Debian Planet summarizes the DWN and Debian-installer news. “OK, today a new issue of DWN and Debian-installer news was sent. The hilights that affect most of us were, the release of 2.2r2, package pools, the apt that can handle RPM’s and perl trouble. The Debian-installer newsletter was renamed to be bi-weekly, since last newsletter there has been a new release of the demo and the installer can now download packages.” Read the full article.

“The increasing popularity of Linux has fashioned a reversal in the fortunes of Red Hat, a front-runner in packaged Linux systems. The company, which has drastically cut down on its losses, is confident of achieving profitability by 2002.
Read the report from Reuters.” Submitted by Shark

ZDNet reports on the latest developments in the DeCSS suit in California, where a Judge has ordered a lower court Judge to prove that one of the defendants can be tried.

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Congress has approved a $25 million fund for fighting computer related crime.

CNet follows up on Microsoft’s recent attempt to woo Palm developers to their own Pocket PC platform.

Linux World columnist Nick Petreley thanks Open Source software for its gifts, opting for KDE2 instead of Christmas wishlists.

ZDNet reports on a marked improvement this year over last year on what proportion of on line sales are actually going through.

CNET News.com reports: “Graphics chipmaker Nvidia bought out one-time rival 3dfx Interactive on Friday, another landmark in the consolidation of the graphics hardware industry.”

“People new to Linux often hear that it has excellent support for all kinds of cards and that the device drivers are stable and fast. Sometimes, though, setting up devices under Linux is often not all plug-and-play.” LinuxPlanet explains device drivers and installation procedures.

LWN.net wraps up the latest news and information from the Linux kernel mailing lists.