The Penguin, like most Linux (and Unix for that matter) hardware comes with rather skimpy documentation. Better is available online, but it will all take study. You don't just buy one of these and turn it on. Setting up a Windows NT server network is simpler. On the other hand, the Penguin with Linux is extremely reliable. Once you get things going, they won't need a lot of attention.

Dell has released its first top-shelf laptop certified for Linux. Model CPxH500GT, part of the Latitude series of business laptops, runs Red Hat. When a top vendor starts including Linux laptops in one of its premier product lineups, it is a big step; Dell has also been fairly forward about bringing Linux to its full line of hardware.

Battered by Microsoft, softwaremaker Corel has bet the farm on Linux. But Linux is taking off in the server market--not on the desktop.

Hi, my name is Tom (hi Tom...), and I'm a Windows developer." Whew, it sure feels good to get that off my chest. I've got another confession to make, though -- I'd really prefer to be a Linux developer.

IBM will begin seling its Intel-based servers preloaded with a choice of three different versions of Linux, the company and its Linux partners will announce Monday. . IBM is banking heavily on Linux, using it from its low-end Intel servers on up to its multi-million-dollar S/390 mainframes.

As Microsoft muddles forward in its Pyrrhic struggle against the U.S. government, Linux continues to encroach upon the company's sacred Windows NT market space. Given Microsoft's well-documented aggressive business style, many analysts are bracing for another colossal battle as the software titan hunkers down to undercut the open source movement.

Solution providers are growing more optimistic about Linux's potential to crack the business market, but major hurdles still remain, according to data from the March CRN Technology Solution Provider Survey.

The ISO image of the SuSE Linux 6.4 evaluation CD is now available

on ftp.suse.com and it's mirrors. There are no strings attached, except that you only get one sixth of the

fun and no printed manuals or free installation support.

ZDNet has bought LinuxDevices.com for an undisclosed sum, but probably for less than finding enough knowledgeable, authorititive journalists to cover the embedded OS patch itself. In the press statement announcing the deal, Dan Rosenweig, ZDNet's president and CEO, makes a nod in the direction of editorial content - "Rick Lerbaum has created a killer site" - before getting down to the serious business of talking commerce.

Symantec Corporation, announced the availability of the most advanced virus detection and repair technology engineered to address the growing need for Linux-based virus protection. Norton AntiVirus now scans and analyzes files in the ELF file format -- the format used by the Linux platform.