Linux Articles

Linux : Articles : Journalling and ReiserFS
Posted: ( Thu 5th Jul 2001 07:46:20[PM] UTC )
ReiserFS is designed and developed by Hans Reiser and his team of developers at Namesys. Hans and his team share the philosophy that the best filesystems are those that help create a single shared environment, or namespace, where applications can interact more directly, efficiently and powerfully. To do this, a filesystem should meet the performance and feature needs of its users. That way, users can continue using the filesystem directly rather than building special-purpose layers that run on top of the filesystem, such as databases and the like.

Linux : Articles : Phil Zimmerman: PGP marks 10th anniversary
Posted: ( Wed 6th Jun 2001 09:02:43[PM] UTC )
"It was a hard road to get to the release of PGP. To add to the stress, a week before PGP's first release, I discovered the existence of another email encryption standard called Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM), which was backed by several big companies, as well as RSA Data Security. I fully expected PEM to crush PGP, and even briefly considered not releasing it. But I decided to press ahead, since I had come this far already, and besides, I knew that my design was better aligned with protecting the privacy of users," says Phil Zimmerman, as he offers a look back at the creation and early history of PGP.

Linux : Articles : Live and let license
Posted: ( Thu 31st May 2001 01:53:57[AM] UTC )
If you're ever confused by, or mixed up the terms, "open source" and "free sofware," this is for you. It's a primer on the topic of what they are, how they are alike, and how they are different. So if you've heard of the GPL, but are not exactly sure what it is or what it does, this is for you. Armed with what you learn here, you will be much less vulnerable to the veritable barrage of FUD that the Redmondian Empire is hurling at the whole open source/free software world.

Linux : Articles : Game machines tackle new jobs
Posted: ( Mon 21st May 2001 01:11:17[AM] UTC )
This article is a broad overview of the state of game boxes such as the XBox, Nintendo GameCube, and the Sony Playstation2. It also includes some insight on plans for the Linux-based Nokia MediaTerminal, which it calls a resurgence of the convergence pitch.

Linux : Articles : Darin Adler: What's happening to Nautilus and other packages (Eazel)
Posted: ( Wed 16th May 2001 08:40:15[PM] UTC )
Eazel is shutting down. Some people are probably wondering what's up with packages maintained by former Eazel employees. Darin Adler gives the status for a few of them and reports that with the exception of some of the libraries built around facilitating Eazel's services, several former Eazel employees will continue to work on the software, with an eye to integrating the packages with GNOME 2.0.

Linux : Articles : The patent king
Posted: ( Tue 8th May 2001 03:24:28[AM] UTC )
Patents have been a lightning rod issue in the Open Source/Free Software communities for some time now. This feature looks at the legacy of Jerome Lemelson, who played the patent game to the tune of $1.5 billion and counting in what this article calls "an intellectual land grab." Read about the man who earned almost as many patents as Thomas Edison.

Linux : Articles : What does it really cost to adopt Linux?
Posted: ( Mon 23rd Apr 2001 02:13:33[AM] UTC )
If you're still feeling uncertain about what it will cost to make a Linux play, here's some help. There are a logical series of steps you can take to evaluate the real costs involved in adopting Linux in your enterprise. In this article, Anne Zieger outlines these factors.

Linux : Articles : Open-source credo moves to chip design
Posted: ( Tue 27th Mar 2001 09:04:08[PM] UTC )
Engineers around the world, connected via the Internet, are seeking to develop a vast library of freely available hardware designs, similar to how Linux developers and other open-source programmers share intellectual property. This library--consisting of design elements for processors, memory controllers, peripherals, motherboards, etc--would aide semiconductor start-ups and device manufacturers alike.

Linux : Articles : Linux makes inroads in the corporation, but roadblocks remain
Posted: ( Mon 19th Mar 2001 08:01:40[PM] UTC )
Although Linux has made tremendous inroads into the corporate-computing world, barriers to its widespread adoption still exist. They include ease of upgrades, vendor support, a general lack of software that can run on the platform (especially enterprise and e-com applications), lack of a strong robust file system, proper backup support, etc.

Linux : Articles : Linux software debugging with GDB: An introduction
Posted: ( Sun 18th Mar 2001 10:27:20[PM] UTC )
"Most flavours of Linux come with the GNU debugger, or gdb to the shell. Gdb lets you see the internal structure of a program, print out variable values, set breakpoints and single step through source code. It is an extremely powerful tool for fixing problems in program code. In this article I'll try to show how useful gdb is."

Linux : Articles : Prime time Linux: Part II
Posted: ( Wed 7th Mar 2001 10:04:25[PM] UTC )
In part I, Charles Curley discussed the growing prominence of Linux in mission-critical applications, who's using Linux, and the growing number of support options. He continues in part II with a discussion on Linux training, certification, Linux resources and more.

Linux : Articles : LINE: Running Linux applications on Windows
Posted: ( Mon 5th Mar 2001 08:15:07[PM] UTC )
"LINE is not an emulator. LINE is a utility which executes unmodified Linux applications on Windows by intercepting Linux system calls. The Linux applications themselves are not emulated. They run directly on the CPU just like all other Windows applications."

Linux : Articles : Consider Apache
Posted: ( Mon 5th Mar 2001 07:59:08[PM] UTC )
The moral of this article is that when the mainstream press is crying for open source software on the desktop, remember that the open source model already holds dominance in certain software industries, and it's not looking like proprietary software vendors are catching up.

Linux : Articles : Linux challenge to Microsoft's grip in China finds few takers
Posted: ( Fri 2nd Mar 2001 02:15:59[AM] UTC )
In China, a determined effort to challenge Windows is meeting the reality of a market that isn't yet ready to dump the US-made software. Customers with Linux-installed models want to swap for Windows as nobody knows how to use it. But, for security reasons, the government is hoping that the increasing popularity of Linux worldwide, will translate into its domestic acceptance.

Linux : Articles : Linux 2.4: Next generation kernel security
Posted: ( Thu 1st Mar 2001 10:04:24[PM] UTC )
This article covers all the new features and kernel security improvements in the 2.4 kernel. Significant improvements including cryptography and access control make 2.4 a serious contender for secure corporate environments as well as private virtual networking. All these and others make Linux one of the most secure operating systems available.