“Maybe it was the weather, which has been unrelentingly miserable here in the Northeast. I was going to sit down and write about the tremendous
improvements David Faure has made to KWord by backporting much of the upcoming QT-3.0’s rich text engine to the KWord CVS. And at the
same time I thought I’d talk about the exciting new KPrinter that will be part of KDE-2.2, and which promises finally to get a grip on printing in
Linux. But I just couldn’t work up any enthusiasm.” We’re not sure what all this has to do with Linux and Open Source, but it *is* on LinuxPlanet, after all.

MSNBC tells us: “A Photoshop 6 install may trigger the following Windows 98 or
Me system errors when exiting PageMaker 6.5x, says Adobe:
‘This program has performed an Illegal Operation and will be
shut down’; ‘PM65 has caused an invalid page fault in module ‘;
‘PM65 has caused an invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll’,
and; ‘Pm65 has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL. Pm65 will
now close’.”

From ZDNET: “Cray also has moved a step in the direction of the Beowulf method of making cheap
supercomputers by wiring together dozens or even hundreds of Linux computers.

Since a January deal with API NetWorks, Cray now offers supercomputers made of lots of
smaller API machines running Linux.”

“We know from OS/2 that without applications, superior operating systems drown on the desktop. To capture market share, Linux needs
applications such as a low-cost accounting packages like QuickBooks, applications to run education software found on Macintosh and
Windows computers, a contact management suite similar to Act 2000, and a calendaring and messaging suite similar to Outlook and
Notes.” More at OSOpinion.com.

“The latest ‘it better be drool-proof’ embedded Linux device is Galleo’s wireless ‘mobile multimedia communicator’, which features a 320 x 240 color screen with touch
interface, a deluxe web browser with SSL and Java, a cell phone, digital camera, MP3 player and PDA functionality in one cool-looking five-inch (134mm x 93mm x
17.5mm to be exact) blue case. It’s scheduled to be introduced in about three months.” More info at LinuxJournal.

“Claims of six figure ‘salaries’ earned without ever
leaving the bedroom. A hearty supply of ‘free’ computer
hardware and a never-ending e-mail inbox full of victims.
Credit card accounts ‘phished’ from fake porn sites, or clever
e-mails promising ‘You’ve got Pictures’ that ask for AOL user
names and passwords. What do computer criminals do all day?
Work the system – and reap the rewards.” More at MSNBC.com.

LinuxWorld: “Joe Barr has outdone himself. Scoring an interview with the Bob Young is good. But actually pinning down one of the
monopoly’s minions for a verbal slugfest with Young is a triumph. If Joe has accomplished this much by the first of April, by
year’s end the LinuxWorld.com editors will almost certainly cave in to his demand for an espresso machine in his limousine.”

InfoWorld: “Open standards, such as Java and XML, are the
driving force of an evolution in computing that focuses on software as services, a
Sun Microsystems official said Wednesday during a keynote speech at the O’Reilly
Conference on Enterprise Java 2001.”

LinuxJournal has a detailed comparison of these two products designed to allow Linux users to run Windows programs.

LWN’s latest edition is up and ready for consumption.