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DesktopLinux.com has a page where readers are polled about their choice of desktop Linux distributions. So far 3,466 votes have been tallied. The poll question was “Which Linux distribution(s) do you use (or plan to use) on your desktop computer system?” Here's how the answers sort out:
1. Mandrake: 29.3%
2. SuSE: 14%
3. Red Hat: 12%
4. Debian: 10.2%
5. Elx: 9.1%
6. Lycoris: 6.8%
7. Gentoo: 6.4%
8. Slackware: 4.1%
9. Lindows: 1.8%
10. Libranet: 1.7%
11. Peanut: 1.3%
12. Xandros: 1.1%
13. Other: 1.6%
—Doc Searls
Multiple by which the new RealNetworks Helix Universal Server running on Linux exceeds the speed of Microsoft's streaming server: 4
Number of Linux Users' Groups (LUGs): 500
Number of countries with LUGs: 80
Millions of dollars in Linux sales in 2001: 80
Projected millions of dollars in Linux sales by 2006: 280
Billions of dollars in Microsoft Windows sales in 2001: 10
Linux annual growth rate percentage according to Tower Group: 30
Linux annual growth rate percentage according to IDC: 37
Linux percentage of corporate IT budgets: 9
Percentage of retail sector CIOs “looking at open-source software”: 32
Number of IBM telecom customers who use Linux: 50
Number of IBM ISVs with Linux-enabled apps: 3,800
Number of Linux support personnel at IBM: 5,000
Thousands of Zaurus PDAs Sharp reportedly brought to LinuxWorld Expo in August 2002 expecting all would sell: 3
Number of New Zealand's Compaq servers replaced by one IBM Z Series mainframe: 150
Minimum number of IBM telecom customers using Linux: 50
Number of Linux instances on a Z Series mainframe at Solomon Smith Barney in New York: 62
Number of Linux instances on Korean Airlines IBM Z series mainframe: 10
Number of Korean Airlines personnel using the flight schedule system now consolidated on the mainframe: 4,000
1: RealNetworks
2, 3: Linux Counter
4-6: quoted in CNET
7-9: cited by IBM
10: Tower Group, cited by Open Forum Europe
11-13, 15-18: IBM
14: Source at LinuxWorld Expo
Here's another good reason why the Sharp Zaurus deserved the Editors' Choice we gave it two months ago. It's a WiFi radio: a wireless internet radio receiver. The first of the breed, in fact.
All you need is your Zaurus, a WiFi (802.11b) wireless card and a $10 shareware application called Zradio. Add headphones, and you've got a WiFi Walkman. Add a pair of portable powered speakers, and you've got your very own Linux boom box.
For more information, visit myZaurus.com.
—Doc Searls
Labels 263 and larger are currently reserved for future extensions. Under many cosmological theories, the labels under 263 are adequate to cover the entire expected life span of the universe; in this case no extensions will be necessary.
—D. J. Bernstein, in a proposal for a new 64-bit time format intended to solve the year 2038 problem (cr.yp.to/proto/tai64.txt)
The National Security Agency remains committed to operating system security research in general and specifically in continuing our research using the security-enhanced Linux prototype. Our relationships with open-source researchers have been very beneficial, and we hope to continue and expand such relationships in the future.
—Grant M. Wagner, Technical Director of the US NSA's Secure Systems Research Office
It's perfectly fine to use the name of your pet or child as a password. However, for the sake of security, make sure the names of all your pets and children contain several non-alphanumeric characters.
—Lore Sjöberg, Brunching.com
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It's Raspberry Pi month at Linux Journal. Each week in May, Adafruit will be giving away a Pi-related prize to a lucky, randomly drawn LJ reader. Winners will be announced weekly.
Fill out the fields below to enter to win this week's prize-- a Pi Cobbler Breakout Kit for Raspberry Pi.
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