The Durham, N.C., company will commit to support users of the Apache Web server and Sendmail messaging server, regardless of the Linux distribution they run on or whether they run on Linux at all, according to sources close to the company.

VERITAS Software Corporation and Red Hat Inc. announced that the Companies are collaborating to accelerate the availability of enterprise-class VERITAS Software application storage management solutions on Red Hat Linux.

The suite includes the new 3.0 release of Cisco Collaboration Server, Cisco Media Blender, Cisco Media Manager (formerly Media Router) and the debut of Cisco eMail Manager. Cisco's expansion into the customer interaction software marketplace is based on software developed by WebLine Communications Corp. and runs on multiple platform including Linux.

What would an understanding of Quality have to say about Linux? Quality, as Persig finally comes to realize, is not in the object (a computer OS) nor in the subject (a person), but rather in the relationship between the subject and the object.

If you're purchasing The Installation and Getting Started Guides for Red Linux 6.0 to supplement your Red Hat distribution you are likely to be disappointed. In fact, you'll likely be downright upset. Just don't say I didn't warn you.

The Linux operating system is the main ingredient in a new breed of thin, inexpensive Web servers that are being crafted for Internet service providers that need to run racks and racks of servers.

If you're in a single-platform environment, be it Solaris, Windows, NetWare or what have you, read no further. You already have a single sign-on solution and the rest of us hold you in contempt for having homogeneous users. If you're in a multiplatform environment, the following exploration of single sign-on solutions leveraging NDS is for you.

Model Technology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mentor Graphics Corp. and the leader in HDL simulation, announced that its two most powerful tools, ModelSim EE and SE will be available for the Linux operating system in VHDL, Verilog, and mixed HDL configurations.

Looks like Creative won't be alone. We received confirmation from Skip McIlvaine, Developer Relations Manager at Aureal, regarding Linux drivers for Vortex based sound cards.

While many promote Linux as the one true operating system or the answer to all problems, it really is necessary to be a little more pragmatic. Even if Linux is the word of the supreme being, lots of computers that aren't yet running Linux are still out there. This situation is likely to continue for years to come.