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    Entering a market that has attracted the likes of Sun Microsystems and raised an alarm at Microsoft, Penguin Computing announced Thursday a new desktop PC for businesses that runs on the open-source Linux operating system.

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    Another year has gone by--an eternity in software-development terms--and it's time once again for PC users to ask themselves: Is Linux ready for the desktop?

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    The next release of the Linux kernel will be named after an Australian animal following a frenzied bidding war at Linux.conf.au 2004 in Adelaide.

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    In the past, a painful installation, an awkward interface and a lack of technical support prevented Linux from being even an option for desktop PC users accustomed to the comforts of Windows 95 and Windows 98. With their new releases, Caldera Systems Inc. and Red Hat Software Inc. have fixed most of these weaknesses.

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    Two of the year's most user-friendly Linux distributions--SuSE Linux 8.1 and Red Hat Linux 8.0--have closed the gap between Windows and Linux. But which one should you choose?

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    Mandrake Linux 9.1 is Linux all grown-up, with easy installation, tons of bundled apps, and pretty fonts, too.

  • Is it time for Linux on the desktop?

    Another year has gone by--an eternity in software-development terms--and it's time once again for PC users to ask themselves: Is Linux ready for the desktop?

  • Xbox gets the penguin treatment

    A hacker group specializing in software for Microsoft's Xbox has announced the release of the first full version of Linux for the game console.

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