The biggest news at Chaos Manor other than the Microsoft decision is our Linux communications server. It's the Rebel.com NetWinder.

Red Hat Software has proven adept at positioning Red Hat Linux as a superior server OS, exploiting the best features of Linux and convincing the corporate world that Red Hat Linux belongs at the center of corporate Internet planning.

In a world of scarcity, a new opportunity to make money should have people clamoring to take advantage of it; apparently not as far as Linux goes, according to the various commentators at various magazines, companies, web sites, etc.

What I want to focus on, is something you might not think of until you actually use it. "Keyboard shortcuts". I know what you might be thinking, "Who cares about keyboard shortcuts when I have a mouse.

I started using UNIX years ago at school, so when Linux came along I eagerly installed it on my home computer so that I could have the same wonderful operating system in both places.

Linux is rapidly becoming the server platform to beat. Along with Linux, Java is growing as a viable deployment platform on the server side. Java's ability to run on multiple platforms allows it to integrate at a high level a disparate network of computers, and make it work cohesively as a system.

With competitive performance, serious support, and useful new patches to the kernel, SGI can be proud of its Linux-loaded 1400L. But the server has its problems, including an awkward physical design, a lack of good documentation, and difficulty handling RAID.

In a week that has seen Corel President & CEO Michael Cowpland appear on both CNBC and ROBTv answering questions about a possible takeover by Linux giant Red Hat, StockHouse has been granted an in-depth interview with the man behind the software company.

Mike Smith is an engineer in the FreeBSD test labs. Emmett Plant and Paul Ferris interview Mike about the new and exciting developments in FreeBSD, as well as the differences between FreeBSD's license and the GPL used by Linux.

Zope, one of the leading open-source application servers for content management and portals, will soon support two network protocols heavily supported by Microsoft, the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol.