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I first began running Linux when SUSE 5.3 and Mandrake 6.1 were the latest distros. Since that time I can't count all the distributions of *nix/nux I've tried and worked with. For the last nine months, however, I've been a happy camper with my Slackware desktop.

MySQL AB, which recently released MySQL 4.1, today announced a pair of tools that will provide a visual interface to MySQL database data. MySQL Query Browser is a GUI toolset that simplifies database usage. Users can visually select, query, create, modify and delete database fields and tables. The integrated script editor provides a visual interface for creating, editing and debugging SQL scripts. Using the results window in the Query Browser, users can also now manage and compare multiple queries.

During the past week at OSDir.com we did some cool screenshot tours, including Hikarunix 0.2, Debian-Installer RC 2, Lineox Enterprise Linux 4.0 Beta, and Thunderbird 1.0. Check it out!

A complete listing of our Linux and Open Source screenshot tours is here.

HP's worldwide director of Linux marketing sees HP embracing open-source software and exploring the Linux desktop.

Red Hat and IBM will jointly help software vendors certify their applications for Linux in a partnership announced today. The programme is designed to make it easier for vendors to migrate their software to Linux, and will also give IBM and Red Hat a boost by enlarging the pool of applications certified to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with IBM hardware and middleware.

The first thing anyone considering using Fedora needs to know is this is not a safe, sane Linux distribution. It's not meant to be. Fedora is the test bed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is also the replacement for Red Hat Linux, with two major differences: there is no commercial edition, and it is intended to be a community project, rather than solely a Red Hat product. This is the playground for Red Hat engineers and random volunteer developers to go nuts and try out wacky new things, and users get to play along. It has a fast release cycle of 2-3 times per year, with shiny new things in every release. So you should expect a few bumps and lumps.

The Fedora Project is proud to announce a TESTING tree for Fedora Core 3 on the PowerPC platforms.

Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition software empowers progressive government to quickly and securely implement a centralized web portal to give common application access to 4,000 users

This is the first part of a two-part essay about the revolution that started the Free Software Movement and resulted in the development of the GNU/Linux operating system; while the second part of this essay will examine the evolution of GNU/Linux, or as most people know it, Linux. into the world class alternative to proprietary operating systems such as Macintosh and Windows, that it is today. I won’t be discussing much in the way of major computing projects such as those of NASA or Hollywood so much as the wants, needs, experiences and expectations of both programmers and users of computer software and documentation, particularly as it effects their everyday work environment.

A new version of GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) desktop interfaces is now available for download.

In the next stage in the company's strategy to build an open-source stack, it has said it may start developing a web application framework.

The holiday season is hard upon us. The stress of shopping for loved ones, making travel plans, or preparing for holiday guests is building. If you're starting to feel like you might need a gun to take and to hold a parking place, it might be time for a stress-buster. That's where Blob Wars comes in. No, it's not a new diet. It's a free, fun, frenzied chance to gun down the bad guys and rescue fair maidens. It's also an SDL-based game which runs well on Linux. And the 1.0 release might be here before the new year.

Faced with a growing number of viruses hitting his network, small businessman Ralph Piche decided to switch to a Linux-based operating system for his desktop, rather than upgrade to the latest Windows offering.

Novell and Netline Internet Service expand their current relationship in a move that will see Novell sell, maintain and support Netline's Open-Xchange Server.

HP will be the Platinum Partner for the upcoming Red Hat Summit, being held in New Orleans June 1-3.

Pioneer of Open Source (OS) and promoter director of Apache Software Foundation, Brian Behlendorf is of the opinion that the overwhelming response shown by the Indian software professional community towards OS, shows that it is here to stay.

Several flaws in common Linux code used to process graphics in the GNOME desktop environment could allow an attacker to compromise a computer that displays a malicious image file, a security group warned this week.

If its manufacturers can guarantee uninterrupted service, Linux could gain traction in the enterprise as a messaging platform within the next two years, according to a recent survey. The survey, undertaken by Osterman Research, said that about a quarter of 95 IT executives it interviewed would either "definitely" or "probably" switch to Linux-based messaging servers within two years. But that's more than the 17% who indicated in the same survey that their organizations would either definitely or probably switch within a year.

Absoft Announces General Availability of the High Performance Computing Software Developers Kit for IBM Linux On POWER™ Clusters and Servers

Wireless Leiden, The Netherlands, has successfully developed new software for the reliable operation of large, wireless networks. These networks should adjust rapidly and automatically to changes in the network such as new or disappearing interlinks. Many research organizations are developing this so called 'dynamic routing' that could enhance the reliability and scalibility of these networks enormously.