Linux Archive

Here you can download Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 version for the AmigaOne/Teron series of motherboards, AmigaWorld reports.

Linux has a unique opportunity to take advantage of its open source nature by offerings its users greater integration than even proprietary software can due to the fact that developers have access to both the code from the operating system as well as a large assortment of bundled applications. The following osViews editorial contribution is the fifth piece to a multipart series, ( | | | ) which outlines the framework for a consistent, full-featured Linux desktop platform that would help grow the operating system's desktop install-base among new users and Windows converts.

Lately, there has been a "Why linux isn't ready for the desktop" article every 3 days. Most of the time, these articles originate from a lack of understanding or acceptance of the open source system. I'd like to try to address some of the common arguments against linux here, and try to help people understand why linux probably won't be on your desktop for a while.

Here's a review of this year's Linux World convention. It's from a frog's-eye perspective, a guy with a free "exhibitions-only" pass.

"As never before, corporate customers are turning to Linux software instead of Microsoft Windows to run big business operations. Now, if only they could get the word processor's basic "cut and paste" feature to work." Read the rest of the article at CNN (from Reuters).

ExtremeTech continues its journey into Linux distro reviews. Today is Ark Linux's turn.

Even though most Linux users have treated Linux as an operating system for their x86 white boxes, Linux runs equally well on PowerPC machines. David Mertz, Ph.D. looks at Linux on the PowerPC and the appealing range of PPC machines produced by Apple, where the option of using Linux is of great value to many users. Update: IBM pushes Linux on Power processors.

Linux's diversity is often regarded as one of its greatest strengths. That diversity -- as great as it is -- also translates to inconsistency, which many regard as one of the operating system's greatest weaknesses. The following osViews editorial contribution is the fourth piece in a multipart series, ( | | ) which outlines the framework for a consistent Linux desktop platform that would help grow the operating system's desktop install-base among new users and Windows converts.

OSDL: it's not just for data centers and carrier-grade Linux anymore. Not as of this morning, that is, when OSDL issued a press release to announce the formation of a third initiative: the Linux desktop. Newsforge article, press release, Q & A. Trolltech has also joined OSDL and will participate in the Lab's new Desktop Linux Working Group.

Here is a quick Linux articles round up: "Analysis: Linux looks for new worlds to conquer" says ComputerWorld.au. "From back office to desktop, Linux is spreading" says ComputerWorld.au. "Novell at LinuxWorld: Ready To Rock" says Enterprise Linux IT. "Showtime for Linux" says LinuxWorld.au. "Big vendors lead leap to Linux" says ComputerWorld.au.

Andrew Morton, Linus Torvalds' right-hand man and the maintainer of the 2.6 kernel, will not be attending the LinuxWorld conference in New York this week, but he did speak with eWeek's Senior Editor Peter Galli about the recent 2.6 kernel release and his vision for Linux.

In these difficult times, having a computer-related job is a precious commodity. Those that have managed to keep their jobs should be thankful but also concerned that it be lost in the name of offset income generated by its removal or transfer. osViews editorial contributor Doug Chick believes that one of the most valuable, yet underused tools within the computer professional's arsenal, is the advocacy of Linux on the desktop at your place of business as opposed to an expensive solution provided by Microsoft.

"One of my dirty little secrets is that I have never successfully installed Linux on anything. I've tried many times over the years, because I bought into the idea that it could revitalize old computers. I'd cobble together a 486 processor, some no-name disk controller, a clonky old hard disk, a VGA card from the Boer War, and off we'd go. My Linux experience terminated shortly thereafter with an incomprehensible error message concerning IRQ 9, lost interrupts or goblins in the bidirectional bus buffers." Read the commentary at ZDNews.

The world's top electronics makers are rallying around an OS--and it's not Windows, but Linux.