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Begins testing support for forthcoming dual-core processors in its first update to its Red Hat Enterprise Linux software.

This free Linux based SA4J download analyzes structural dependencies of Java applications to measure their stability. It detects suspicious design elements and provides dependency web browsing for detailed exploration of these anti-patterns in the dependency web.

Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 10.0 provides transparent optimization and exploitation of Linux environments, using asynchronous, direct, and vectored I/O for performance and processor affinity to achieve improved scalability and parallelism. The performance and reliability of IDS 10, together with commodity price hardware available with Linux, make for a powerful and cost-effective solution suitable for SMB and large enterprises alike.

New version features enhanced security features and improved interoperability.

Novell is targeting the Linux operating system at the retail industry via a new point-of-sale/service package based on its SSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Linux Desktop products.

Awards Celebrate Performance of Top Hardware, Software, Training and Solution Provider Partners

Former Oracle Corp. President/COO Ray Lane, who is now an IT venture capitalist with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, recently brought together a panel of open source experts at the Open Source Business Conference for two hours of candid commentary on the state of the enterprise software industry and the impact of open source.

The focus of the 22nd Annual Computer Olympiad, supported by the Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA) and Standard Bank, has shifted to the open source programming language Python.

The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser is without a doubt an open source software success story. One of its strengths is the active development community that works to expand and improve the browser's functionality through the development of Firefox extensions -- small applications that add functionality to Firefox. Here are a few of my favorite extensions, all tested with Firefox 1.0.1 on Windows XP and Mandrakelinux.

W3schools has updated their website browser statistics, and the good news is that Firefox has jumped up another 2% in the past month to just a tiny bit less then 24 percent of their overall visitors.

One challenge of Linux is finding a way to use it because few computers come with the operating system already installed. Using a Linux-based operating system such as Linspire (formerly Lindows) has its advantages, such as few worries about viruses and spyware. But most users must install it as a “dual boot” with another operating system.

SugarCRM is offering a new version of its core application this week that adds campaign management, E-mail marketing, sales forecasting, and wireless support.

Over the past several weeks, Tom Lane has been working on replacing our old Cache Management Alorithm (ARC) with a new, patent free one (2Q). In order to reduce the number of 8.x deployments out there that are using the old manager, we have just released 8.0.2, and encourage adminstrators to upgrade at their earliest convience.

As the market for software becomes bullish, a lot of attention is being showered on new open source development tools and frameworks. The star example today is the Eclipse Foundation's namesake IDE.

VIA has posted open source drivers for its graphics chipsets, part of its project to encourage the use of Linux with its EPIA embedded x86 platform. The chipset maker said it had made driver code available for S3 Graphics' UniChrome family of graphics cores integrated into its CLE266, CN400, PM800 and PM880 North Bridge components. The drivers support Linux kernel 2.6.x.

Being the best doesn't always mean being the most popular. We all know of many inferior products that are immensely, sometimes perplexingly, popular. However, this does not mean that one must forsake the pursuit of excellence when pursuing a broad market share. As proponents of open source software, it should not be beneath us to pursue popularity or to look to proprietary developers as examples. And by following the right examples, we can help spread the usage of open source software without sacrificing the goal of software excellence.

Following Friday's release of Ubuntu Linux 5.04, Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian project, told internetnews.com: 'Ubuntu's popularity is a net negative for Debian.' He explained: 'It's diverged so far from Sarge that packages built for Ubuntu often don't work on Sarge. And given the momentum behind Ubuntu, more and more packages are being built like this. The result is a potential compatibility nightmare.' Ian suggests a method for averting crisis on his blog."

I Have frequently been asked, "How did you get started with Linux?". The following is the near epic tale of my transformation from mindless Windows drone to open source zealot.

Linare Professional is a commercial GNU/Linux distribution based on Fedora Core. It is themed to look and feel like Windows XP and aims to be a full-featured well-integrated desktop OS. Sadly, I've found it offers little more value than Fedora Core, and that value comes at a cost.

Citing desires for both a "new identity" and an end to possible legal liability, Mandrakesoft changed its name to “Mandriva” last week, not long after announcing a merger with Conectiva and many details of a future product roadmap. Some members of the Linux community are unhappy about the changes, but Mandriva has plans to make the changes more palatable.