Choosing a desktop Linux distro, Jan 25, 2006

Probably everyone who reads DesktopLinux.com -- and certainly yours truly -- encounters the same question over and over again: "What's the best Linux desktop distribution?"

Phisher phobia has gripped IT users and administrators, thanks to some highly publicized phishing successes -- and some users and admins should be more worried than others. But phishers can be beaten, says Lance James, author of the new book, Phishing Exposed

If you're holding your breath waiting for WordPerfect to return to Linux -- stop.

Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of standards and open-source, sees 2006 as the year when a number of industries will move to embrace open-source software -- and he expects IBM to play a role in many of those efforts.

Dutch telecom service provider KPN recently began shipping a Linux-powered cordless videophone in the Netherlands. The VP5500 uses "established standards-based technologies like WiFi and Linux," and will become available elsewhere in Europe in 2006, according to consumer electronics giant Philips, manufacturer of the device.

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