hether or not the open-source OS will become the next Windows is yet to be seen, however, there are strong indications it may be on its way.

Upgrade announced for the award Winning OpenLinux 2.2.

Forget about whether the Fortune 1,000 is interested in Linux. Try the Fortune One. General Motors Corp., the largest corporation in the U.S., is reviewing Linux to run the order management applications at GM's approximately 7,500 North American dealerships.

Marc Ewing seems happy in his job as Red Hat founder and chief technology officer, a position that has made him a near billionaire in the aftermath of the company's torrid IPO. But he's not complacent for one big reason: Microsoft.

SuSE and Siemens have completed a Linux extension allowing the use of up to four GByte of memory on Intel-based servers. The current Limit it 2 GB of memory.

How Linux scales up as compared to other operating systems.

Compaq will not support Windows NT beyond version 4.0 on the Alpha Platform and instead provide Linux-based Alpha machines.

Slashdot interviews Alan Cox, one of the key developers of the Linux Kernel.

Torvalds has nurtured a humble, understated presence that has made him the darling of the open-source community, and helped Linux make a heady ascent towards the IT mainstream.

There are a number of common misconceptions about FreeBSD in non-BSD circles.  Many of these misconceptions were voiced recently on the Linux oriented news site, Slashdot.  This article clears some of these misconceptions in the hope to attract new users and prevent the spread of misinformation about FreeBSD.