Infoworld.com: Pre-configured Linux plan set [Editorial] Posted by sde on Tue, Aug 15th @ 06:10 PM VA LINUX SYSTEMS, in Sunnyvale, Calif., is launching a service that will let buyers of Linux workstations and servers pre-configure their machines with a wide range of software options. ( Read more... | 87 words in body | 0 comments )

IDG.net: Linux climbs up [Editorial] Posted by sde on Tue, Aug 15th @ 06:08 PM BEFORE GOING ON to become CEO of San Francisco-based TurboLinux, one of the world's fastest-growing Linux suppliers, Paul Thomas loaded an early version of Linux onto an employer's mail server. The open-source OS was so reliable that more than a year passed before it was discovered. ( Read more... | 52 words in body | 0 comments )

TMCnet.com: Linuxcare, Motive Create E-Service Solution For Linux [Editorial] Posted by sde on Tue, Aug 15th @ 06:05 PM Linuxcare, Inc., a provider of comprehensive professional services and solutions for Linux and open-source technologies, and Motive Communications, Inc., a provider of online-customer care solutions, announced the development of the first automated, highly scalable e-service solution for Linux. Specifically, Linuxcare has licensed Motive's e-service software to power a state-of-the-art Internet-based service offering, allowing Linuxcare to deliver personalized and automated services to its customers. The initial target customers for this service will be hardware OEMs, ISPs, and ASPs. ( Read more... | 158 words in body | 0 comments )

InfoWorld.com: It's very clear Linux is here to stay, and five major trends are driving the OS [Editorial] Posted by sde on Tue, Aug 15th @ 06:03 PM As both a product and a phenomenon, Linux has reached a plateau where it is now considered just another mainstream alternative in the overall market. But if you look behind a lot of the technoeconomic trends that are driving today's market, the odds are pretty good that we're all going to be interacting a lot more with this platform in the future than most of us believe right now. ( Read more... | 22 words in body | 0 comments )

Infoworld.com: Linux handheld unveiled [Editorial] Posted by sde on Tue, Aug 15th @ 05:59 PM AGENDA COMPUTING, IN Irvine, Calif., revealed its handheld PC based on Linux Tuesday to the open-source programming community at the LinuxWorld trade show, in San Jose, Calif. ( Read more... | 92 words in body | 0 comments )

CNET News.com: Open-source firm CollabNet to name new software partner [Editorial] Posted by sde on Tue, Aug 15th @ 05:58 PM OpenSales released its AllCommerce Web site product-retailing software as open source, meaning anyone may adopt and modify the program. Now OpenSales will pay open-source programmers to extend the software through CollabNet's SourceXchange program, a source familiar with the plan said. ( Read more... | 73 words in body | 0 comments )

The Register: Red Hat loves IBM (true) [General News] Posted by sde on Tue, Aug 15th @ 05:55 PM IBM has authorised Red Hat to bundle IBM's Linux-based software worldwide. ( Read more... | 73 words in body | 0 comments )

MISSION CRITICAL LINUX TO OFFER ITS SST REMOTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION ON AN ASP SUBSCRIPTION BASIS [PR] Posted by pwe on Tue, Aug 15th @ 02:42 PM Anonymous writes "Lowell, Massachusetts -August 15, 2000- Mission Critical Linux today announced that their cutting-edge SST (Secure Service Technology ™ ) will be offered as an ASP service. SST, which securely harnesses the power of the Internet to provide real-time management of mission-critical environments, enables system administrators to remotely access their systems to perform all the necessary tasks to monitor, diagnose, and maintain their systems. The unique technology can be deployed on all major Linux distributions. " ( Read more... | 414 words in body | 0 comments )

MISSION CRITICAL LINUX DELIVERS HIGH AVAILABILITY TO INTEL'S IA-64 ARCHITECTURE [PR] Posted by pwe on Tue, Aug 15th @ 02:41 PM Anonymous writes "LinuxWorld Expo, San Jose, Calif. - August 15, 2000 - Mission Critical Linux, Inc., the cutting-edge Linux products and services company, has become the first to port Linux HA clustering technology to Intel's IA-64 architecture. Utilizing a Convolo Cluster built on Open Source Kimberlite technology developed by Mission Critical Linux, high availability is provided to applications such as the Open Source MySQL database and Apache web servers running on IA-64. The combined system is being demonstrated in the Intel Booth (#1044) at LinuxWorld San Jose and at several other upcoming industry events, including the Intel Developers Forum August 22-24 in San Jose. Implemented as a back-end HA system for dynamic data, the IA-64/Convolo Cluster is seamlessly integrated with an IA-32 Intel web server farm." ( Read more... | 416 words in body | 0 comments )

MISSION CRITICAL LINUX SUPPORT NOW AVAILABLE FOR SGI LINUX SYSTEMS [PR] Posted by pwe on Tue, Aug 15th @ 02:39 PM Anonymous writes "LinuxWorld Expo, San Jose, Calif. - August 15, 2000 - SGI Global Services (NYSE: SGI) and Mission Critical Linux, Inc. today announced the availability of unique mission-critical support for SGI systems running Linux. Combining the service technology and engineering expertise of Mission Critical Linux with the enterprise service experience and call management infrastructure of SGI Global Services, Mission-Critical Support for Linux now offers SGI customers the highest level of support available for clients' most essential systems. " ( Read more... | 618 words in body | 0 comments )

Is OpenGL in Trouble? [Editorial] Posted by pwe on Tue, Aug 15th @ 12:42 AM Anonymous writes "osOpinion has an interesting editorial piece about open GL and its recent decline in popularity and how Microsoft's Direct3D technology is quickly catching up to OpenGL. Acording to the author (an opinion that I agree with), If the ARB doesn't move it, OpenGL, Linux, and life as we know it will cease to exist. Products such as Linux, which seem poised to finally offer Windows a challenge, will never succeed if OpenGL isn't better than Direct3D. However, if it is, everyone wins, consumers, vendors, and alternative OSs alike. Everyone, except of course, for Microsoft." ( 0 comments )

Discovering Linux [Editorial] Posted by pwe on Tue, Aug 15th @ 12:42 AM Anonymous writes ""I think my greatest fear of Linux was that I would get swamped in a command line driven environment where I didn't know any commands. It is the development of graphic interfaces for Linux applications that has encouraged me."" ( 0 comments )

Information Week: IBM Adds Linux To Thin-Client Computers [Editorial] Posted by sde on Mon, Aug 14th @ 05:13 PM IBM, already on the record saying it wants to make Linux available throughout its products, is outlining steps to make it happen. IBM will unveil its first thin-client computer with Linux available as a preinstalled option. Until now, users who wanted to run Linux on IBM thin clients faced a do-it-yourself project. Now, the company's N 2200 and N 2800 models will feature Linux out of the box. "A lot of our customers are looking for a more packaged solution," says Paul Boulay, NetVista program director in IBM's Personal Systems Group. The devices will ship with TurboLinux 6.1. ( Read more... | 56 words in body | 0 comments )

CNet.com: AOL's Linux software leaks onto Web [Editorial] Posted by sde on Mon, Aug 14th @ 04:55 PM A technology Web site has posted a preview version of America Online for the Linux operating system. The software, code-named Gamera, was obtained by Techpages.com. The Web site made the code available online yesterday, according to the site's administrator. ( Read more... | 107 words in body | 0 comments )