Paul Ferris at Linux Today writes: “Well, it’s been an interesting couple of years (almost). A lot has happened in the time since I started having
my stories linked here, started having my stories posted here, started running the site, rewrote the site, and
finally started re-writing the site.”

Linux.com’s weekly feature: “…if Linux wants to increase the user base, improvements in the
developmental process are needed in the operating system and software. Linux
software needs to solve problems by providing solutions not only to the developer, but
also to the business and hobby users.”

Jarek Sygitowicz submitted this article from LinuxNews.pl: “Lets look backward: nearly a month ago one officer taxed 6 GNU/Linux boxes and two Star Offices at the price of 6 Microsoft Windows and 2 Microsoft Offices. The affair was widely commented and stirred a wave of protests. We heard from various sorces that the Government, trying to patch a big hole, is preparing for the impossible: a tax on using Free Software.”

The Rambus collective now wants everyone to pay royalties on any
device that interfaces with an SDRAM, DDR or direct Rambus
DRAM (RDRAM) chip, reports The Register. Avo Kanadjian, vice president of worldwide
marketing at Rambus, expounded on the latest plans for world
domination at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas last week.

PCWorld.com reviews the Pentium 4. Unveiled this week, it is Intel’s first new microarchitecture since 1995 when the current
x86 architecture made its debut in the Pentium Pro. This new generation is designed to provide
blazing speed, especially in handling multimedia content.

Intel’s Pentium 4 processor, which ships today, represents the
biggest change in Intel’s processor technology since the Pentium
Pro launch five years ago ­- but IT Week tests show it may not be
suitable for mainstream business use, reports ZDCOUK.

PCWorld.com reports that this filtering software for businesses and schools can monitor Internet usage over a
network.

From MSNBC: “Even if Netscape Navigator is selected as the
default browser, clicking a hyperlink in an
HTML e-mail in Microsoft Outlook Express may
trigger Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98 SE,
2000, or Me to open.”

The Linux Loader or LILO is one of the most popular methods of booting into Linux. LILO also makes a highly flexible and effective boot manager:handy if you have multiple operating systems installed on your machine. This article at FreeOS.com will help you set up and configure LILO.
–Chandrashekhar Bhosle

TCI Announces Canada’s Most Comprehensive Linux Jobs Board

Teledynamics Communications Inc (TCI) has
launched a comprehensive Linux employment page as the latest addition
to the teledynamics communiqué
website. The TCI Linux Jobs Page
carries current contract and full-time Linux-related listings from all
three national newspapers, dozens of recruiters and direct listings
from employers. Using open source web-clipping technology, the Jobs
Page binds together the resources of Canada’s two largest
job sites, Workopolis and Monster.ca, pre-filtered for Linux
related postings.

Established in 1983, TeleDynamics Communications Inc (TCI)
specializes in business internet applications consulting using open
source systems. Involved with Linux since 1993, TCI is active in
global development through free software, the LDP, the Canadian Linux
Users Exchange, and is a contributor to several open source
projects. TCI clients include Sympatico (Medialinx), CBC New Media,
Macmillan Computer Publishing, InformIT, OpenCOLA and the Ontario
Government.

“Yes, Virginia, people really do make a full-time living on Linux
and open source software in Canada,” says Gary Lawrence Murphy, CEO of
TCI, “Listings on these pages run the gammut from high-level
applications architecture, sysadmin and e-business planning to the
entry level jobs coding Perl for small business websites. Listings
also come in across the country, from Vancouver Island to the Bona
Vista.”

“Serious deployment of Linux continues to surge across Canada,”
says Murphy, “and the resulting demand has opened hundreds of jobs for
the Linux savvy. Since communications is the classical problem of our
national psyche, it seemed reasonable to mirror the jobs listings as a
free public service under our Linux pages. This is our way of bringing
the employers and employees together so businesses can deploy Linux
and be assured of technical support.”

Linux Jobs: link

Teledynamics Communications Inc (TCI)
7 Forest Place RR#1

Sauble Beach, Ontario N0H 2G0

net: info@teledyn.com
url: www.teledyn.com
tel: 011-519-422-1150

fax: 011-519-422-2723

–garym