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Terra Soft and OpenDocs Collaborate on Yellow Dog Linux 2.0 Book

Terra Soft Solutions and OpenDocs Publishing have announced a collaboration to produce a book for Terra Soft's next release of Yellow Dog Linux 2.0. The book will include the much-anticipated PowerPC Linux distribution, which introduces a consistent graphical installer and maintenance environment. The book will be available direct from …

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Priority Download Launched by Linux2order.com

Linux2order.com, a Web-based company that offers the Internet's largest selection of Linux applications and utilities, has launched Priority Download, a subscription service that provides users with access to all of its software at download speeds up to 110Kbps. With Priority Download, users can elect to subscribe to this unique …

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Sendmail and IBM Join Forces to Provide World-Class Reliability and Scalability for Internet Messaging Customers

Sendmail, Inc., a leading provider of Internet messaging solutions, has announced a partnership with IBM to combine its Internet Mail routing and hosting software with IBM's Linux-enabled eServer family and software products. The two companies will develop, market, and distribute integrated Internet messaging solutions for service providers, Web hosting companies …

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ActiveState Wins Best Programming Tool Award for ActivePerl 5.6

ActiveState, a leading provider of Internet programming software and services, won the best programming tool award for ActivePerl 5.6 in the annual WebTechniques Web Tools Award. The judges were impressed with ActivePerl's ability to develop within an ASP environment while still having access to what made Perl popular in …

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Lexmark Announces First-Ever Linux Driver for Color Inkjet Printers

Lexmark International, Inc. announced the first-ever Linux driver developed by a manufacturer for color inkjet printers. The Lexmark offering will be available for the award-winning Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter and Lexmark Z32 Color Jetprinter. Addressing the needs of the rapidly growing Linux community, the new Lexmark driver easily integrates into …

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MontaVista Software Launches Linux Trace Toolkit for PowerPC Developers

MontaVista Software has announced the availability of the Linux Trace Toolkit for PowerPC developers, which enables users to extract and interpret execution details of multiple programs from the Linux operating system. The toolkit is designed specifically for embedded Linux applications and offers a graphical, integrated environment that can plot results …

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SOT Appoints Phil Heenan as CEO of Best Linux

SOT Finnish Software Engineering Ltd. has appointed Phil Heenan as Chief Executive Officer. Heenan has 23 years of experience in business and the IT industry, including six years as a senior executive in Digital Equipment Corporation in Australia. He is well-known for his work with major telecommunications companies in the …

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CNET Networks Acquires AppWatch: Enhancing Total Linux Offering

CNET Networks has acquired AppWatch, a leading directory of thousands of pre-tested Free Software and Open Source downloads, including Linux distributions, drivers, utilities and applications.

The company will integrate AppWatch's downloads within the business channels of its ZDNet.com and CNET.com Web sites, providing its audience of millions of …

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Penguin Computing CEO Sam Ockman to Deliver Keynote Speech at NetWorld + Interop Paris 2000

Penguin Computing CEO Sam Ockman will deliver a keynote speech at NetWorld + Interop Paris 2000, discussing the global adoption of Linux and its impact on the IT infrastructure. Penguin Computing is a leading provider of reliable Linux systems for Internet servers and enterprise-class servers. The French IT market is expected …

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Caldera Systems Inc.'s OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 Receives CNET 'Editors' Choice' Award

Caldera Systems Inc., a leading provider of Linux for Business solutions, announced that OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 received the CNET 'Editors' Choice' Award. The product was recognized for its applications, installation interface, support and Internet emphasis. OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 provides users with a full set of Linux-based Internet tools …

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Caldera Volution: A New Linux Management Solution for Businesses

Caldera Systems Inc. has announced the new name of its Linux management solution, Caldera Volution (Volution). The product is currently in open beta and utilizes the inherent strengths of LDAP directories to manage a half dozen or thousands of Linux systems without having to individually manage/touch each. The product …

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Linux Professional Institute Launches Live Level 1 Exams

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced the live and complete publication of both of its level 1 exams, which are now available for immediate pass-fail results. Completion of these exams is required to obtain LPI's first-level Linux certification.

The exams have been designed to be neutral of Linux distributions …

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Linux for beginners course offers free laptops

The "Linux for beginners" course is a two-day introduction to Linux designed for busy professionals with no prior experience with Linux or any other flavor of UNIX. Attendees receive a free Linux laptop on their arrival and learn how to effectively use it as a valuable tool. The first offering …

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JYACC Launches New Open Source Application Development Environment for Linux

JYACC, Inc., an international enterprise software and solutions company, has announced the availability of the source code for its POSSLTM (Panther Open Source Software for Linux) technology and established a new open source online community, possl.org. CollabNet, a leading provider of collaborative software development platforms and services based on …

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OEone and Tatung Announce Strategic Alliance for Linux-based Internet Computer Solutions

OEone Corporation and Tatung Co. of Canada Inc. have entered into a joint agreement to bring fully-integrated, Linux-based Internet Computer solutions to leading OEM customers. The centerpiece of the agreement is an exclusive arrangement between the two parties to fully integrate OEone's Linux-based Operating Environment and web applications with Tatung's …

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QLITech Linux Computers partners with TurboLinux to offer pre-installed high-availability software solution

QLITech Linux Computers, a Midwest leader in Linux systems, has signed up with TurboLinux as an Authorized Gold Solution Partner and now offers TurboLinux Workstation, Server, and TurboCluster Server as pre-installed options for its entire line of Linux-based hardware systems. This partnership allows QLITech to provide customers with complete solutions …

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Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Released with New Desktop Environments and Utilities

The latest version of Linux-Mandrake, Linux-Mandrake 7.2 (Odyssey), is now available via different Internet servers through http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3. This release includes a variety of desktop environments to provide maximum choice and is fully-secured and easy-to-use. Linux-Mandrake 7.2 also features new utilities such as …

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IBM expands efforts to include Linux in Application Solution Center

IBM's Application Solution Center (ASC) is expanding its efforts to include other operating platforms, such as Linux, in addition to Windows applications. The ASC has been certified by Intel as a fully qualified 32-bit performance tuning and 64-bit porting center. IBM DB2 Universal Database was the first product tested with …

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Matra Datavision and SGI France Announce Joint Promotion of Open Source 3D Modeling Components on Linux

Matra Datavision and SGI France have announced a joint promotion of a powerful development combination of Open CASCADE open source 3D modeling components and Silicon Graphics 230 Visual Workstation platforms using the SGI ProPack 1.2 OpenGL driver for Linux systems. This combination will allow CAD/CAM/CAE, AEC and …

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Tripwire Launches Open Source Product for Linux

Tripwire, Inc., a leading provider of data and network integrity solutions, has announced the availability of its Open Source product for the Linux operating system. The software is hosted on VA Linux Systems' SourceForge and included in Red Hat Linux 7 Open Source Operating System. Tripwire Open Source, Linux Edition …

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