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.

SignalGround has put up this guide on how to choose and install a modem for a Linux system, from Weekly News.

“The real test of the BSDs on the corporate desktop is going to be the
spreadsheet” from BSD Today.