Linuxnewbie.org offers an introduction to and overview of the latest version of Solaris. In the writer’s opinion, recent changes to Sun’s operating system have made hopping between Solaris and Linux much easier.

From LinuxPlanet: “If Windows XP, which some would have us believe is the Linux
killer (the same people, I presume, that predicted Microsoft Bob would be the future of software interfaces), is to be based on
this not-so-compatable NT OS, then where does that leave the poor schmucks like me who do not buy a new computer
every year and might have something a little stale in the hardware department? How does the upgrade path go then?

Or, if XP is more inclusive, will it be inheriting the same problems the Win95/98 OSes had?

Something, I think, is going to give.”

Eric S. Raymond writes: “I have released a new Web version of the Jargon File, available at
http://www.tuxedo.org/jargon/>.This version 4.3.0 is intended specifically to recognize and honor the
wonderfully insane hackers of the Bergen Linux User’s Group in Bergen,
Norway. In perpetrating the world’s first implementation of RFC1149
(“A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers”)
they have pulled off what may just be the funniest, cleverest hack of
the last fifteen years.

Gentlemen, I salute you. You have been added to Appendix A as the
latest in a string of classic examples of the hack as art form.”

Frederic Giacometti: “I am pleased to announce the first beta release of JPE, the Java-Python Extension. JPE is at once: A Python module (named ‘java’) providing access to all Java services from Python; A Java package (named ‘python’) providing access to all Python services from Java.” From LinuxProgramming.com.

“The Tulsa Linux Users Group is pleased to announce its first annual
Linux Installfest to be held on the Tulsa University Campus, Keplinger
Hall Room M216, on Saturday May 26th, from 11:00am to 4:00pm.” Read the press release at LinuxPR.

From Linux Today: “With the adoption of UCITA as law in the United States apparently having dropped out of sight & without
resolution, I thought the following account of a hearing on this proposed law would be of interest. This
hearing of the Judiciary Commitee of the state of Oregon House of Representatives took place on 18 April,
2001 at the state Capitol building, from 3:40p to 5:00p.”

ZDNet UK: “Police and computer security experts report that fears that the
city of London would fall to anti-capitalist computer hackers
have so far proved unfounded.

In the last few weeks a number of computer security firms
have warned that politically motivated hackers may time
attacks on corporation with 1 May street demonstrations
against global capitalism. However, experts say that, so far,
online demonstrators have failed to materialise.”

Linuxgram is reporting that the Turbolinux-Linuxcare merger has collapsed, with the news announced internally Monday.

“The merger’s failure is going to cost Linuxcare a ‘significant reduction in staff,’ according to its CEO Art Tyde.

Tyde put the expected losses at 25%-30%. He said the cuts would not be immediate. Linuxcare is waiting on
further ‘analysis’ of its evolving business plan to scale back.”

Is the company budget quaking with fear as Windows and Office XP loom on the horizon? There’s nothing to worry about, says John Dvorak in an article at Forbes (via Yahoo). Why put up with expensive software when plenty of free or lower-cost alternatives exist. “The savings a large corporation would make if it bought
10,000 white box machines running StarOffice on Linux could easily be $200 a machine or more, depending on the license agreements.”

Looking for an introduction to Zope? Try The Zope Book, a freely available online, in-depth introduction to this Open Source Web application service. Authors Michel Pelletier and Amos Latteier: “If you are
interested in writing web pages, programming web scripts, using databases, managing content, or doing a collaborative web development task, then you
should read this book.”