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With curtains closing on the Novell Linux Day (held in Mumbai yesterday), what impact has SuSE caused on the Indian CIOs mind? CXOtoday took a closer look at the event to gauge the response to Novell’s ambitious plans for SuSE in the country.

The second article of this two-part series explores more advanced lex/yacc development and introduces basic troubleshooting techniques. See e-mail headers parsed before your very eyes! Marvel at cryptic error messages! See a computer actually compute something!

Name change now official

The Adams-Blake company's Jaya123.com is home to a cross-platform, Web-based financial system that came to be because of one programmer's frustration with Windows' instability and susceptibility to viruses.

Risks associated with having electronic communications subpoenaed during lawsuits or regulatory investigations have prompted some businesses to establish policies to address email concerns, but many firms are clueless when it comes to handling instant messaging issues.

LinuxBeta.com has prepared a screenshot slideshow of Feather Linux 0.5.7.

LinuxBeta.com has put together a slideshow of ZerahStar Zesktop Live CD.

Determined to surpass all the obstacles and embrace new technology, the Iraqi LUG held its first installfest.

Over 11,000 users of the Linux OS have signed a petition in an attempt to get ATI to support the software with its graphics cards.

An introduction to XML and DocBook: what is it and why should I learn yet another data format?

While Linux clusters can handle the demands of high performance computing, they're still lacking in some key features, said Eric Pitcher, vice president of technical marketing for Linux Networx, a cluster systems provider in Bluffdale, Utah. In part one of this interview, he championed Linux clusters, citing their productivity and scalability. In part two, he discusses pricing and points out Linux clusters' current shortcomings.

It's catching on slower than expected, but more companies are signing up.

Despite the impressive list of achievements of open source software, it can be argued that there have not been any world-class games created under the open source banner. Sure, several old games like Doom and Quake have been gifted to the open source community, but there are no comparable original creations in this area. One should not expect this situation to change anytime soon, because the open source development model does not make sense for game development.

That sounds crazy until you consider that lately, the free operating system he created, Linux, has been helping Microsoft close deals.

Shavlik Technologies recently announced they are offering their agentless patch management software, Shavlik HFNetChkPro, for Red Hat Linux customers. The move, according to a company announcement, is in response to increasing demand for Linux in the enterprise. In a statement, Mark Shavlik, CEO, said, "Our research indicates a significant level of interest for a Linux solution, particularly for the substantial number of Linux servers being deployed by large networks."

The latest embedded market research data from Venture Development Corp. shows that Linux is now firmly in first place as the operating system of choice for smart gadgets and embedded systems. VDC's latest data indicates that Linux now accounts for 15.5 percent of embedded projects, beating out Microsoft's WinCE (6 percent) and XPe (5 percent), and Wind River's VxWorks (10.3 percent).