Freshports lists the change made to the FreeBSD ports tree. If you wish, freshports can email you when your favourite port has been updated.

When it comes to Windows, most users reach for what's most comfortable: Microsoft Office. Linux users, however, have not had such a choice--until now. We tried on two recently released Linux suites: Corel's WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux and Applix Applixware 5.0.

Lynx has changed its name to LynuxWorks in a move that symbolizes the pre-eminence of Linux over Lynx's proprietary operating system in the company's future.

Cdrom.com is pleased to announce BSDCon 2000, the second annual BSD Conference and Expo! If you are a BSD user, this is the event you don't want to miss. There will be BSD-related tutorials, talks, demos, discussions, and exhibitor booths.

Red Hat, which sells software and technical support for Linux, a Unix-like operating system, today unveiled an investment unit aimed at funding open source-related start-ups.

This year the level of Linux usage in China is expected to double and it will be the home grown Red Flag Linux that prospers. In a very Chinese manner, the Chinese government is encouraging the use of Linux, while at the same time pretending not to.

This is a story about programmers and systems administrators who, by and large, don't want to speak on the record because they're afraid of being fired. They're smugglers who sneak unapproved operating systems into corporate offices without telling upper management.

As chief financial officer of media company Landmark Communications, Ritter watched his company miss out on a golden opportunity to invest in Linux software seller Red Hat way before its successful initial public offering. Now he hopes to catch the second wave of the open-source software trend. Ritter is leaving his Landmark job to become chief executive officer of Great Bridge, a subsidiary that will try to do with the PostgreSQL database software what Red Hat did with Linux.

I honestly think Linux can eventually become the market leader. It has what it takes, but the work is not done. If you're going to win the world, you have to not only build the better mousetrap, but you have to complete it.

Last week's "loveletter" virus attack has left Microsoft open to allegations that its software is insecure. Some security experts alleged last week that the Windows operating system is inherently flawed and that alternatives, such as Linux, could not have been targetted to such dramatic effect.