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One of the least expected -- and most useful -- products of the Linux movement is the live CD. The ability to demo an operating system, with applications, is an advocate's dream come true. Freeduc is a live CD intended to be an aid to primary and secondary education. It could be a good tool for your child.

Online marketplace eBay kicked off its fourth annual developers conference on Tuesday by opening its arms to the open source development process. The eBay Community Codebase includes a new online forum where developers can hook up for projects. It's free to members of the eBay Developers Program and the PayPal Developer Network.

The KOffice team is pleased to announce the next version of the lightweight, integrated and complete office suite. With exciting highlights like two new components - Krita and Kexi - and support for the OASIS OpenDocument file format, the KOffice 1.4 release is a large step forward. Even a Live-CD featuring the latest release is available so you can try before actually installing anything. You can also take a look at screenshots at OSDir to get a first glance. Read the full announcement and the changelog for further details!

French bank Société Générale is reporting significant performance improvements on credit risk calculations after moving to a Linux-based Grid solution from incumbent vendor Algorithmics.

The OpenPKG project released version 2.4 of their unique RPM-based cross-platform multi-instance Unix software packaging facility. OpenPKG 2.4 consists of 562 selected (from a pool of over 880) packages.

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The latest version of KOffice a new graphics tool and database manager. Now also uses OpenDocument file format.

Several years ago, I wrote "Opening Up to OpenOffice.org: Finding an Alternative to Microsoft Word" -- my most quoted article. At that time OpenOffice.org (OOo) was barely known, so I confined myself to highlights. Now that OOo is starting to be used in business, a more detailed look seems overdue. Accordingly, I compared the beta of OOo Writer 2.0 with Microsoft Word 2003. Both are adequate for most users' purposes, so I focused on functions that power users are likely to want:

When evaluating open-source solutions there are four main areas to consider: features provided, development effort, product cost and support.

A Linux based plug-in for Rational Application Developer is the first, and currently only, wizard available to assist getting started with writing Workplace Collaboration Services components.

With an announcement this week supporting the Eclipse Foundation's push into the business intelligence (BI) market, Actuate has opened the door to open source BI.

Users looking to get more bandwidth out of Linux server connections may want to check out a new server adapter from start-up Level 5.

Progress Software's Joe Alsop explains the strategy behind the vendor's move to open source.

Through its Academic Initiative, IBM is sharpening its focus on providing learning tools for college students interested in open standards and open source software on IBM products. But a volunteer-led group called SHARE has been working to teach open source methods to those already in the business world.

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JBoss Inc. released the latest version of its open-source, Java-based portal product. The new JBoss Portal 2.0 embraces the Java portlet API specification (JSR-168) and provides an extensible portal framework designed to integrate dynamic Web pages and applications within standardized reusable portlets.

I'm sorry to say that Debian's hosting of machines at Above.Net has come to an end...we are now actively soliciting hosting for these two machines

Analyzing firewall logs is key to understanding the threats your servers face. Knowing what the bad guys are looking for is the first step in assessing how vulnerable your servers are. Both open source and commercial firewalls make log information available to firewall administrator. But taking risk assessment a step further, what if there were a way to apply the principles that make open source software successful to firewall log analysis? A way to help yourself and others at the same time? The DShield project seeks to do just that.

In the ongoing brand war between the Linux and Microsoft marketing factions much of the true value of each of the platforms has become lost in pointless debate, argues James Ainslie.

The ROI of open-source software is a contentious issue. Several recent studies, conducted by Yankee Group, Jupiter Research, Forrester Research and others, have focused on the ROI of upgrading a Windows installation vs. switching to Linux and have concluded that it is less expensive to stick with Windows. But the reports miss a critical point: Switching from Windows to Linux is the worst-case ROI scenario. After all, the new platform requires training and perhaps hiring new personnel -- always expensive propositions -- vs. merely paying for licenses.