OSXTalk has an article XFree86 and MacOS X are getting closer every day. Slashdot readers discuss the article.

ActiveState, a provider of Internet programming software and
services announces that ActivePython 2.0 is available for download.
ActivePython is ActiveState’s free binary distribution of Python for the Linux,
Solaris and Windows platforms. ActivePython enables programmers to get up
and running faster with precompiled libraries, which run on all the popular
operating systems, and with the numerous Windows-specific extensions by
Mark Hammond, Senior Python Developer, ActiveState. The press release is at LinuxPR.

From a press release at LinuxPR: “Trolltech released today a fully functional preview of Qt Linguist, an
application translation system under the open source BSD license. Qt Linguist
works in conjunction with Qt, Trolltech’s cross-platform GUI application
framework, to translate applications.

Qt Linguist, localization tool, allows users to seamlessly convert Qt-based
programs from one language to another.”

ZDNet follows up on the KDE announcement of its 2.0 release: “The KDE Team has released the long-awaited Version 2.0 of the K Desktop Environment. The K Desktop Environment 2.0 product, aka Kopernicus, is designed to make Linux and Unix desktops easier to use.”

Slashdot readers discuss a British Medical Journal article advocating Open Source software: “Free software facilitates the provision of common software components. As well as the saving on licence fees, it allows software
engineers to concentrate on the important part of system development: customising components for the organisation that they serve.”

As a challenge to the Open Source community, openCOLA has released the current build of openCOLA, the protocol, a collaborative computing application. While the code is in an early stage, it is quite well annotated. openCOLA is an autonomous and collaborative agent that collects, analyzes, and delivers dynamic content. Inputs can be set to cull the Web, Usenet, your e-mail, and other Internet information resources. Outputs can be set to post relevant results to the Web, Wireless devices, and PDAs, among others. openCOLA is an Open Source development shop working in the area of distributed computing and peer-to-peer exchange with offices in San Francisco and Toronto. Note: for hard-core developers only. Download now from www.opencola.com.

— Submitted by openCOLA

In-depth tips on using Wine, Win4Lin, and VMware,
and touches on Bochs, LinuxWorld states, “you can have your cake and eat it, too, with Windows
apps running on Linux.”

IT world interview with Todd Bradley, director of support services for Jabber.com, talks with forum
members about instant messaging, Jabber Tcl, open standards, and more.

In a combined push to bring
more Web-enabled electronic devices to market faster, MontaVista, a
leading provider of the Linux operating system, will offer 30-day support
services to users of DevelopOnline, an online product development center, from All LInux Devices.

Sun Microsystems is moving toward making its Java technology fully open source, a company executive said Tuesday, addressing an audience of programmers here at ApacheCon Europe 2000, reports IDG News Service on InfoWorld.