Another conference is cancelled, along with Microsoft's strong attendance there

OpenOffice.org, while often criticised for its slightly antiquated interface, is arguably the most popular free software and open source office suite and in many cases, a good alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous software system.

BashDiff is a patch for the bash shell that can do an amazing number of things.

OpenOffice.org Writer is as much a desktop publishing program as a word processor.

Most people will agree on what a commercial distro is. it is fairly obvious. A distro that is funded and backed by a company.
Examples would be Suse, RedHat, Mandriva, and others. Some of these making more money than others.
Then there is the wild west world of "Community" distros.

— On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, any one visiting the CodeWeavers' Web site will be given a deal code that will entitle them to one free copy of CodeWeavers' award-winning CrossOver software. Each copy comes complete with support. This is good for today only... If your interested in this offer you will need to get the deal code today.

In a press call about the October 30th arrival of the next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.10, Shuttleworth said that Canonical has always seen the desktop as a "zero revenue" product.

I've been a Linux Administrator for about 6+ years now and I love Linux now more then I did then. Though I do not particularly like being a Admin or an Engineer any more. I actually prefer being an Architect or a Systems Programmer.