PCLinuxOS: A Bright, New, Live-Linux on the OS Horizon, Mar 21, 2006

PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) is a nicely-developing, Live-Linux on CD distribution. It is a good desktop Linux, which also can be installed permanently if you like.

SUSE Linux is a better OS than the MS Windows OS. And when you throw the 1,500 open source Linux applications and packages into the deal, SUSE Linux is a very much better bang- for-the-buck than is MS Windows!

mozilla.org staff member Gervase Markham has posted an open letter to the Mozilla newsgroups addressed to those who sell goods bearing the Mozilla name or logos: "The following is an open letter to anyone selling Mozilla-branded merchandise. It's being posted rather than emailed in the spirit of openness, and to ensure everyone who needs to read it can see a copy."

The letter urges those selling products with the Mozilla insignia to stop and contact the Mozilla Foundation for further discussion on how to proceed. Noting that the retailing of Mozilla-branded wares without permission is an infringment of the Foundation's trademark rights, the letter hints that legal action may taken against those who refuse to heed the advice. Read the full article to see the complete letter.

A decision to dismiss the SCO v Novell lawsuit also could have ripple effects against SCO in its lawsuits with IBM and Red Hat. Inter alia, that's because an order dismissing the SCO v Novell lawsuit could determine that Novell and not SCO is the manager of IBM's Unix license, thus SCO has no justiciable interest in whether IBM gave Unix source code to the Linux kernel developers -- which is the thrust of SCO's lawsuit against IBM.