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You have a linux box? Then you probably know how to spend time when you have nothing to do. I know that most linux users when they have nothing to do, spend time reading mans or looking in the "bin" folders such as /usr/bin or /bin for a new discovery. The "bin" folders are gold mines for those who want to know more or to find new commands. Since I was at the university, my way is very simple: I open a terminal, I write a random letter and I push the "TAB" key twice and a list of all commands which start with that letter is displayed.

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Installing linux never has been so easy. HP developed LinuxCOE, where a user could choose some basic options through a web interface, and a small (30MB or less) ISO image is created that can be used for a "hands-free" installation using either Kickstart, AutoYAST, or the Debian Preseed autoinstallers. It is useful when installing in a network environment.

Here is a step by step guide to generate your ISO installer from the web interface:

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I asked Will linux kernel move to GPL 3? after the start of discussion in the Linux kernel mailing list about adopting the GPL3. And as I said in a previous article developers were divided about the subject.

The final answer to the previous question came in the same mailing list from Linus Torvalds, the creator and the maintainer of Linux kernel. Here is what he says:

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The Bellevue Linux Users Group has published an article entitled "25 Reasons to Convert to Linux". This is not the first Linux vs. Windows text I saw. There are many threads on the newsnet about the subject, but this is one of the concisely written articles.

If I have to give one reason to use Linux vs. Windows, I'll say: IT'S FREE. You keep your money and you get a better OS, but I think the problem is not there. The real problem is most of the people who use Windows don't even realize there are other operating systems out there.

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Jeff park, a database administrator for PeopleSoft and Oracle shop, tells his experiment with Linux in an article entitled "My desktop OS: Xandros" and published at http://www.newsforge.com yesterday. I found it a good article.

It is not always easy to move from one OS to another, but when that happens, it means that one has a good reason.

I decided to try Linux because I had become frustrated with Windows not being able to things like multiple desktops, forwarding the display of a remote server onto your box to run apps remotely, and connecting with SSH.

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