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How did we get to the point where Linux users would need to buy insurance to protect themselves while doing something as simple and natural as sharing free software? Because we just got onto the plaintiff lawyers' radar screen: big money is now involved. The Linux community needs a co... Mar. 19, 2004 Reads: 22,742 Replies: 8 | 'I did a research degree entitled 'The Linux Operating System: A Socio-Legal Study' at the University of Warwick, UK, from 1999 to 2001,' writes Maureen O'Sullivan. 'The conclusion of this work was that users and developers of free software needed and deserved legislative protection an... Mar. 17, 2004 Reads: 19,961 Replies: 5 | Linux is among the most popular applications known as 'free software' or 'open source.' Among other things, 'open source' means that the source code for these applications is available to those who are interested in seeing (or modifying) it. This is unlike commercial applications such ... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 16,552 Replies: 3 | Despite the rise of e-mail and the Internet as alternative ways of communicating data, fax continues to be important for business communications. Fax server systems such as network fax or LAN fax products provide small, medium-size, and enterprise businesses with a solution that automa... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 15,847 | For this month's Gaming Industry focus, editor Dee-Ann LeBlanc had a roundtable discussion with some of the leaders in this space. This article covers a recurring theme with the participants - cross-platform game programming and design. Read on for Dee-Ann's insight and comments from t... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 14,467 | This article provides a quick look at how the pros are creating games and other multimedia apps on Linux and in the cross-platform space. Any Linux programmer interested in writing games, multimedia applications, or other tools that make heavy use of Linux as a desktop would do well to... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 13,813 | This Q&A column answers one LinuxWorld Magazine reader's question per installment. Send your questions to answersquad@linuxworld.com, or submit them using the Ask the AnswerSquad link at www.LinuxWorld.com. Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 12,150 | If you even dabble in databases, chances are you've heard of the TPC-C transaction processing benchmark (www.tpc.org/tpcc/default.asp). Mention 'TPC-C world record,' and you probably think of mainframe-class servers running proprietary operating systems. But Oracle, HP, and Red Hat ... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 10,358 | Rekall is a multiplatform, database-centric RAD (Rapid Application Development) IDE (Integrated Development Environment), similar in intention to Microsoft Access or Paradox. Rekall uses the popular Python scripting language to script objects, instead of something like AccessBasic. It ... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 10,870 Replies: 2 | Bruce Perens, cofounder of the Open Source Initiative and long-time leader of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, announced plans at the November 2003 Desktop Linux Consortium event in Boston to start a project called UserLinux. UserLinux is to be a Linux distribution based on a subset ... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 24,428 Replies: 12 | At the end of 2004, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows NT. At that point, anyone using Windows NT will have several choices: follow Microsoft's upgrade path to Windows 2003, continue to use Windows NT without Microsoft support, or switch to Linux. Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 22,298 Replies: 1 | As Linux made its way further into the enterprise, a key feature that it was lacking at one point in time was a journaling file system. This was true in 1999, but today there are four journaling file systems that can solve enterprise server requirements. This article focuses on one o... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 23,775 Replies: 2 | I originally planned a series of articles dedicated to building the ultimate Linux desktop for business users. However, after doing some research I changed my mission - this will still be a series of articles dedicated to the Linux desktop for the everyday productivity user, but it wo... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 24,056 Replies: 9 | In this installmant of the Book Rookery, LWM Editor-in-Chief Kevin Bedell talks with Arnold Robbins about his new book, Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, which will be invaluable to those just learning to develop under Linux. Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 15,867 | The convergence between telecom and datacom is a two-way process, with both worlds contributing their experience and best technology to the future network. One area where telecom companies have extensive experience is computer clustering, and more specifically, providing high-availabil... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 11,074 | CommuniGate Pro 4.1 (CGP) is a comprehensive e-mail platform that includes a variety of messaging services. First and foremost, CGP provides standards-based e-mail services, including SMTP, POP, and IMAP. E-mail can be accessed and sent via most any e-mail client or via a Web interfac... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 19,959 | For this roundtable discussion, I sought out Linux gaming industry folks who were willing to let me pick their brains. Once I had them, I began our discussion by sending them a list of questions to start us off on what I hoped would be a productive chat. Rather than take up precious pa... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 44,250 Replies: 18 | People, even Linux enthusiasts, rarely think of the words 'Linux' and 'gaming industry' in the same phrase. Most seem to believe that there are no games for Linux. Others know only of those that are built by volunteers in various open and not so open source projects, but not of actual ... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 11,753 Replies: 2 | While Microsoft continues its aggressive anti-Linux campaign, independent software vendors and businesses around the world are turning their heads, choosing to pursue greater interoperability through open standards. It's a fact that Windows is the incumbent operating system with years ... Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 11,085 | As Linux moves in everywhere within enterprise computing - in embedded solutions, on the desktop, in distributed applications, and on mainframes - the Linux Business Week News Desk brings you all the latest developments. Mar. 16, 2004 Reads: 10,507 |
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