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Last month CodeWeavers Inc. released version 4.2 of its WINE-based Windows binary compatibility application, three months after the previous release. If you've used CrossOver Office in the past, you won't see much different with the new version. Most of its enhancements and updates are internal, adding better support for more applications and some bug fixes in the installer and menu creation utility.

My computer is my life, but I'm fairly new to the world of Linux. I started with SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional. It's a fairly nice and easy system, but I wanted to try some other distributions, to see what I liked and disliked. I wanted something that felt not too advanced, but also not too limited. That's what I found in the VidaLinux operating system (VLOS), the perfect combination of what I wanted.

Feedster's founders were concerned about server reliability and support for their databases, since downtime can often result in lost revenues. After an extensive evaluation, Feedster decided against basing their business on one of the free Linux distributions because of lack of support and accountability. They chose SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server because of the comprehensive ecosystem of support and training offered worldwide by Novell. Feedster also runs MySQL* with AMD64 Technology, both of which are certified for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server.

The Brazilian government will force public departments to migrate to open source software, but Linux vendor Conectiva says the move is unlikely to work

With an open source implementation or migration, it may not simply be a matter of discerning the right software features, there is another dimension to the peculiar and nifty benefits in opting for the open source route. For example, open source solutions may be apt to offer industry-specific versions of a system that partners have branched from the core open source project.

A report due out after the general election is expected to highlight the lower support, hardware and software costs associated with open source software

Astronaut, entrepreneur and founder of popular Linux operating system, Ubuntu -- Mark Shuttleworth is in Sydney this week for the Ubuntu Down Under conference. He was also one of the speakers at Linux.conf last week and took some time out with LinuxWorld to discuss life, the universe and everything open source.

Potential move toward testing and certification of open source software puts Oracle up against Kim Polese's SpikeSource.

The [Australian] federal Government has entered the open source software market, "whitebranding" a free website content management system for use by government agencies and not-for-profit groups.

The company hires Jeremy Allison, co-author of the Samba open-source software suite, and vows to bring greater integration with key open-source projects.

Bavarian city passes over Novell's Suse Linux for a high-profile, 14,000-computer installation.

roundup Linux specialist MontaVista raises its game in both software and sales, while VCs open up their wallets.

Company that sells Linux for unconventional devices brings new software foundation--and more-traditional sales model--to product line.

SUSE LINUX, With the AMD Opteron* Processor, Lowers Hardware Costs and Provides High Availability and High-Performance Computing for Mission-Critical Databases

We're doing Readers' Choice Awards a little differently this year, to try to make them more fair.

It has been 14 years since the first 64-bit processor -- the MIPS R4000 -- found its way into a workstation. 64-bit workstations once cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, but the introduction of high-performance, low-cost 64-bit CPUs from AMD and Intel has changed the industry's attitude toward workstation design. New architectures are forcing old hardware into obsolescence, but free software can extend those old systems' useful life.

Pulling the plug on an ambitious open-source FPGA hardware and software project, ST Microelectronics confirmed Tuesday (April 26) it will stop development of its Generalized Open Source Programmable Logic (GOSPL) technology and pursue further programmable logic development through third-party partnerships.

The Open-Xchange Server 5 eases the shift to open source for IT admins.

Getting the free and open source message to users, particularly school-going youths and their teachers in a vast country like Namibia, is not the easiest task. SchoolNet, however, has come up with an innovative approach to the challenge and has produced the first in a new series of comic strips promoting FOSS.

Ututo-e is a Gentoo-based distribution developed in Argentina. Of all the x86 distributions listed on DistroWatch, Ututo-e is the only distribution endorsed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Since he first noticed Ututo-e while visiting Argentina last August, Richard Stallman has described it as "the only free GNU/Linux distro I know of" -- an endorsement that promises to boost its user base the way that John F. Kennedy's endorsement of the James Bond books boosted their sales. In addition, the FSF hosts Ututo-e on its FTP site.