Linux PR announces, on October 28, the Simi Conejo Linux Users’ Group will be hosting
LUG Fest III in Simi Valley, Calif.

Synopsys Inc. this week will announce the
availability of Design Compiler and other popular chip
design tools for the open-source operating system, a
move that opens the door for the widespread adoption of
Linux as the No. 2 EDA platform and very possibly
writes the epitaph for Windows NT in chip design, from EE Times News.

Underscoring the strategic importance of its e-Server
announcement last week, InfoWorld News reports, IBM and Red Hat Monday announced a joint agreement to jointly produce native versions of Linux that will fully exploit IBM’s proprietary hardware platforms.

Red Hat, Inc., the leader in developing, deploying and managing
open source Internet infrastructure, today announced its support of IBM’s new
eServer, the next generation of servers created to handle the unparalleled
demands of e-business, from NewsAlert.

Linux Today article attempts to clears up some of the misconceptions regarding Red Hat’s quality control and compiler decisions. Also, Slashdot readers discuss the story.

“VB on Linux” is definitely proving to be a hot concept, reports Linux PR, since the release of Phoenix Object Basic one week ago, tens of thousands
have visited the Janus web site and several thousand people have
downloaded Phoenix.

DukeofURL guides you through the setup of NVidia’s, 3dfx’s, and Matrox’s 3D-accelerated drivers on Linux.

Linux PR: Gelecek A.S is launching its rackmount servers with a wide variety of
hardware. Assembled in high power 1U and 2U case, the servers do not
consume much space. The rackmount servers are aimed for small and
medium size businessess looking for a powerful Linux and Internet
connectivity solution.

LinuxSecurity.com News offers Linux Security Week for the week of October 9th, 2000.

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) today announced three keynote
speakers for ApacheCon Europe 2000, Dr. Kristof Kloeckner, Vice President Business Integration
Development and Director, IBM’s UK Hursley Park laboratory,
George Paolini Vice President of Technologies Advocacy and
Community Development, Sun Microsystems, and
Douglas Adams, bestselling author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the
Galaxy and founding Director of h2g2 Ltd the award-winning digital
media and Internet company, from Apache Today.