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As you faithful Enterprise Networking Planet readers know, Knoppix is a great all-purpose rescue CD for both Linux and Windows. A few months ago you read about using Knoppix to run a virus-scanner on Windows machines. The advantages of this are getting the most current virus definitions, running the scan from a guaranteed clean disk, memory-resident nasties are not present, and it's free of cost.

OSDir.com Weekly Screenshot Tours for Jan 26, 2005. What a fun week we had at OSDir doing screenshots of your favorite apps and distros.

The job market for Linux IT professionals still looks mighty good. Actually, it looks too good -- the market has attracted enough IT pros to drive salaries down a bit, according to David Foote, president of Foote Partners, an IT compensation research firm in New Canaan, Conn. But don't worry. There are other ways to get top dollar for your messaging, security and networking skills. Another promising trend: a minor, but growing, backlash against outsourcing IT outside of the U.S.

Adlink releases an ETX form-factor single-board computer SBC with embedded Linux support for Intel Celeron and Pentium processors

From user accounts to viruses, security is one of the basic concerns in computing. Yet, although everybody talks about security, much of what average computer users believe about security is inaccurate, because their explanations refer primarily to symptoms of system behavior rather than to principles of system design. In this interview with Dan Razzell, a computer scientist with over 25 years of experience in system architecture and security, we discuss the differences between how average computer users and security professionals approach security.

Linux, the ubiquitous and free operating system that by some estimates runs half of Internet servers, is targeting automobiles.

Web-Based Service Allows Volunteers to Assist in Translations

Several embedded Linux-oriented companies were named to a list of top privately held companies in Europe and Israel. The 2004 Tornado100 list, assembled by European tech media company Tornado Insider, includes virtual platform start-up Jaluna, Linux firewall company Astaro, and VoIP (voice-over-IP) software pioneer Skype.

A while back, chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano challenged the company to move its desktops to Linux by the end of 2005. What's clear is that this hasn't happened and doesn't look like happening. And there's probably a good reason. IBM is not alone in its policy of moving to Linux on the desktop, of course, though the number of organisations of any size that are mandating such a move is small indeed. Novell is however following this path -- though as a major vendor of Linux software, you'd expect that.

A center for "open technology" startups will open in a Portland, Ore. suburb on February 1, the OSDL has announced. Funded by the City of Beaverton, the Open Technology Business Center will offer residencies to qualified early-stage companies, with the OSDL providing consulting around open source business models and opportunites.

An ambitious $1.2 million project to create new jobs in the city of Beaverton, Ore., is under way. The Open Technology Business Center (OTBC) will open its doors Feb. 1, according to its executive director, LaVonee Reimer, in a Tuesday afternoon press conference.

The Open Source Development Lab is set to open a new center to encourage technology start-ups working on open source technologies with the backing of the local State and City governments. Click here to find out more!

The news and entertainment we consume, and thus our thoughts and opinions, are shaped not just by the media and entertainment corporations but by governments, their agencies and the military-industrial complex.

The Open Source and Industry Alliance (OSAIA) have just posted their amicus curiae brief, supporting Internet Gateway (bnetd).

At first glance, there's nothing all that special about linuxcompatible.org -- unless you count the fact that it has an Emperor penguin as part of its logo instead of some funkified version of Tux. But if you can look past the clunky page design, you'll find a lot of useful information here: links to the latest Linux news, busy forums, plus a great big hardware compatibility database with scads of new entries each week (hence the name of the site).

It just isn't fair that Windows users get all the viruses. I mean really, shouldn't Linux users be in on the fun as well? Well... thanks to the folks running the Wine project, Linux users can "catch the virus bug" too -- sort of.

MS's nightmares: the sale of IBM'S PC unit could result in it switching from Windows to Linux in what is projected to be the world's largest market for PC's. Moreover, Intel could become a victim too if the new company switches over to the PPC, which runs Linux quite nicely. Furthermore long term there could be a general lessening of any need for MS software. One should note, however, there are already noises about "Home Land Security" and DOD vetoing the sale.

All SCO got was the right to look through an insanely large amount of IBM code on what may be the world's largest code-fishing expedition.

I have good news. If you're interested in tracing your roots -- I'm speaking ancestry here, not super user accounts -- you're in luck. Linux is blessed with a number of free software tools for doing just that. I've been learning my way around one of them the past couple of weeks. GRAMPS is easy to use, produces a variety of reports, handles GED files with ease, and allows you to add notes, photos, and other data to individuals in your database.

For the first time, a major Internet service provider is adopting Firefox for its customers.