openSUSE 10.3: why did Novell ever bother?, Oct 15, 2007

Linux users don't accept criticism of their chosen distribution easily - that's probably why a number of reactions to my last piece about openSUSE tended to be somewhat short of making a point.

Another update of the Linux kernel slipped out this week with a new process scheduler, virtualization options and a wee bit of controversy to boot.

After reading colleague Alexander Wolfe's piece about a Linux distro called "Vixta" that apes the look and feel of Windows Vista, I confess to having mixed feelings about the whole thing. Mostly negative ones.

Forget upgrading to Vista's eye candy, it's time to turn my back on the world of pain that is Windows and see what Ubuntu has to offer.

Claims made by Microsoft that Linux violates its software patent have not affected sales of Linux-based hardware, according to Michael Dell.

Linux distributors were sued for the first time last week over their operating systems. But despite recent rhetoric, Microsoft wasn't the plaintiff. Instead, the suit against Red Hat and Linux came from a subsidiary of Acacia Research, a company that calls itself the "leader in patent licensing."

Today's paper has a Q&A with Jim Zemlin, head of the Linux Foundation -- the successor to Beaverton-based OSDL, which merged with the Free Standards Group last January. Jim's speaking tomorrow at GOSCON in Portland.

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