Link to article	Summary of article
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php...	ABC's of Linux
http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2189337,00.html	Linux pecking order emerges
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/reed/990111sr.htm	Transition from bit player to overnight sensation
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?IWK19990201S0029	Hewlett-Packard this week begins supporting the Linux operating system on its NetServer LPr servers.
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19990201S0053	It seems you can't turn around these days without seeing another article on Linux. From The Wall Street Journal to the Economist, business publications are taking notice of the incredible groundswell of support for this operating system.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/18/linuxfuture.idg/index.html	The future of Linux
http://www.scotgold.com/linux.htm	Get Linux Tux badges here - a cool addition to all your other Linux stuff!
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,31612,00.html	Linux hits Microsoft where it hurts - Microsoft has reason to be scared of Linux
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,385256,00.html	Compaq to serve up Linux bundling, support plan
http://hugin.imat.com/refund/	On Windows Refund Day (February 15,1999), users of non-Microsoft operating systems will bring their Microsoft Windows original manuals, and Certificates of Authenticity to the Microsoft office in Foster City,California to ask for a refund.
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CRN19990118S0004	Vendors are taking free out of "Freeware"
http://www.businessweek.com/1999/02/b3611180.htm	Freeware? Open source programs may spur more choice and competition
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CRN19990118S0023	Is Linux the one?
http://www.redhat.com/release.phtml?id=77	Support for Linux - Objectshare announces VisualWorks 3.0
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990113S0001	IBM reconsiders free DB2 for Linux
http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,375257,00.html	Linux suitable platform for servers
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayTC.pl?/990118spotlight.htm	As the Linux phenomenon has spread, visions of its success have grown as well, fed by a perennial desire for an alternative to Windows
http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/990112/industry/industry7.html	Dell plans cut-down Linux server
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CRN19990118S0001	The perception that Linux will thrive as a viable enterprise platform this year is a reality, according to a December CRN survey of 200 resellers.
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?INW19990111S0010	Microsoft loses while Linux wins
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30648,00.html	Linux pushes into Macintosh community
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990106S0021	Linux makes MacWorld debut
http://www.compaq.com/clip/news/2.21/news_story.html	Why Linux is gaining respect in the IT and business world
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/04/linux99.idg/index.html	Linux to survive?
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?IWK19990104S0033	Could 1999 be the year for Linux?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_236000/236942.stm	Tux ends the year as a shaker and mover!
http://www.linuxarchives.com	An extensive collection of software for the Linux operating system. All downloads are free.
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?VAR19981221S0001	Major players push for Open Source
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,380637,00.html	Linux's evolution
http://www.springer-ny.com/supplements/linux/linux.html	Linux support site
http://www.chariott.com/new_apps.html	A Linux Applications and Utilities Page
http://www.insanely-great.com/news/98/12/news16.html#ppc	Apple to ship PowerPC with Linux
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2177559,00.html	Tux's Christmas present?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30027,00.html	Linux market share leaps by 212%
http://www.linuxpower.org/display_item.phtml?id=91	Linux - WebPlatform and Beyond
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30047,00.html	Informix readies Linux database, tools
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/uspress&parms=P_1998120102	IBM brings enterprise and web file sharing to Linux
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29966,00.html	Corel releasing Wordperfect 8 for Linux
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?WIN19990101S0011	An article about Linux - is this the next Windows or not?
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/12/os.idg/index.html	OS users still haven't found what they are looking for
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/columns/0,4351,377260,00.html	Zdnet tries to rubbish Linux
http://www.members.aa.net/~swear/pedia/promotion.html	Promotion of Linux and Opensource, etc.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29824,00.html	Games future for Linux
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/zdnn_rc_display/0,3443,2173289,00.html	Linus Torvalds - A Profile
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,429695,00.html	Sun promoting Linux
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/sun_linux981208.html	UNIX competitor embraces "Freeware" OS
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/981212/hack.html	The Wild Bunch - an article about Linux
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2173057,00.html	Open Source leading the way
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2172062,00.html	Key Linux update delayed
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2171821,00.html	Linux beer hike?
http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,29221,00.html	Linux on a roll
http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,29221,00.html	Who's afraid of Tux?
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody981120.html	Charge of the Linux Brigade!
http://www.mozilla.org/stevecase.html	AOL confirms committment to OSS in wake of Netscape buyout
http://www.winehq.com/corel.txt	Corel helps develop Windows under Linux
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/Silicon/silicon981126.html	Linux in Mexico
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/CNET/cnet_linuxii981124.html	Linux goes to China
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody981120.html	FUD begins: Linux sux: 'Insider' says it's insecure and unstable
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9811/20/thinklinux.cdx.idg/index.html	Linux on the mind at Comdex
http://www.opensource.org/halloween2.html	After the "Halloween" document, comes "Halloween 11" from Eric Raymond
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29046,00.html	Is Linux trading tuxedo for business suit?
http://www.troll.no/announce/qp1.html	Free Edition of Qt will be released under an Open Source licence
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/javaorder981117.html	Is Microsoft Losing the Battle? - Part 11
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_216000/216554.stm	Is Microsoft losing the battle? - Part 1
http://www.techweb.com/wire/finance/story/INV19981116S0002	Red Hat Software Hails New President
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0	The new Linux kernel is out!
http://www.news.com/News/Item....	Linus Torvalds' company - Breakthrough news!
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9811/17/linuxvsnt.idg	Is Linux or NT better for important tasks?
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reports/Trends/Linux/ss01.html	CNet gives an overview of Linux, starting from its birth and following its progress as it grew into the mighty phenomenon that it is today. This is an easy-to-read introduction to the greatest computing movement of the Internet age and a must-read for the newcomer to Linux.
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reports/Trends/Linux/?dd.sn	CNet assess Linux as a strong competitor to Windows NT and states the openness of the platform as being the main reason for its rapid development. Of particular interest is their belief that Linux's openness inspires competition which results in rapid development for the OS.
http://www.slashdot.org/articles...	Further information on Lotus' announcement that it will port its SmartSuite applications as well as Domino to Linux.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/...	Lotus is to offer SmartSuite on Linux as OpenSource for Linux. This adds yet another suite of heavyweight office applications to the platform. Of special interest in this article is the fact that the entire city of Garden Grove, California, has been running Linux since 1995, including their police department.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/...	CNet reports on how Microsoft has a thing or two to learn about software development from the Linux/OSS community.
http://www.news.com/?st.cn.fd.tbtop.ne	Want cheap supercomputing? CNet knows how you can get it! One guess what OS serves up this sort of power at desktop-scaled prices?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28215,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.e	CNet reports on the "Halloween Document" by Eric Raymond. We did tell you that this document would became infamous!
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981102S0005	CMP Net reports on the "Halloween Document" by Eric Raymond, which took less than 24 hours to became infamous!
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/halloween.html	Eric Raymond's "Halloween Document": A document alleged to be internal to Microsoft, written by Microsoft's Vinod Valloppillil, in which Microsoft acknowledges the serious threat posed to it by OpenSource development techniques and analyses the mechanisms of the OpenSource movement and its success, its implication to Microsoft, and how Microsoft might counter the movement. Raymond himself comments on this paper and its contents.
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/LINUX/linux2.html	Jerry Pournelle's humourous article about installing Linux for the first time as a beginner to Linux. Linux lovers the world over will probably reckognise some of his experiences!
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,27915,00.html	Corel to give WordPerfect 8 for Linux away for free.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/...	Corel strikes a deal with RedHat in which RedHat will port their Linux to the StrongARM processor and Netwinder architecture.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/981021-000001.html	Microsoft's claim that any talented individual can compete effectively with it has been challenged, as one might expect. Yesterday a Microsoft attorney (see earlier story) cited Linus Torvalds in court as an example of how one person can produce a sophisticated OS, but Register reader Eric Green of Linux Hardware Solutions has some numbers that make interesting reading...
http://www.news.com/News/Item/...	HP is evaluating Linux for possible inclusion in its product range.
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/...	ABC reports on Linux's rise to the point that it can now be considered a rival to Microsoft.
http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/~kevin/linux-article.html	An article by a South African University student giving an excellent introduction to Linux and also describing how it is used both locally by those in need and internationally. A must-read for the Linux newcomer.
http://www.irish-times.com/irish%2Dtimes/paper/1998/1012/cmp2.html	Talks mostly of Free BSD, but an interesting article about OpenSource in Ireland and within a university department.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/...	RedHat Linux version 5.2 is on it's way and so is SMP within Linux in this release!
http://builder.cnet.com/Servers/RexTech/092198/	A comparison between RedHat Linux 5.1 V.S. NT5 Beta 2 by CNET's Builder.com
http://www.news.com/News/Item/...	News.com announces that Oracle is to port the Oracle 8i database to Linux and the Apache web server.
http://www.linuxbusiness.com/...	Sales of Linux have overtaken those of Windows 98 in France!
http://webserv.vnu.co.uk/www_user/...	Announcement that Oracle is to license and sell Linux in addition to porting its software onto the platform.
http://webserv.vnu.co.uk/www_user/plsql/...	Oracle is to support Linux as well as the Linux versions of its software. Microsoft sees Linux as a major threat to it.
http://www.research.microsoft.com/....	Microsoft's effort at Distributed systems: See what the opposition is raving (lunatics) about...
http://www.news.com/News/Item...	News.com reports on the Intel,Netscape backing of RedHat Linux, with links to news on the other major vendors flooding in to support to the platform.
http://www.msnbc.com/news...	In which the author wishes to set up a small network for his home computers, allowing them to access the Internet via his ISDN line. Well written and very interesting.
http://www.msnbc.com/news...	Living with Linux, PartII: An article written by a first time Linux user following his experiences in setting up Linux on his laptop.
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2587.html	Linux is a serious NT contender. With huge industry backing, Intel and Netscape investing in RedHat and Caldera shipping a Win95-like interface for the OS, it looks set for primetime. Read Jesse Berst's analysis of this.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/	News.com announces the Intel-Netscape investment in RedHat Software. This is probably the watershed announcement that will signal the beginning of the battle for the enterprise, and the takeover of Linux from Microsoft. Read this announcement and become a part of history in the making.
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9809/22/linuxlove.idg/index.html	Why people don't hate Linux
http://www.lantimes.com/98/98aug/808b001a.html	Describes the reasons why Linux is being so widely adopted by commercial enterprises and also why so many IT managers have covertly deployed the platform in organisations who have officilly standardised on other (commercial) platforms.
http://www.wired.com/wired/5.08/linux.html	WIRED magazine's overview of what Linux is and how it come to be here.
http://www.spade.com/linux/linux-faq/	This allows you to find the answer to many questions about Linux: What it is, what platforms it runs on, how to get free support for the operating system, what the system gives you and where to find out more information if it's not covered here already. Most notably, it has a "frequently asked questions" section that lets you benefit from the experiences of others in that it lsits the most common questions about the system and their answers or solutions.
http://www.kirch.net/unix-nt/	This is probably one of the most essential reads for anyone interested in the system in a professional capacity: This document is a comparason between UNIX based systems such as Linux and FreeBSD and Windows NT, written from a real-world perspective. This aricle is strongly recommended for anyone deploying an enterprise-wide network because it raises essential questions that all such deployments need to be aware of and have catered for. Most notably is the true cost of any deployment and the potential hazards and pitfalls assosicate with such an enterprise.
http://sagan.earthspace.net/[...]/cathedral-bazaar-1.html	This link has become the "white pages" of the Linux and open source development effort. It describes how this development actually happens and the principles on which it is based. Its intention is to allow the reader to understand what the open source movement is about and how it works.
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9807/09/flea.pc.idg/index.html	A CNN report on using Linux clusters to obtain extremely cheap supercomputing. They indicate a multimillion dollar saving over conventional methods of deploying supercomputing. In my opinion, this is an area of great growth potential for Linux as this new price tag could justify a return on investment for projects that would have previously not been considered in a commercial environment.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/22/danglinux.idg/	A CNN report on how Linux managed to become a contender to Windows NT.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980728S0004	Microsoft admits that Windows NT has a lot of ground to catch up with Solaris with repect to stability. This is of interest when evaluating Linux for use as a server because of its acknowledged stability.
http://www.sun.com/solaris/pam/	An article about Solaris' useage of PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) and how Linux has gotten the most out of this technology
http://odin.appliedtheory.com/linux-activism/	A site recording articles about Linux as well as links to leanr more about Linux. Definitely worth visiting!
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit19980820.html	An article about Windows NT 5.0 versus other opertaing systems, including Linux.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980823S0002	CMPnet's Article on how Linux is offering a real alternative to Microsoft OSes and the commercial success of the vendors who sell the operating system.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/opinion/0223/23mach.html	Want a zero-administration WEB server? This link tell you about one. It uses Linux, of course.
http://www.crl.com/wccdromrcd.html	Walnut Creek set a world download record when 417Gb of files were downloaded in a day from its site. This service was provided on a single 200MHz Pentium Pro computer running FreeBSD. The previous record was for 350Gb and required 40 server computers to achieve. Read about this feat here.
http://www.sunworld.com/swol-08-1998/[...]	SCO are planning to provide Linux binary compatability for their operating system to allow their users to run Linux software 'Right out the box'.
http://209.101.48.92/Sept98/sm098cv.htm	Software Magazine featured a article about Linux: how it's entering the commercial computing arena, competition to NT, etc.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,26094,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh	News.com's announcement that Oracle is increasing its commitment to Linux by forming strategic partnerships with RedHat, VA Research, SuSE and Pacific HiTech.
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2523.html	Jesse Berst analyses the alternative OSes. He maintains that Windows NT will be the dominant platform, but that Linux will be a major influence. He also reports that Microsoft is aware of the Linux threat to it and is gearing up to attacking it.
http://www.redhat.com/extreme/	Beowulf is a set of extensions to Linux that allow for cheap hardware to be clustered together to form a virtual supercomputing device. Read about it here.
http://www.catseye.com/adampr/linux.html	This is a great factual page about what Linux is and how to get started with installing Linux. Brief, but a must-read for newcomers to Linux.
HTTP://www.linux.org/	The official Linux site
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit19980910.html	Linux is scaring Microsoft. A lot. Here's a lightheartedly-serious article on that as well as a comparason between Bill Gates and Linux Torvalds, creator of Linux.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0914/14linux.html	Vendor support for embedded databases for Linux is growing.