System Update with YUM, Feb 11, 2005

Keeping your Linux system up to date with the latest security fixes and software updates can be a real pain. But it doesn't have to be.

Microsoft's top security honcho insisted this week that Microsoft "is making progress on security using any reasonable metric".

Hewlett-Packard Co. has been a strong Linux supporter, but since CEO Fiorina has been forced out, what will happen next? Novell Inc., one of HP's three major Linux partners—the others being Red Hat Inc. and Mandrakesoft SA—sees business as usual ahead.

HP is readying several major announcements that will show that it is working hard to increase its share of the burgeoning Linux server market

Yahoo's toolbar has been customised for Firefox, but analysts warn that the popular open source browser needs more vendor support before it cracks the enterprise

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