From LinuxPR: SuSE Linux AG is launching a unique campaign for the distribution of the Linux
operating system to schools in Spain.

The establishment of computer terminals and the access to the Internet, the
technology of the future, is often curbed by insufficient public funds.

Schools in Spain that register at “http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/colegios.pl will
receive a free SuSE Linux 6.4 Spanish edition package from SuSE Linux AG.
For this purpose SuSE mobilized a total of 1,000 Linux packages, each worth
EUR 66,-.

Upside reviews recent news about the 2.4 kernel release: “Although companies have been free to modify and adapt early
versions of the kernel, Red Hat (RHAT), Compaq (CPQ) and VA
Linux (LNUX), among others, have been chomping at the bit to
incorporate the new kernel in product upgrades. One of the key
features of the new kernel is enhanced symmetric multiprocessing, or
SMP, support, something which would make the GNU/Linux operating
system more competitive on larger, multiple-processor machines.” (VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

ZDNET: “Jobs made no bones about it: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has
set its sights on the Sony Vaio. He even went so far as to
call the Vaio notebook “sexy,” a high compliment indeed
from the industry’s czar of sex appeal. According to Jobs,
the new PowerBook pairs that Sony sexiness with a
powerful G4 processor that comfortably outdistances the
Vaio’s Pentium III.”

A planned book about a mysterious
invention said to be more important than the
World Wide Web and capable of generating
fantastic riches has gripped a down-on-its-luck
technology industry in need of a miracle. From ZDNET.

From PRNewswire: “Tony Northrup, winner of the
Sexiest Geek Alive contest, is the Geek of the Week on the E-Business
Network. Northrup, a solutions architect in the web hosting department of
Genuity, dazzled the judges and was chosen from
18,000 entries to win this prestigious title.”

Linux.com: “Now that the 2.4.0 Linux kernel has been officially released, the great orgy of compiling
has begun. Thousands of progressive Linux users are downloading kernel sources,
preparing to reap the benefits of new and improved hardware support. As the flurry of
upgrading goes on, many newer Linux users are searching the Web for kernel
assistance. Many kernel help pages tell users how to compile the kernel, but do not
explain how to prepare for a new kernel.”

From FreeOS.com: “Not every task under Linux involves re-compiling the kernel or is accomplished in a
minimum of 12 steps. Here is a FreeOS.com guide giving you the essential tips and
shortcuts for dealing with various mundane tasks that anyone will have to perform on
their Linux system. Valuable, if you want to get from A to B that much quicker.”

Linux Today posted this note from Alan Cox.

“Where do you want to go today?” may
be a Microsoft catch phrase – but the company
seems unsure about where it wants to go with
Internet Explorer. MSNBC reports.

From ZDNET: “The deal, the biggest in U.S. history, closed one day
after the one-year anniversary of when the No. 1 Internet
service provider said it would purchase the media giant.
At that time, AOL shares were trading at $72.875,
valuing the union at almost $164 billion.”