Metron launches Brazil's line of Linux PCs, Oct 11, 2002

Brazil's top computer maker, Metron, unveiled on Thursday a new line of computers that will run the Linux operating system, banking on their cheaper price tag to lure reluctant consumers.

An Optus spokeswoman said while customers were free to use Linux, support was not provided.

"It is unlikely that our policy on this will change in the short term due to the currently small number of Linux users," she said.

Demand for Linux is stronger than ever, say the companies pushing open source software at this year's Linux Expo UK. But one size does not fit all

The first full version of UnitedLinux will be available from November 18.

That's one of the main snippets of news from an informative presentation on the progress and rationale of the UnitedLinux from a presentation by Gregory Blepp, VP at SuSE and board member of UnitedLinux, made at the London Expo show in London yesterday

"I personally find that the open source side of the debate has the stronger argument, even though you might see more vulnerabilities being reported," he said. "Just because software is closed and [most] people don't know there are security holes doesn't mean that security holes don't exist [or that] nobody knows about them. The security holes are still there." As a result, he noted, systems might contain significant vulnerabilities that administrators are unaware of.

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