LinuxToday has this opinion piece up: “Here we stand, at the beginning of a new year, awash in the hopes and good intentions that flipping the
last digit of the date always instills in people. And on the Linux front, there’s even more reason than ever
to be optimistic. In the last year Linux has turned into a binary juggernaut, kicking virtual butt and taking
names in the server segment and getting ready to do the same in the embedded market. Even better, the
2.4 kernel which is just oozing with hardware support goodies has just been released.”

PepsiCo’s UK Web site has been broken into and an anti-globalisation
message and pic posted. Unsurprisingly, the hack wasn’t up for long
but it was posted to Attrition, so you can see it in all its glory there, says The Register.

“Hewlett-Packard has begun worldwide shipment of its HP 9000
Superdome Unix server, which combines support and services
offerings normally reserved for mainframe customers with the option
of multiple-choice CPUs and eventually multiple operating systems.” From IDG.net.

The World Wide Web seems to have rung in the new year without witnessing any of the massive cyber attacks feared by government computer security experts, says Computeruser.com.

The Register reports: The guy who made Microsoft look foolish in November by breaking into its servers through a known security hole has been fired by his company Getronics.

There are some great news for all GTK+ lovers! You can run your gtk based applications without X! Just a few moments ago, Alexander
Larsson posted information about availability of gtk framebuffer port.
More info and screenshots on LinuxNews.pl–LinuxNews.pl

ZDNet explores what Microsoft would be like if CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates were to leave the company. Is Microsoft Bill, or are they separate entities?

Linux World explains what, exactly, a run level is. From shutting down (0) to rebooting (6), run levels often confuse users new to Linux.

Linux PR has an announcement by Loki about two new games the company will be porting to Linux. Rune and Heavy Metal F.A.K.K 2 were released for Windows and Mac to positive reviews recently.

Computer World reports that AOL is suing a Floridian company for millions of pornography-advertising unsolicited email messages sent to AOL users resulting in as many as a quarter million complaints in a single day.