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FreeBSD Con '99

First annual FreeBSD conference and expo to be held at Berkley, California from October 17-21, 1999.

Red Hat in the Ring

Red Hat CEO and founder Bob Young talks about the future of Linux and the recent IPO.

IDC Study Reveals Companies Are Increasing Their Use of the Linux Operating Environment

According to a survey done by IDC, 13% of the respondant said that they use Linux. They said they would delay the adoption of Window 2000 by 6 to 18 months to wait for technical stabilization of the operating system.

Linux Hits the Big Time

With the Red Hat IPO burning a low-orbit trajectory across the Wall Street sky Wednesday, it was hard not to feel that the Linux community had crossed an invisible threshold.

SuSE launches SuSE Linux 6.2

This is the latest english release of the SuSE Linux distribution. Comes with Kernel 2.2.10, KDE 1.1.1 and XFree 3.3.4.

The Open Source Beer Hike

Geeks from around the world gather in Bavaria to hike the hills, sip the beer, and talk about Linux. Not necessarily in that order. Steve Kettmann reports from Tüchersfeld, Germany.

SCO to boost revenue by offering Linux services

Unix vendor SCO is now planning to provide commercial support for Linux in a bid to earn revenues from services.

IBM opens PPC design

IBM to distribute a free motherboard design to allow hardware vendors to sell PowerPC computers running a distribution of the Linux OS.

Next-Gen Intel: Penguin Inside?

At the Linuxworld Expo, Intel demonstrates how its 64-bit Merced chips will power the future of e-commerce. With Linux, that is. James Glave reports from Silicon Valley.

Linux and the New Computing Order

What the Linux community should do to make Linux an attractive solution for developers.