Comparative Reviews
An Appreciation of Linux, Linux vs. Windows, Making Linux Work in the Workplace: Installing Lin, OrbitStar-Linux, Red Hat 8 or SuSE 8.1 for the desktop user?, SuSE 7.3, RedHat and Windows XP- The Register, Testing the Best of Linux, The Best Desktop Operating Systems of 1996, ZDNet: The Linux lineup
Linux Adoption
Accounting software company sees Linux demand from, Burlington Coat Factory gets deeper into Linux, Dept. of Homeland Security site switches to Linux , German city drops Windows for Linux, Germany likes Linux, Govt move on to let in Linux - The Economic Times, IBM Australia migrating to Linux, Linux manufacturing a lead in Asia, Linux Still on the Rise, Linux switch saves Amazon megabucks
90% Windows, 5% Mac, 5% Linux?
Register article by a Newsforge regular about the "market share" of popular Operating Systems.
Best Technical Support Award
InfoWorld declares the Linux user community to have the best technical support. Compares help Linux users give to each other as opposed to the amount of tech support offered by major corporations.
Big Blue slips Linux into the oil industry
Three year deal moves oil companies to the penguin.
Can Mandrake raise money by being your team?
Newsforge article says Mandrake soft is considering an IPO.
Can you install Linux? I think I can
Linux may be leading the open-source movement but is it the software for the people? It depends. Would you recognize a video card if it jumped off a motherboard? [CNN]
Cell Phone Makers Call on Linux
Can the alternative OS compete in a market already dominated by Palm and Microsoft?
Cisco iQ: The Charlie Rose Interview: Linus Torval
Open source instigator Linus Torvalds speaks with Charlie Rose about the past, present, and future of Linux and technology.
CNET- Server sellers bang Linux drum
With the exception of Microsoft, most of the computing industry's largest companies now actively support Linux.
CNN.com - Is Linux poised to topple Microsoft?
A combination of Microsoft dislike and "no secrets" open source threatens the monopoly.
Could You Get Fired for Choosing Linux?
Article with numerous follow up posts. Covers the usual arguaments for/against Linux.
Create a Linux based Network for peanuts
A functioning workstation for little or no money on older hardware? It can be done, and here is how.
CRN: Constructing a Windowless Office
Matches and compares Linux options to what were once considered Windows tasks.
Crossroads 6 - 1
This is the Fall 1999 issue of Crossroads, the International ACM student magazine. This issue features articles related to all aspects of Linux, including parallel computing, networking, and security.
Desktop Dreams
Linux on the desktop in the Wake of MandrakeSoft's Bankruptcy.
Desktop Linux is for real
Love it or hate, Linux is not going away, but it is gaining ground.
Do women need an OS of their own?
LinuxChix debate the merits of a female-orientated operating system. [ZDNN]
Easier install makes Red Hat 5.1 even more appeali
An InfoWorld review of the Red Hat distribution version 5.1.
Economist.com- Linux gets a break
For the first time in years, Microsoft's unassailable lead in computer operating systems is being challenged by manufacturers offering Linux software.
Everything You Wanted to Know about Linux
Thinking of switching to Linux? Get the details you need to make the transition painless.
Feds Can no Longer Ignore Linux
There may come a day when government IT managers realize the cost savings of not having to pay for an OS license for every desktop and server. [CNN]
Governments push open-source software
Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from Brazil to China are increasingly considering open-source software. CNET.
Grassroots Linux grows (InfoWorld)
An article that contains stories of different companies that have started using Linux. Also contains a section on "How to pick your Linux" which states the advantages of different distributions and links to their homepages.
How to Persuade Your Boss to Take the Linux Plunge
Selling Linux on its merits.
How valid is the IDC data?
Should the Microsoft TCO information be trusted?
HP-Compaq's Great Software Challenge
What will CEO Carly Fiorina do about its gaggle of operating systems? The decision could confirm her vision and make Linux a huge winner. Business Week Online.
IBM and Linux: the dinosaurs and the penguin
How IBM is making a comeback with Linux. The Register.
IBM Mulls Linux For Its PCs
IBM may soon start packing its PCs with the open-source Linux operating system. IBM's Linux initiative has so far been limited to its servers and workstations.
InfoWorld Interview with Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds talks economics and operating systems in this interview with Mike Vizard of InfoWorld. Focuses mainly on how Linux is affecting the way people look at the future of operating systems and economics models that drive the industry.
InfoWorld's OS of the Year
The Red Hat Linux distribution wins InfoWorld's OS of the Year for 1997. Contains a small synopsis of the distributions strengths.
Linux code co-op
IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi co-operate on corporate Linux code. From The Register.
Linux comes of age
Low cost and stability make open-source system an attractive choice.
Linux future scales out
As software companies continue to pour millions into scaling Linux for the enterprise, some observers now believe the open-source OS's future is to serve as a distributed, network-based operating system.
Linux Gears up to Challenge Windows on Desktop
With more stability, security and pricing in a desktop OS with a look and feel like Windows, Linux advocates say they are getting ready to take on Microsoft, which dominates the desktop market. [USA Today]
Linux in the spotlight
Review of the Taos Tech Talk with Linus by EETimes.
Linux loves the slow economy
Explains the benefits of a soft economy to the adoption of free software and to Linux in particular.
Linux makes strides in enterprise market
In an environment of budget pressures, corporations are more open to the idea of free, open-source software.
Linux picking up database steam
Computer Associates and possibly Informix will make databases for Linux.
Linux Renews Desktop Bid
Enterprises are looking again at Linux as a Windows alternative.
Linux Winning The War of Perception
As far as IBM is concerned Linux has become mainstream and it is doing mainstream business.
Linux: Penguin suitability
Open operating system Linux would love to bolster its success in big back-end servers with a slice of the lucrative desktop market. Windows' licensing pitch may be the penguin's invitation to the party.
LinuxWorld.com interview with Linus Torvalds
Joe Barr asks Linus about 2.4, Alan Cox, Linux trade shows, Microsoft, the future, and beer.
Mission Critical powers Linux Clusters
Mission Critical Linux launches server-clustering software for enterprise environments.
News: Japan mulls Windows replacement
Microsofts bugs push Japan to look at Open Source.
NewsForge: Improving the Linux vs. Microsoft debat
Total cost of ownership improves the quality of the operating systems debate.
NewsForge: Linux.com matches Microsoft software do
Get Linux free while supplies last. Hurry this offer only good as long as the internet lasts.
Open Source's First Six Months
Eric Raymond talks about the 6 months after Netscape announced its commitment to open source.
Security Fueling Open-Source Adoption
Price no longer the best reason to try OSS?
She-geeks confess love for Linux
Sick of sexist attitudes, female techies from around the world are getting connected and getting organized. [ZDNN]
Survey on PC WEEK
In which users where asked "What do you use when failure is not an option?". Linux was choosen by 80 percent of respondance.
The Penguin, the Press, and the Marketplace
The viability of Linux as a mainstream operating system, examined from a media and marketing perspective.
The Register: MS moves to head off Linux desktop &
Does Redmond fear Linux is ready for prime time?
The software war goes nuclear
An article arguing which OS will win the coveted spot atop the network OS throne. Mentions how projects such as the K Desktop Environment will help make Unix, and Linux, a more viable operating system than ever before.
Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up
Where Linux is, and where it is going, in the enterprise sector.
Why Linux will prevail
Linux is destined for more than servers, and this article explains why.
Why Microsoft is wary of open source
CNet discusses how Linux's popularity could hinder the software giant in its quest to gain control of a server market.
ZDNet: Tech Update
Special report, Linux in the limelight.