IDG.net has a short item on Frontpath shipping its first wireless Web tablet Monday. The device uses the Transmeta Crusoe chip and runs Linux.

From BusinesWire: Red Hat, Inc.
(Nasdaq:RHAT – news) today announced that Red Hat Linux was awarded finalist status by Network
Computing, a CMP Media LLC magazine, for a 2001 Well-Connected Award in the category of Server
Operating Systems. The product was chosen for its innovative open source options, scalability and
manageability necessary to bring the most ambitious Linux initiatives under the control of an integrated
Internet computing platform.

Posted at LWN.net: “Linus Torvalds has requested a moratorium on new device number
assignments. His hope is that a new and better method for device space
handing will emerge as a result.

Alan Cox has requested that I maintain a forked registry for his -ac
kernel patch tree. I have agreed to do so once I have forked off the
‘final’ version of the registry for Linus’ tree. At that time I will
process the backlog for the benefit of the -ac registry only. Please
have patience until I can get that to happen.”

From PR Newswire:

To meet the needs of changing
and more mobile workgroups, today FileMaker announced a new line of database
software to run on five more platforms: Mac OS X , Windows 2000, Linux,
Pocket PC and i-mode. Supporting more platforms — plus improved fit with IT
requirements and rich new Web publishing features — gives workgroups the
flexible, instant data management they demand, FileMaker said.

From LinuxNewbie.org: “Linux, Microsoft, Apple! It’s so confusing! which operating system is best? I’m
here to tell you, as briefly as possible, that it doesn’t matter. First of all, the
majority of users are like me; they see their operating system for no more than
three seconds, before launching their favorite application. Second, we know you
all want money, even the Linux companies. also, we know you’re in bed with the
hardware companies.”

From LinuxPR: Nemein Solutions has created the first commercial
implementation in the world that uses Midgard 2 in its structure.

Midgard 2 is the next generation version of the Midgard content management
engine. Midgard 2 has been designed from the ground up as a flexible general
purpose application server.

osOpinion has a column about the number of “SlashClones” popping up on the Internet, and how some of this is a good thing, as long as they don’t try to too closely rip off the original Slashdot. “Slashdot has changed the nature of the conversation on the Internet. This is the other Slashdot effect. Just ask any Anonymous Coward.” (Slashdot and NewsForge are owned by the same company.)

From BusinessWire: Covalent Technologies has been named as a recipient of one of UPSIDE Magazine’s sixth annual Hot 100 Awards. This award adds to Covalent’s
growing momentum over the last six months, which has included multiple Fortune 500 customer wins, significant new funding led by Sequoia Capital,
and the release of a comprehensive enterprise product suite for the Apache Web server.

EcommerceTimes has a story about the 89 class-action lawsuits involving securities fraud filed in federal court so far this year, many against tech companies and their IPO underwriters. VA Linux is prominent in the story. (VA owns NewsForge.)

From LinuxPR: The Applied Technology Training Center and Puget Sound Technology are
offering a short presentation about BSD, Linux, and open source software on
May 15 in Everett, Wash.

Everett Community College’s Applied Technology Training Center and Puget
Sound Technology are offering a short presentation about BSD, Linux, and open
source software on Tuesday, May 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Applied
Technology Training Center in Everett, Wash.