LinuxOrbit: “Before I begin, I like to say that this editorial isn’t intended as flame bait. Like many of you, if I never see a “KDE vs. GNOME War” headline in the press again, I might just die happy. The
fact of the matter is that KDE and GNOME co-exist quite comfortably. The popular media loves to fan the flames of this bogus conflict, and the end users help the conflict live on with
lots of rhetoric and little in the way of facts.”

Segfault-y humor: “Newly elected president George W. Bush met this week with Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corporation, to discuss the latest threat to the American way of life, as communism once again rears its ugly head. “Last century communism came in the form of the Russian bear,” President Bush stated at a press conference outside Camp David, where he and Ballmer met. ‘But now in the 21st century, we are seeing the beginnings of a new communist plot against the free market and American values: the Linux penguin.'”

Maurice Renck writes “On February the 11th 2001 the german linuxportal has gone online. The portal unites five german linuxsites and does also offer other special features. The portal is going to be extended more and more so that it will be a central meeting point
for linuxuser, or those who want to become it.”
PlanetPenguin is a union of five german linuxpages.

Apps4linux.org
Apps4linux.org offers a great amount sofwareinformations and links in its database. The homepage starts its services together with PlanetPenguin. Users have the possibility to creat accounts and add softwareinformations and links.

Holarse.de
Holarse.de is a german gamingsite. It does not only offer reports of linuxgames, it also offers information about emulators, or the newest graficdrivers etc.

Linux4us.org
Linux4us.org is a site offering news and informations. You will find informations to certain linuxtopics, or certain interviews. The site offers a view at the linuxszene.

LinuxForce.de
LinuxForce.de wants you to diskuss certain linuxtopics. You can find comments to actuall linuxevents, and are able to discuss them on a bulletin-board.

LinuxSys.de
LinuxSys.de is a meeting point for professional linuxuser. There are not only many howtos, you can find detailed
informations of the most popular distributions, too. The site offers a lot of discussion-boards, which are the main part
of the site.

PlanetPenguin unions a wide field of linuxtopics. A lot of features can be found on each of the membersites, so that the users are able to find more and more informations to one topic, without using a searchengine.

PlanetPenguin offers some special features: The webmasters will comment a linuxevent every month.To union the community a IRC-network has been set up. There you will have the possibility to register channels etc.
The Server-addresses can be found on each membersite, or on the portalsite www.planetpenguin.org.”

From ZDNET: “Transmeta, the company that developed the Crusoe processor, is to
release a version of Linux, tailored to run on Crusoe-based devices.
Company sources said last week that Transmeta plans to release
Mobile Linux to the open-source community soon, a move that
follows growing collaboration between Linux developers and
manufacturers of handheld computers.”

From the 2/1 issues of Linux Gazette: “In this article I want to show you a few things you can do with a $50 TV card under Linux. This article expects you to know how to compile the kernel, and how to install general application on Linux. I
will not get into too much detail, but for each section there is plenty of documentation available on the web for you to study and learn.”

“An international recruiter from Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters has approached Linux user groups in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
seeking software developers interested in joining the company’s Windows core networking team.” More at Fairfax IT.

From Wired.com: “The Internet has been a boon for therapists, who never are at a loss to treat whatever ails you. First there was “sudden wealth syndrome,” followed by the Y2K burnout/letdown. Now comes “post-trauma layoff syndrome” for those dot-commers who’ve crashed.”

BBC: “The head of a top-secret United States spy agency has
warned that Osama bin Laden, the man alleged to have
been behind the US embassy bombings, has a
technological edge over the US.”

Wired.com: “Four years ago, U.S. government agencies were ordered to donate thousands of excess computers to needy schools. Now the government is trying to figure out why most of them ended up getting sold instead.”

“Linuxcare CEO and co-founder Arthur Tyde says he fully
expects to complete a widely anticipated merger with
Linux software developer Turbolinux, marking the
beginning of what Tyde expects will soon be a wave of
consolidation within the open software movement.” CRN reports.