The best way to exploit the new chipsets on this A7V133 motherboard is to use the 2.4 kernel. The older kernels don't take advantage of the UDMA100 IDE controller and drives. Unfortunately, there are some problems with the new motherboards and the newest kernels, and sometimes they feed off of each other.

Sense suggests that contrary to the current prevailing view there is plenty of room for a desktop-optimized Linux distribution. And the recipe is not at all tough. It's so easy, in fact, that I've built one right here, on my desktop machine, no big deal.

The potential damage they can do with this license is staggering. I encourage everyone to take the time to read it, particularly "License to Microsoft". It's heinous, and more, it's frightening because I know that some people won't read it and will lose the rights to their own data/content without knowing.

Linux is a phenomenon that holds the potential to change the game along two important dimensions. First, it fulfills a big promise: all hardware, software and applications working together and second, it alters the way our industry delivers value to its customers.

PWM is a simple little window manager with the capability to combine multiple windows into one frame. By linking separate instances of Netscape together, you can build a simulated multi-tabbed browser with all your favorite Linux haunts. And you can edit the config file to create this automatically.

"The truth is that Linux, and the rest of the Unix family, simply aren't popular for desktop systems. Corel, the company that tried the hardest to bring out a commercially successful desktop version of Linux, fell flat on its face despite a darned good package. I'll keep using it-and so will hundreds of thousands of Linux fans-but for the foreseeable future, Linux won't be appearing on many desktops."

The VMware GSX (for workgroup) and ESX (for enterprisewide needs) products promise to reduce the number of servers by running your servers instead under one giant mainframe-style Linux box, and load the guest OS environments in an arbitrary number of virtual machines.

According to Frank Creighton, the Recording Industry Association of America's chief anti-piracy officer, the community of file swappers that doesn't trade through a central server just isn't enough of a problem to warrant the efforts leveled at independent OpenNap and other Napster clones. He said his organization is watching the protean network but isn't yet bothering to crack down on members.

There is a need for a comprehensive, credible, longitudinal study of the real cost of running a business with open-source versus closed-source proprietary software. The study, though funded by the open-source community, must be conducted by a third-party research firm. The open-source community must commit to publishing in full, the analysts’ findings.

"There's only one compelling reason to switch from the Windows desktop--the importance of your data. A company's data is indispensable to their ongoing operations. Severe data loss is usually followed by bankruptcy. Those giving up liberty for safety eventually find themselves the most unsafe of all."