Microsoft web servers are dying off in Germany. A staggering 89% of .de servers run Apache.
How Linux Saved My Files and My Job
Next time your NTFS-based drive decides to take a sudden trip down south, give BG-Rescue Linux a try.

Oracle's 9000 programmers to switch to Linux by the end of the year

Akregator
New KDE based RSS aggregator, beta version 1.

Kill Bill

IBM versus Microsoft
Slashdot discussion on a linked article on how IBM is pushing Linux and encroaching into Microsoft's space. The Slashdot discussion is a big one.

I came across this travel blog page with pictures of my home town.

How to be popular in 2004

The benefits of using Linux
A detailed and extensive thread on MandrakeUsers.org that's well worth reading and printing out. Hand out, if need be, to your Windoze friends and relatives.

The Google Book
Found on E-bay , an early 20th century children's nonsense-verse book.

Speechbot
Experimental search engine for speech and video content.

KWin drop shadow patch
KDE 3.2 port of this patch that enables drop shadows around open KDE apps.

Oh dear

Sun's Java Desktop 2 gets a scathing review from Linux.com, which is also discussed on Slashdot. The Linux.com reviewer tried to install JDS2 on no fewer than 4 different machines and in each case the installation failed.

The Windows security nightmare

Spam Adversaries to debate in public
Mega-spammer Scott Richter and SpamCop founder Julian Haight to debate in public according this Wired article.
Linux Art
Interview with Everaldo (of KDE Crystal icon fame) and Jimmac (from the Gnome camp)

Off to Menorca

I'm off to Menorca for the next week.

Familiar Linxux
Designed to run on a Compaq iPaq handheld.

GPE
Opie
GUI environments for handhelds running Linux.

Interview with Larry Silverstein, chief technologist at Google
When asked about server numbers he says 'more than 10,000'
Gnome 2.6 reviewed

Utterly Boring
Good blog. Nice design.

Could Red Hat Mean Curtains for Windows?
The Independent newspaper (UK) interviews Matthew Szulik of Red Hat, on RH's desktop plans.

Thunderbird 0.6 released

First Pictures of Titan

Cassini probe takes first pictures of Titan