One of the ripple effects of the Microsoft investment in Corel was a
potential change in the status of Wine, surmises LinuxPlanet, a technology that Corel had
mightily championed and used as the underlying technology for its
release of Corel WordPerfect Office 9.

32BitsOnline reviews Xi Graphics’ Accelerated-X laptop display server.

Red Hat previews GTK+ version 2.0’s advantages for users and programmer.

Bringing Linux gamers the most comprehensive testing of 3D cards in Linux, vows this article on LinuxGames.com.

Salon News proclaims, forget Napster and
Gnutella, Jim
McCoy’s Mojo
Nation is the coolest
file-trading service
on the Net.

Built on open source technology, Intel’s NetStructureTM 1010 and 1020
hosting appliances will now package the Knox Software’s flagship product, Arkeia, from Linux PR.

Linux PR announces, on October 28, the Simi Conejo Linux Users’ Group will be hosting
LUG Fest III in Simi Valley, Calif.

Synopsys Inc. this week will announce the
availability of Design Compiler and other popular chip
design tools for the open-source operating system, a
move that opens the door for the widespread adoption of
Linux as the No. 2 EDA platform and very possibly
writes the epitaph for Windows NT in chip design, from EE Times News.

Underscoring the strategic importance of its e-Server
announcement last week, InfoWorld News reports, IBM and Red Hat Monday announced a joint agreement to jointly produce native versions of Linux that will fully exploit IBM’s proprietary hardware platforms.

Red Hat, Inc., the leader in developing, deploying and managing
open source Internet infrastructure, today announced its support of IBM’s new
eServer, the next generation of servers created to handle the unparalleled
demands of e-business, from NewsAlert.