Asterisk is an Open Source PBX that runs on Linux

Sun to Open Source Solaris

The Red Hat Academy will be starting at TCC this fall on Monday nights. Here is the course info: ITN 170 Linux System Administration 6:00PM ~ 9:30PM Monday

OPenBSD Gains Source Routing Functionality. This would be useful for black hole routing certain countries, attackers, spammers or ISPs.

The gift economy and free software By: Jem Matzan

A "gift economy" is a social system in which status is given by how much one shares or gives to one's community, as opposed to an "exchange economy" where status is given to those who own or control the most stuff. In today's world we're used to the latter economic philosophy, as it has been closely affiliated with the capitalist system since at least the Industrial Revolution and the invention of the corporation. But the Industrial Age is over -- this is the Information Age now, and things are changing.

Link from Meshugina Brian