Linux Today Summary, September 20 - September 26 | Linux Today

Linux Today Summary, September 20 – September 26

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 28, 1999

Here’s a summary of the most popular stories posted to Linux
Today during the last week.

Most Viewed Stories

(15075 reads) (by Terho Uimonen) (Sep 26)
“Stockholm University at a presentation ceremony here today awarded
an honorary doctorate to Linus Torvalds…”

(8774 reads) (Sep 21)
“JRCP today released to the Internet community the final Beta
version of WinLinux 2000 for evaluation and testing.”

(8452 reads) (Sep 23)
“Corel wishes to clarify some issues that have arisen concerning
the Beta testing phase of Corel® LINUX®.”

(7374 reads) (Sep 24)
“He then said, “This machine is going to used for… well, I’m a
Microsoft employee and my group is doing a usability study on
Linux.”

(7025 reads) (by Sabine Buerger) (Sep 25)
It started with an illegal spam and turned into a violation of
copyright.

Most Actively Discussed Stories

(70 talkbacks posted) (Sep 25)
“Jesux (pronounced Hay-sooks) is a new Linux distribution for
Christian hackers, schools, families, and churches. There is
already a core distribution being prepared, based on RedHat’s
distribution.”

(48 talkbacks posted) (Sep 21)
“Ask Linux advocates exactly why no IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
server runs Linux. One of my networking gurus said that he has
never seen any Linux system on the IRC-probably the roughest
networking environment on earth-hold up to the strain.”

(43 talkbacks posted) (Sep 26)
“They’re mostly interested in so-called “open source” software: in
a nutshell, free software from anyone but Microsoft.”

(40 talkbacks posted) (Sep 24)
“Jfs was here”

(39 talkbacks posted) (Sep 23)
“Matthew Nordan, an analyst with Forrester Research, says that,
even though few Unix shops expect to defect now, the combination of
Microsoft’s volume pricing model and the “withering” of the Unix
skills base will ensure the success of Windows 2000. “It’s an
immutable reality,” he argues.”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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