On news that IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Compaq Computer saying they’ll support the Gnome Foundation, several Linux-related stocks rose in trading Monday, reports Bloomberg.

From LinuxPR: Linux League Commissioner and weekly RadioWallStreet.com contributor, Francis Gaskins, hosts a panel of guests Monday to review Linux trends, with comment on IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Red Hat. Check out the broadcast.

Linux adminstrator Russell Miller compares Linux zealots to fans of classical music, in OSopinion.com.

From a RedHerring.com story: “Linux companies are having a hard time figuring out how to make money from something that’s free. Quelle surprise. Last year the entire sector generated a measly $67 million in revenue, which pales in comparison to operating system revenue from Microsoft alone. The Evil Empire, Linux is not.”

A technology site, Techpages.com, made America Online’s Linux software available Sunday, reports CNET’s News.com. AOL’s been working its Linux software, code-named Gamera, since May 1999.

The trucking site benefits from Baymountain’s full-service managed hosted
solution, reports Linux PR.

OpenReach’s TrueSpan lets companies connect multiple sites to the same LAN, via the Internet , reports Planet IT.

The market has begun to boot Internet companies that are falling below its standards, reports The Standard.

The Register reports that the Eurolinux.org, together with some other non-profit organizations, has produced an online petition for the European Parliament protesting against planned changes in European patent laws.

NewsAlert reports that MandrakeSoft today announced that its award winning solution, Linux-Mandrake, has been ported to Sun Microsystems’ SPARC(TM) and UltraSPARC(TM) platforms.