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Linux clusters, InfiniBand and 64-bit processors -- particularly AMD Opteron -- are changing the face and fortunes of enterprise computing and Linux clusters, according to Donald Becker, co-founder of the Beowulf Project, which develops scalable, open source Linux clustering software. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses the importance of those technologies and why Linux clusters are ousting supercomputers, among other things. Becker is also chief technology officer at San Francisco-based Penguin Computing.

OSDir.com Weekly Screenshot Tours for Jan 19, 2005. Over the past week at OSDir we had the chance to install some interesting distributions, including Luit Linux 0.4, Knoppel 0.5, FAMELIX 1.0, and Freeduc-Sup 1.1.

Up to 80,000 PCs from the Gendarmerie Nationale could be involved in one of the largest migrations to OpenOffice.org to date.

Lynucs.org is an intriguing site for Linux users of all experience levels. Billing itself as "the free desktop screenshot archive," Lynucs.org lets users share screenshots of their Linux desktops, which other users can rate. It's a kind of AmIHot.com for Linux screenshots, but with some useful additions.

The open source database hopes to tap into a larger audience by having native support for Windows.

New magazine is the first to provide CIOs and other IT executives with information on Open Source in the Enterprise.

When choosing group calendaring and scheduling software, many organizations adopt one of the well-established commercial packages like Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, Lotus Notes, or Novell GroupWise. Their perceived simplicity is appealing: you don't have to think about file formats or write configuration files for server software. However, by choosing an application that is built to comply with Internet standards, you can eliminate the risk of being locked into a client whose features don't meet your organization's needs, while maximizing the flexibility and interoperability of your calendaring software.

The United States market for Linux support got more crowded Tuesday after French Linux vendor Mandrakesoft announced a partner program and a new line of Linux servers for the SMB (small to medium business) market in the U.S.

Novell and Red Hat, the leading Linux distributors, are preparing major upgrades to their respective server product lines for release within the next two months.

Looking ahead to the next generation of MIDI music-making software, including Improv, Q-Midi and Csound.

The Honeypot Project has found that unpatched Linux systems can last for months on the net without being compromised while noting that Windows systems only last for minutes.

A news conference invite has sparked rumors about rewriting the Linux kernel, but sources say the much-hyped announcement is nothing more than a modest job-development initiative.

Voice control is the next step in human interaction with computers. Voice recognition, and its flip side, speech synthesis, can help you streamline your day-to-day work and organize your Linux desktop in a better way.

BEA claims that many software developers are worried about using open source software, but JBoss isn't convinced

Free Eclipse 3.0-based TimeStorm Linux Development Suite Evaluation Kit Available for Download from TimeSys.

Mark Shuttleworth talks about the future of Ubuntu Linux and how the project is using subtle marketing to help develop its user base.

The move to Open Source One$DB, is driven by the fact that Open Source products are more acceptable and flexible, as they can be understood better in terms of strengths and limitations and can be customized to suit specific requirements without any fear of vendor locking. We also feel that Open Source products become more mature due to the continuous involvement of a diverse community.

Welcome to this year's 3rd issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Roger So sent a reminder for the Call for Papers for the Asia Debian Mini-Conf taking place at the end of February in Beijing, China. Jeroen van Wolffelaar compiled a list of packages in contrib which should be forced into the testing stage of contrib. Ankit Malik listed ten ways to pay back to the Free Software community.

What's a zazzybob? I don't know, but zazzybob.com is a Linux site that has a "particular lean" toward scripting, with a full repository of Linux and Unix scripts free for the taking under the terms of the GNU GPL. The scripts perform all sort of useful and automatic functions, like adding a user, clearing the screen, opening a bash xterm, or converting a decimal number to hex (or vice versa).

What was the biggest theme to emerge during the 2004 "Year in Linux"? In large measure, it all had to do with the expanded movement of Linux into new environments, ranging from the data center to embedded spaces.