The Duke of URL has just posted its review of
">Caldera's OpenLinux Workstation 3.1. Caldera is probably best known for going against the grain in the Linux world and is the first Linux distribution to introduce per seat licensing. The review covers installation, configuration, specifications, what makes Caldera special and much more.
Looking for a low-cost way to get started with embedded Linux? Or a fun weekend project? In this detailed how-to article, Bill Gatliff explains everything you need to do to install Linux on a Sega Dreamscast gaming console. Even the necessary Linux kernel, bootloader, and utility kernel patches are included and available for download.
Introduction
The Linux Kernel v2.4.10 was released today. Looks like there were numerous VM related fixes applied, in addition to much merging with Alan's tree. For the full change log, read on...
Although proponents argue that Linux is at least as secure-and perhaps more secure-than Unix, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT or Novell Corp.'s NetWare, there is still concern at many federal agencies about the operating system's safety.
Imagine a commercial operating system with annoying anti-piracy features built right
in:
" A co-worker sent him a copy of a message from a Microsoft person
suggesting that the number of licenses they had didn't match their
number of users, and it needed to be addressed. This request offers
motivation to decrease the number of users of Microsoft software there. "
This week, advisories were released for fetchmail, sendmail, xinetd, bugzilla,
apache-contrib, uucp, and xloadimage. The vendors include Caldera, Conectiva, Red Hat,
and SuSE. It has been a tragic week. Our own Dave Wreski writes, "Today's events mark
more than a display of courage by Americans, an effort to exact retribution on those who
committed this senseless act, and how this country will be changed as a result. It directly
Since its debut in 1991, Linux has continued to quickly evolve as a desktop alternative
operating system, as well as an alternative network OS. We looked at four popular Linux distributions --
Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1, Mandrake ProSuite 8.0, Red Hat Professional Server 7.1 and SuSE Linux
Professional 7.2 -- to see how they worked alongside Windows NT, the technology most likely to be used on
the same class of hardware as that used for most Linux installations.
For some in the open source community, the forces of software development
have come to resemble the age-old paradox of Yin and Yang, which states
that light does not exist without dark and there is no good without evil.
In a sign of how strategic Linux has become, AMD and Intel are angling to lure open-source programmers to their future chip designs.
Linux--with a strong developer community and a flexibility that allows the Unix clone to run on numerous chips--has become an asset the chipmakers want on their sides as they prepare future chip designs. Linux has become a tool to secure quick support for a new chip.
