Source: Linux Journal
Once again, it's time to consider how to build the Ultimate Linux Box. This time we're going to do things a bit differently: I'm going to analyze one element at a time, write a web article on it, take readers' feedback from that, add the next component and so on, until we've built the entire box together. A little open-source project, if you will.
Source: OS Opinion
You hear it all the time: "You can't make money off free software." Actually, companies are making quite a bit of money from free software. IBM (NYSE: IBM) and HP (NYSE: HPQ) , for example, have reaped billions of dollars in revenue from Linux. True, they are doing so by bundling open source software with servers and support, but Linux is the glue that binds the entire package together.
Source: ZDNet UK
The full results of this year's skills survey show a need for Linux skills and a movement of tech workers away from the South East
The full results of silicon.com's fifth annual skills survey are out. Below we reveal what 3,830 respondents told us between mid-February and mid-March.
In a survey of skills types in short supply, Linux is the only one to have seen any growth over the past year. More than ten percent of businesses with skill shortages now require Linux developers.
Source: Newsforge
Okay, maybe not big money, but Massachusetts-based Open-Pc founder/CEO Morgan Lim says he's turning a steady profit. And lately he's been making waves with plans to move a prominent state government agency entirely to Linux.
Source: Computer World
What does it mean for IT professionals now that Linux is finding its way into a growing number of corporate settings? For systems administrators—the corporate IT people most likely to be affected by Linux adoption—it means they'll have another operating system to learn as their companies capitalize on Linux savings by retraining staffers.
Source: CNet News
Source: vnunet
Designed to make XP users feel 'more at home' with the Penguin, Open source developers at XPde.com have released the latest version of its desktop environment for Linux, which mimics the Windows XP interface.
Source: O'Reilly Net
O'Reilly's PR department has been working on making press releases more entertaining, and this latest effort, for the new edition of Learning Red Hat Linux, opens with a great image that made me laugh out loud -- comparing the reaction of Windows or Mac users faced with a Unix/Linux system to Dickens' character Little Dorrit:
