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RedHat Linux v7 has been released. Available in three versions, the Linux 7 packages differ in the length of Web support and free Red Hat Network trial time. The professional version includes 30 days of phone support. The MSRP is $29.95 for standard, $79.95 for deluxe, and $179.95 for professional. Red Hat simultaneously introduced its new Red Hat Network, available to all Red Hat users on a trial basis. Visit the RedHat website Buy it here! for more details.

What's Transmeta?
Where's Linus Torvalds?
A computer chip named Crusoe?
A notebook that has a real battery life of 10 hours?
Intel's X86 chip architecture is 25 years old. If computer age is measured like a dog's age, then it's 175 years old.
So sly old Linus and a company called Transmeta have now revolutionized the PC chip! It's a hybrid that runs x86 code like a RISC processor, but instead of burning the code into the chip, it's handled by software. Less transistors means using a fraction of the normal battery used by an Intel/AMD chip. Currently available in two speeds, a 700 Mhz for light weight notebooks and a 400 Mhz for PDA's and other wireless products. A new Mobile Linux is shipping with the 400 Mhz, optimizes power usage and is small enough to fit in ROM. It supports a range of applications for handheld devices, including Web browsing programs and personal productivity software.
Look for a crusoe chip powered line of notebooks from just about every manufacturer, many in time for Christmas. New PDA's as well. Looks like a Linux based hand held phone/palmpilot/computer with decent battery life may be coming to a venue near you, real soon. ( more )

A resource that probably needs to be mentioned once more is the Linux Software Encyclopedia which is maintained by Steven K. Baum. It has over 5500 listings and has been continuously updated since 1995. The downloaded PostScript version is over 1000 pages. Just one more example of just how great Linux and its resources are!

ZDTV the television arm of Ziff-Davis, computer related magazines, has changed its name to TechTV and has fully embraced the Linux O/S. They have even purchased the Linux Hardware Database to add to their online support. They feature 24/7 computer related programming and plenty of support for Windows, lord knows Windows user need it! Currently available to satellite TV users and some cable providers.

Looking for a simple, easy to use programming language? You may wish to check out Euphoria. Claims its much simpler to use than Basic, yet more powerful than C++ and it's available in a Linux version. Let me know what you think.

Linux password expired? Linuxconf allows passwords to expire over an extended time period, so how do you work around this? Click here.

The first ever office suite for Linux users in the Korean language has been released.

Looking for a free shell account? Try http://www.freebelt.com/freeshells.html

Seems that Sun Microsystem's Scott McNealy is at it again and just can't pass up a chance to get a dig in against our old friend Bill. Seems ole' Bill has a lock on office related programs, so what does Scott do? Sun is releasing the code for Star Office, the already free alternative to Microsoft Office. Not only does Star Office do all the things MS Office does, including complete compatibility with MS files - it now will be an open source. Scott's hoping for a repeat of the Linux open source success. Makes you wonder just how long ole' Bill can hang on before the world wakes up and asks: "Why the heck an I paying for this stuff?" Release is due on October 13 and can be accessed at http://www.openoffice.org .

Just as Ole Bill announced the release of last and final version of Winbloze (there is a God!), Linux is just now really taking off. The Japaness big boys, 22 of them including SONY, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and a host of other heavy hitters, have announced a consortium with TurboLinux Japan to develop and promote a defacto standard of the Linux O/S for use in the next generation of hardware applications like PC's in your TV, wireless phones and car navigation.

Got a Linux problem? Try our Q&A message board where you can post your probs and get some answers. Just click on Q & A on the left menu.

In the past, there have been some concerns regarding security with Linux boxes on the net, example Chase-Manhatten Bank does not allow Linux on any of their servers, well as usual, Linux has met the challenge, read more about here.

Linux for Morocco is a French and Arabic language site.

Got a need for speed? Especially important for gamers, Stampede Linux is an O/S with a need for speed.

www.SEUL.org [Simple End User Linux] is a volunteer project to help Linux become an operating system that the average user can install and operate easily.

Red Hat and Dell Computers have teamed up to provide the Linux O/S on out of the box Dell Computers, a one source resource. That's a combination that's hard to beat.

www.Linux.org has a new section dedicated to Linux and small business resources, check it out http://www.linux.org/business/

Easy to install, easy to use Xwindows GUI, Helix Gnome 1.2 is getting some good press, check out his review from www.techrepublic.com .

Using a DSL or cable modem connection, do you access your system remotely from your laptop?
It maybe time to look at whether you're "hacker bait"!
Check out our "Links" page and see under "Internet Access" for free diagnostics to see if your system is secure and for ways to plug the holes.

TurboLinux® releases Operating System in Six New Languages. Here's what the press release says:
"TurboLinux is now shipping its Workstation and Server products in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, U.K. English language versions. These new products add to TurboLinux's award-winning offerings in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Korean and Japanese.
The new language offerings from TurboLinux include localized language versions of the office productivity suite StarOffice from Sun Microsystems as well as a localized version of the TurboLinux installer, disk partitioning utility and configuration utilities, among others.
Note: Star Office is currently available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. You may find the link farther down on this page.

Did you pay for a Microsoft O/S license when you bought that computer or note book? The answer is probably "yes". The courts have recently decided against Ol' Bill forcing manufacturers to buy licenses for all their product lines regardless of what the end user intends to use the computer for. Guess what, you may be able to get a refund -- check out this article on "Getting a refund".

You got ta' love Linux -- The winmodem blues just maybe a thing of the past. Check out our links page for more info. Seems that if you stop thinking of the thing as a modem and start looking at it as a phone dialer.. well , just check it out!

Check out TuxTops, a great site dedicated to Linux and notebook computers.

Interested in experiencing Linux yourself. ZDNET has a great quick start page with plenty of how-to's and some great downloads. What are you waiting for? LINUX is now!

So the debate rages, and now there just might be the final answer, which is better WindowsNT (gag) or Linux?
A report about a study in which Linux and NT were put head to head during one year has been published at GNet

GNet now features a 1-on-1 exclusive interview with Linus Torvalds, just minutes after Transmeta launched its Crusoe CPU, discussing Linux and Transmeta, java, etc. It's available at http://gnet.dhs.org/linus/

Linux-Mandrake 7.1 (Helium), new and improved with plenty of video driver support especially for matrox, and other bleeding edge AGP cards Linux-Mandrake is now avilable as a free download or available from resellers as a package with over 2000 programs and plenty of support. Last version sold for $55.

Hey, how about that guy Michael Chaney? Needed to get his email from Bill's Hotmail on Xmas eve. But NO-O-O!, Hotmail was down because Bill forgot to pay for his domain name. So being the clever guy, Michael Chaney forked over the $35 registration fee to Network Solutions, and got Hotmail turned back on. Oops! Read about it here.

Jbuilder is now new and improved, available from Insprise/Borland , "for rapidly delivering 100% Pure Java2 applications. It is a free download.

Due to popular request, here's the link for the freely downloadable WordPerfect v8.
It's good for 90 days and then you must register (without cost). I had resisted placing this here because of what seemed like a direct attack on the open source license by Corel. They have since "clarified" their stance and you can read about it on their website as well as finding the download: linux.corel.com Check out the new Corel Linux that critics claim is the easiest of all to install. Sure made Corel's stock jump.

Seems that Sun Microsystem's Scott McNealy just couldn't pass up a chance to get a dig in against our old friend Bill. How would you like to have a complete office suite of programs that Byte magazine says is better than the $689.95 Office 2000 from Microsoft? It even handles MS files!
Of course, there's a Linux ported version, and
a Winbloze version among others!
The best part, it's FREE!
Downloading StarOffice is a honker, over 70 Mb so you probably are better off to spend the US$39.95 + $7 S&H and get the manual and the CD (which has all ported releases on it). Just one more great reason why Linux is the OS of the next millenium. Poor Ole Bill, just when he thinks he's finally got something right...

There is a website which attempts to test different Linux releases on name brand computers. Check out KeyLabs.

Hey, gamers... Myth II is out, just put the CD in the drive, mount it and run the install program... real GUI without the hassles.

Cable modem, DSL, ISDN - So you've got a cable modem. Want to know how to set it up and even share it across the a network. Did you know Linux can use DSL? ISDN? Go to our "Links" page for the whole scoop.

Enlightenment 0.16.4 works very nicely!
Looking for drivers?
The Linux Hardware Database may have what you need. Check compatibility hardware issues. It's been revamped and better than ever. It's free to register and let's you add comments which helps others.
RedHat has revamped their website so old bookmarks may not work. Their Red Hat Hardware Index page may help you to better get where you are going.
Other good linux resourses out there: Linuxberg -- check it out.
If you are a newbie, now there's a site just for you! Check out Linuxnewbie.com As usual, it's a little hard to navigate, so I've got a couple of short cuts for ya'... Click here for IBM clones and here for Mac User's. This is also a good source for what's new in the Linux news.
Tucows has added a new Linux section.
CNET's downloads.com also now has an expanded Linux section. Here's where to find the Adobe Acrobat Reader update 4.0 for Linux!
ZDNET.COM (the publisher of PC Computing Magazine and ZDTV) has recently discovered Linux, some good stuff for newbies and you can email or chat them with questions -- check out their ZDTV Tips & FAQ.
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