companies running ERP systems are increasingly choosing the Linux operating system, rather than Windows or Unix, according to a report published on Friday.

A comparison of Linux alternatives for hard real-time

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-23 Linux 12 Comments

This study compares the real-time capabilities of various Linux kernels. It was part of a project to upgrade the control software in water-wave generators at research institutions around the world. The results of the study were used by Akamina for the selection of a new RTOS for the control system upgrade of Canada's largest hydraulics and coastal engineering laboratory, the National Research Council Canadian Hydraulics Centre in Ottawa.

Into the World of Damn Small Linux

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-22 Linux 31 Comments

Damn Small Linux 0.8.4 was released recently. Now, the Siag Office word processor and spreadsheet are included, there were adjustments to smbclient GUI; adjustments to the control panel for backup and more. We talked to John Andrews, founder of the DSL distribution last week and he opened up to us with enthusiasm on the project's future. UPDATE: Many screenshots of DSL.

Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Available for Download

Eugenia Loli 2004-11-21 Linux 20 Comments

As promised earlier this month, ISO images of the recently released Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 are now available for free download from Terra Soft's FTP site and mirrors, as well as via BitTorrent.