LinuxWorld Expo Roundup

Can the alternative OS be everything to everyone, from PCs to gaming to e-business? Only time, and the second LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York, will tell.

ZDNet LinuxWorld Roundup: News
• SuSE voted best distribution at LinuxWorld 2000   German Linux distributor SuSE picked-up the much coveted title of most popular distribution at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York Friday.
• Linux credit cards in Britain by June   British Linux enthusiasts will soon be able to help further the cause, get complimentary Open Source software and a penguin-enhanced credit card thanks to US-based organisation, the Linux Fund.
• The real meaning of LinuxWorld   The true news is that Linux businesses are consolidating, and open source is really and truly becoming a mainstream corporate way to develop software.
• Open source: It's economically superior   Or so said Larry Augustin in his LinuxWorld keynote. But the VA Linux chief had precious little to say about his company's Andover.Net/Slashdot deal.
• Linux picking up its game   3-D gaming components of Linux to be done by summer, say graphics chip makers and game developers.
• Linux expert blasts movie industry over DVD   Attacking DVD hackers is tantamount to 'terror' tactics according to Linux guru, Alan Cox. Will Knight reports from the LinuxWorld Expo in New York
• Torvalds: New version of Linux expected by midyear   A new version of Linux operating system will be released by midyear its creator, Linus Torvalds said Wednesday sending shares in Linux companies surging.
• The Linux gospel according to Torvalds   The creator of Linux says it's OK to fragment Linux, and commercialism is good.
• Linux love: VA Linux buys Andover.net   Andover.net's 25-day IPO quiet period was barely over before the company was acquired. VA Linux said Thursday that it will purchase Andover.net in a stock and cash deal.
• Source for 64-bit Linux released   On deadline and with a minimum of fuss, the all-star Trillian team delivers Itanium Linux beta code to the faithful.
• Torvalds lambastes DVD lawsuits The developer of Linux thumbs his nose at Hollywood and the companies that are suing to keep DVD under wraps.
• Kinder, gentler Linux servers coming   VA Linux, SGI, Penguin Computing rolling out initiatives designed to take the rocket science out of Linux servers.
• Netscape-Sun deliver on Linux   The alliance ports two more servers to open-source platform.
• TurboLinux makes big moves   TurboLinux decided not to wait until this week's LinuxWorld Expo to make its announcements.
• Linux: Belle of info appliances?   Linux, the freely distributed operating system whose Cinderella story has riveted the market for Web servers, is ready to wear its glass slippers once again.
• Linus and the Mobile Linux chip   Linux is evolving to suit the information appliance market. And Linux creator Linus Torvalds is there to help.
• Preview: Service is key   Linux is not immune to the IT industry's climactic shift in focus to services. Products
• IT Week: Linux initiatives bring maturity   A host of vendors have announced tools and products designed to make Linux a safe choice for businesses, indicating that the operating system is maturing rapidly.
• IT Week: Corel to ship Linux bundle   Corel is to ship its WordPerfect Office 2000 productivity suite for Linux in April
• Informix slashing Linux database prices  Looking for a cheap database? Informix is set to discount Linux versions. of its Internet Foundation 2000 database by up to 90 percent.
• LinuxWorld brings in thin desktops   Thin clients are about to get thinner. In fact, they're going to get much thinner -- and so are the profits from products.
• Red Hat embraces embedded Linux   The alternative OS makes another step toward the info-app market with the first open-source IDE for software developer.
• IBM makes enterprise push for Linux   IBM rattled off a litany of Linux announcements at LinuxWorld and brought out software and hardware execs to pledge support for the open-source platform.
• IBM network computers meet Linux   IBM on Monday said its line of network computer terminals can now run on the alternative software system Linux, in the latest move by the world's largest computer maker to make its products more flexible and easier to use on the Internet. Comment
• Three tier brag   A presentation titled 'running Linux on all three tiers' would have been regarded braggadocio six months ago. At LinuxWorld this week, it drew a sober and substantial audience.
• Are CDE and Motif Linux roadkill? We already know that Linux is changing the rules all over the computing world. Little by little, Linux and open source software is making its presence felt
• Blow your boss away with Linux firepower  Read Jesse Berst on AnchorDesk UK

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