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Linux Pipeline Newsletter www.LinuxPipeline.com Tuesday, February 15, 2005 In This Issue: - StarOffice 8 Beta Set To Debut - Samsung Leads First Linux 3G Phone Design Effort - Yahoo Releases Toolbar Beta For Firefox - More News... - InformationWeek 2005 National IT Salary Survey - How-To: Installing Linux? Start Here And Stop Worrying - Review: Solaris 10: A Star Is Born - More Picks... Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Soft Copy, Hard Dollars - Making Your Digital Documents Pay! Hear from representatives from Doculabs, Documentum, Captaris, and IKON as they explain how your organization can obtain real ROI by gaining control of your digital documents. Register and view today: http://www.techweb.com/today/docs093004 ----------------------------------------- Editor's Note: Desktop Linux Gets Its Due LinuxWorld is upon us, and once again I'm watching from a safe distance while my colleagues risk life and limb to bring back the latest open-source news. I should have gone myself, of course, but for some reason "Boston in February" just doesn't have the same poetic allure as, say, Paris in April. This year, I'm watching desktop Linux-related products more closely than usual; with any luck, we'll see some interesting new products for the desktop market pop up during the week. One of the reasons why I'm following it so closely is because all of you seem to be following it closely. Like most publishers, we keep a close eye on what types of news and features are drawing a crowd--and it's hard to find a more popular topic these days than the desktop Linux market. If you've been watching the latest trends in mass-media hype-mongering, you know that desktop Linux has been the next big thing several times now. Usually, trends at this point will soon move on to what's known as the "Where Are They Now" stage, which is when the pundits quietly sweep their failed predictions under the rug and move on to the next attention-getting activity. This time, though, after more than one false start, it certainly seems as if desktop Linux is attracting more than the usual share of gawkers and tire-kickers. This is showing up in another type of content we've been doing more of lately: desktop Linux how-to content, including two articles you can find in this week's newsletter. It would be an understatement to say that I was surprised by how popular these have been--and we're more than happy to oblige with more of the same. In fact, we'll continue to run an entire series of how-to features covering desktop Linux topics over the next several months. So if you hit a snag with your new desktop Linux setup, don't get mad--get help. We'll have plenty to offer.
Matthew McKenzie
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Samsung Leads First Linux 3G Phone Design Effort
Yahoo Releases Toolbar Beta For Firefox
Enterprise SATA-II Controller To Debut At LinuxWorld
Microsoft Security Chief Says Windows Safer Than Linux
Judge Scolds SCO For Flimsy Evidence In Lawsuit
HP Board Ousts Fiorina
OSDL Ships High-Availability Linux Updates
Linux Vendor Reaches Out To Mobile Phone Makers
HP Ups The Linux Ante Editor's Picks Survey: What HR Won't Tell You--But We Will Find out how your job satisfaction and pay compare to your peers. Participate in the InformationWeek 2005 National IT Salary survey. The study, now in it's 8th year, tracks more than 20 job functions. It's fast, it's convenient and it's confidential. Click here to participate
Installing Linux? Start Here And Stop Worrying
Solaris 10: A Star Is Born
LinuxWorld: Red Hat, Novell Launch Enterprise Linux Updates
Download Linux, Not A Headache
The Root Of MySQL's Security Evils
LAMP Vs. J2EE: A Tale Of Two Platforms
Open Source Is Important--But It's Not The Point
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