What's In a Name?, Sep 25, 2001

Given the importance of names, I find myself asking this public question to VistaSource: if you're going to change the name of Applixware Office, why don't you get on with it already? For several months, this product has been labeled under the dual-moniker of Applixware Office 5.0 or Anyware Desktop for Linux--depending on which page of the VistaSource Web site you happen to be visiting. This is not to be confused with the AnywareOffice suite, which offers the same components as Applixware Office/Anyware Desktop, minus the database client and application development environment.

Søren Schmidt was browsing through the 2.4.10 linux kernel source when he saw something that looked a bit familiar. Too familiar in fact. Søren is the principle developer of FreeBSD's ATA drivers, including FreeBSD's support for ATA RAID cards, and as he looked through the linux/drivers/ide/ files the sense of deja vu was overwhelming.

KDE::Enterprise is an attempt to remedy one of the persistent limitations of Linux: its failure to achieve significant use as a desktop platform. This failure stands in stark contrast to Linux's success in back-end systems and particularly Web servers, where it controls up to a third of the market, according to some estimates.

Version 2.4.10, which fixes 'major' bugs in the 2.4 Linux kernel, is now available for download A new kernel for the Linux operating system has been released to developers, fixing some major bugs in the Linux 2.4.10. Kernel 2.4.10 was released on Sunday, and is available from a number of sites around the Web including www.kernel.org.

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