Switching to Linux picks up steam

Truth in Advertising?
Microsoft Has Been Ordered to Pull Misleading Advertising from UK Markets: The ads claimed that M$ Windows had a Lower Total Cost of Ownership but omitted the fact that the "tests" compared Windows on 900MHZ PC hardware whereas they ran Linux on a z900. More Stories.

40 Gig USB Hard Drive Based Linux Environment (link from Ron)

Astaro Linux is a Feature Rich Firewall Product Based on Linux. It now has support for FreeS/WAN VPN's and Snort in an IPS Configuration. It is free for personal use and starts at $400 for commercial applications. Link from Nick

Here is the link to the academic pricing of Red Hat Enterprse Linux (RHEL). They are charging $25 for the Workstation product and $50 for the server.

If you haven't received your Red Hat Academy invite, make sure that your RHN account is active, that you can log in and that the email listed with Red Hat is reliable and valid. After doing this, then attempt to login to RHA. You should receive the invite when you login.

Brave New Supply Chain: RF-ID and Smart-Labels. More info on RFID's here

Evans Data report says only 8% of Linux developers surveyed had ever seen a virus infect their systems -TechWeb News

2004-08-03 SECURITY HOLE, fixed in PuTTY 0.55

PuTTY 0.55, released today, fixes a serious security hole which may allow a server to execute code of its choice on a PuTTY client connecting to it. In SSH2, the attack can be performed before host key verification, meaning that even if you trust the server you think you are connecting to, a different machine could be impersonating it and could launch the attack before you could tell the difference. We recommend everybody upgrade to 0.55 as soon as possible.

Soekris now offers the Sangoma T1/E1 Low Power Low Profile Card with Integrated CSU/DSU bundled with their Net 4801 System -From the BSDSnob

Speaking of HP: Is your workplace locked down with Windows desktops? Do you miss having a REAL Operating System? Now you can run FreeBSD (or Linux) on your HP Scanjet!

HP is now shipping laptops with Novell's SUSE Linux installed. The HP Compaq nx5000 business notebook PC will give mobile professionals the flexibility of Novell's SUSE Linux and come equipped with OpenOffice, CD-R/RW support, DVD and media player, wireless and Bluetooth™ connectivity and full HP support and services. Offering customers increased workforce productivity and flexibility, the nx5000 starts at an estimated U.S. street price of $1,140.