VA Linux Systems has been named to Deloitte & Touche's prestigious "Fast 50" Program for Silicon Valley, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area.

Opera Software, PalmPalm Technology and Trolltech today announced the formation of a strategic alliance for the Asian wireless Linux market. The three companies will jointly develop Linux solutions for wireless internet appliances.

Sun's recent $2 billion acquisition of Cobalt Networks came on the heels of a mini-rebound in the Linux sector over the last month. Sun's decision immediately inflated market values for the sector's Top 3 companies.

Sun Microsystems announced it will establish an Accessibility Technologies Lab to work on technology development for people with disabilities. The lab will work to develop an assistive technologies framework for the upcoming GNOME 2.0.

Does the fact that IBM are putting so much support and development behind Linux indicate that they have studied the form and backed a winning horse in the shape of Linux? Maybe they know something that others don't?

Debian has always been true to Linux. They have a strict social contract and a self-proclaimed dedication to open source. Is their latest 2.2 release true to the users?

Red Hat has further extended its ambitions to take Linux into the embedded market by combining a stripped-down version of the operating system with NetSilicon's networked microprocessors.

Red Hat on will unveil Red Hat Network, an Internet-based subscription service that will deliver open-source software innovations, upgrades, and security features direct to developers and users.

A few installation kinks aside, IBM's DB2 Universal Database 7.1 for Linux impresses with its superior ease of use, stability, and variety of tools.

Although the Free Software Movement has succeeded in creating GNU/Linux and other free software, it has made little progress in its larger goal of making all software free, and faces serious challenges due to increased popularity of existing free software.