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Bryant University in Rhode Island was ranked the the "second most connected campus in America" by the Princeton Review in October 2004. The school offers a wide variety of Web services, including online registration and course materials, a digital asset library, and a large interconnected campus, and they're all powered by Linux.

Heise Online reports that GlobalWare AG is offering individuals, universities, and public institutions open source translation software that runs on Linux. The software, called OpenLogos, reportedly translates between English and German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

OpenLogos requires the presence of a PostgreSQL database and must be currently be run from the Linux command line. The program also supports translation between German and either French or Spanish. Plans are in the works to provide a GUI interface, so that the program does not need to be run from the command line.

A contest to create applications and find bugs in a mobile "Linux desktop server" is underway. Realm Systems will award $75,000 for the best entertainment, security, IT infrastructure, productivity, and "other" applications for its Black Dog Linux device, as well as for "most bug reports."

The Linux kernel may be the star of the show, but like any star, it needs a supporting cast. In this case, the supporting cast is known as a Linux distribution--a useful set of system and application programs bundled with the OS. Edd Dumbill serves up overviews of the major Linux distributions as well as the specialist distros, and for who (or what) each distro is best suited.

Author Ti Leggett presents the first in a series of articles focused on building a secure corporate directory, including support for single-sign-on that's scalable up to thousands of users.

A project to create an open source Linux 2.6 kernel for Linux-based Motorola mobile phones is underway. The "OpenEZX" project aims to allow users to install and run native Linux applications on their Motorola Linux phones

Only the most basic stuff is covered here, the original article was for Oracle Administrators new to Linux.

It's possible that Google may be the largest open source-based company on Earth. I'm guessing at that, and I might be wrong. Several years ago, in a conversation at Google with some of their honchos, one of them told me Google's plan was to have over a million servers behind its search service, all running on LInux. I don't know if that's come to pass yet. Or if it matters, frankly. But it's crossing my mind as I get ready to talk tomorrow (or soon thereafter) with Google's chiefopen source guru (technically, Open Source Project Manager),Chris DiBona.

If any of ya'll have some questions you'd like me to ask Chris, put them below, or

SDK v1.2 is a multi-platform Java software architecture and framework for supporting the development, integration, and deployment of search and analysis technologies.

"In a rare display of indignation, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly demanded an explanation Wednesday from Microsoft's lawyers and told them, 'This should not be happening'." [Is monopolism like alcoholism - once a monopolist, always a monopolist? Let's hope the lesson learned is the right lesson. - Ed]

For this initial column, here is a quick overview of Eclipse and its governing body. I included a snapshot of the members in this issue to point out to those devoted to proprietary solutions to review the tables carefully, as your competitors may be listed.

Nishant writes: "Now, if I don’t want to use Windows at all, why should I pay for it? Is there no freedom for a computer buyer if he goes for branded ones?" [He goes on to make the case for a grassroots movement to expose vendors to GNU/Linux. - Ed]

This is more or less the article that appeared in the October issue of the prestigious and informative ‘EQ Magazine’. The article as it appeared in the magazine has some photos of some of the components mentioned in this article. Many thanks to Craig Anderton and the wonderful staff there. If you are into audio recording and production, this magazine is an excellent and invaluable resource.

In the business IT shop of the near future, open source software will gain equality with proprietary software, but it won't get there on its own power, said Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB. It will ride in on the coattails of major systems and software vendors, just as Linux won users after IBM endorsed it.

Like you thought Microsoft's money wasn't any good any more? Kidding. Sorta But you had to know they'd try something.

It looks to me like we'd all better use their software so no one gets hurt. Any government that decides to use OpenDocument Format will be sat on. At least that is how it appears to me.

[ED- This must be the first self-referential story posted -- bstadil.]

During the last month, we conducted a survey of readers who use Linux. We asked them why they switched to Linux and received a plethora of answers. Surprisingly, anti-Microsoft sentiment had less to do with the choice than one might imagine.

Could the pundits have it all wrong? Is it possible that Linux stands on its own merits? Most Linux users would say "yes". Use of Linux does not represent a rebellion against Microsoft and Linux stands on its own as a user preference.

Think you need to cough up large sums of money for an office suite, security tools, and other essential programs? These free and low-cost alternatives provide power without the high price.

[Ed: In other words, don't look a gift horse in the mouth]

Under the name OpenLogos GlobalWare AG is offering to private individuals, universities and other public institutions a free translation system for Linux. The software can be downloaded from the website of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).

One of the hottest companies on the planet, it is a well-known fact that Google has relied on open source tools and technology to build itself. But how good of an open source citizen is Google? Based on its actions in 2005, the company's doing a pretty good job.

Don't call it Little Blue quite yet, but IBM yesterday announced that in mid-November it will roll out an open source J2EE application server based on the Apache Geronimo project.

Called the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WAS CE), the roughly 60 MB free download builds on the May acquisition of Gluecode Software, which had made significant contributions to the Geronimo project, including a user interface and administration.