Mayank writes “The Open Source model of software development has churned out some truly remarkable pieces of software and is a fantastic example of global co-operation. The goal of the Open Source movement is to eventually replace the monopoly over thought and software imposed by companies like Microsoft and create a new order where freedom and flexibility is available to everyone. What is it about, how does it work and more importantly what can it do for you? Article here on FreeOS.com”

BSD Today reports that the SEGA Dreamcast port of Net BSD is now an independant port, no longer part of the NetBSD/evbsh3 port.

PC World reports on the improving conditions for networking your home, with increasing availability of wireless networking hardware and dropping prices.

Wow, that’s fast. From PR Newswire: Lineo, Inc., a leading innovator in
embedded Linux solutions today announced the availability of the uClinux
2.4 kernel. The availability of this operating system for microcontrollers
follows immediately on the release of the Linux 2.4 kernel by Linus Torvalds.
uClinux is available through GPL and can be downloaded at cvs.uclinux.org.

ZDNet’s LinuxDevices reviews the Yopy multimedia PDA based on the Linux OS and Yopy Windows.

Wired.com comments on the release of the 2.4 kernel: “Perhaps the Wired News Vaporware List is a good motivator, because two weeks after winning a high spot on the list, the Linux 2.4
kernel has been released.”

A LinuxWorld column makes several predictions. Among them: “Version 2.4.1 will include
support for the Reiserfs journaling filesystem, as well as a host of other nice enhancements. Unfortunately, 2.4.1 will not
include the ability to create a core dump of all running threads when a multithreaded application crashes, nor will it include
the ability to assign each thread its own process identification. I predict that people will submit patches for those features,
but Linus Torvalds will not approve them, so the next kernel will not implement them.”

A CRN.com column says IT companies using Windows CE and Linux are leading the adoption of wireless technologies. “The number of businesses using
or planning to deploy wireless is
highest among those using
Windows CE (41 percent) and
Linux (35 percent), and lowest
among those working on Unix
platforms (30 percent). Among
companies using operating
systems of all types, 28 percent
are factoring wireless into their
IT strategies.”

Fromthe Linux Journal: “Andre Hedrick, maintainer of the Linux ATA subsystem and a member of the standards committee for ATA drives, has asked the committee to add an
on/off switch to a controversial proposed feature called CPRM if CPRM becomes part of the ATA standard. (ATA drives are also known as IDE.) Under
Hedrick’s propsed change, the operating system, presumably under the control of the user, would be able to disable CPRM, and prevent any CPRM
applications from using the CPRM features of the drive.

Linux already disables the Processor Serial Number on Intel CPUs to prevent applications from reading it, and Hedrick’s proposal would make a similar
containment policy possible for CPRM.”

ZDNet reports that it may be months before you can buy a computer with the Linux 2.4 kernel pre-installed.