Debian's latest stable distribution, dubbed "Slink", was initially released on 9 March 1999, and is currently at revision 3.

Red Hat has signed a deal to provide technical support for corporate users of Compaq computers with Red Hat's version of the Linux operating system, the companies said today.

Network managers and industry experts have hotly debated Linus Torvalds' assertion that Linux will take over from'monolithic' operating systems, such as Microsoft's Windows NT.

At the Java Developers Conference, IBM will announce the free general availability of a Java Software Developer's Kit 1.18-compliant Java virtual machine (JVM) for the Linux operating system, with performance that exceeds that of JVMs running on Windows NT.

The Gartner Group published a series of reports that are overtly hostile to LINUX. Indeed, if one compares the tone from the previously published report on the transition issue facing companies that buy NT with those on LINUX, once sees a loss of any objectivity. How does LINUX threaten the Gartner group and its livelihood?

NT 5.0 / Windows 2000 is already late and any further delay gives an opportunity for Linux to be choosen as an alternative.

Linux FreeS/WAN is an implementation of IPSEC & IKE for Linux.

The Professional Services division of SCO has announced a new series of Linux-related offerings to help enterprise customers evaluate and manage the cost, benefits and risk of Open Source technologies.

While Linux will have important niche roles, it will not gain broad acceptance as a substitute for Unix and Windows in the enterprise in the near term.

This release further demonstrates Lotus' commitment to supporting Domino on multiple platforms and continues the strong momentum Linux has generated in the enterprise community.