Jason Brooks

There are more and better desktop applications available for Linux than ever before, but its often attractive to be able to run Windows software on Linux machines as well. Thats the job of CrossOver Office 3.0.0, the latest in a line of products from CodeWeavers based on Wine, the open-source Windows compatibility layer project. CrossOver […]

In the opening keynote address at WinHEC, held earlier this month in Seattle, Microsoft Corp. Platforms Group Vice President Jim Allchin focused on Microsofts desire to provide rich, new Windows experiences, a goal that the company plans to realize in its next-generation client operating system, code-named Longhorn. /zimages/3/28571.gifAllchin sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter […]

Is Novell committed to open source? That was the headline of a column I wrote a few months ago in which I argued that Novell should demonstrate its resolve to continue along the open-source track on which it had embarked by releasing the code to the Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange. Novell has hitched its […]

The purpose of a Linux distribution is to deliver a Linux-based operating environment with a useful set of applications in a single, well-integrated package. Click here to read the full review of Mandrakelinux 10.

The purpose of a Linux distribution is to deliver a Linux-based operating environment with a useful set of applications in a single, well-integrated package. Click here to read the full review of SuSE Linux 9.1.

For Linux to become a real competitor to Windows on the desktop, Linux distributors must refine their software installation and management systems. There are some loose ends that need to be tied up and some tricky legal knots to unravel. In this weeks issue, I review the latest Linux distributions from MandrakeSoft and Novells SuSE […]

The purpose of a Linux distribution is to deliver a Linux-based operating environment with a useful set of applications in a single, well-integrated package. Two of the best such distributors, MandrakeSoft S.A. and Novell Inc.s SuSE Linux division, recently shipped new versions of their respective mainstream Linux distributions, both based on the new Linux 2.6 […]

Security enhanced Linux, a set of kernel modifications and utilities initially developed by the National Security Agency, bolsters the security of Linux systems by enabling administrators to more finely tune data and process permissions. SELinux enforces mandatory access control policies, which limit user and application privileges to the minimum required to do the job. In […]

In recent years, open-source alternatives to Office have matured to the point where IT managers are beginning to investigate the viability of moving from the Microsoft Corp. suite to a freely-licensed alternative. So when eWEEK Corporate Partner Ed Benincasa shared his desire to perform a user-based comparison between the OpenOffice.org project’s OpenOffice.org suite and Microsoft’s […]

On April 15 the FCC took an important step toward expanding high-speed Internet access—particularly for customers in rural areas without cable or DSL—by proposing a rule change that would benefit the wireless delivery of broadband services. The proposed change would make more room in the electromagnetic spectrum for unlicensed devices by allowing them to operate […]