Going to Heaven?
A site sure to draw the ire of religious folks of every faith, at “I’m Going to Heaven” (http://www.buyintoheaven.com/) you can buy a certificate guaranteeing you entrance into heaven--or your money back! (Sort of a 21st century indulgence, I guess...)
[Via the J-Walk Blog]

Linux News
We knew this was coming: Red Hat has announced that it will no longer produce freely-distributable releases of Linux, leaving Red Hat 9 the last “free” distribution--despite the apparently already-gone-to-press McGrawHill Osborne release of Red Hat Linux X: the Complete Reference! Red Hat is shifting their focus to Red Hat Enterprise 3. The ongoing developmental version of Red Hat is now Fedora, which is free, and also seems to be 100% guaranteed Open Source--they've even dropped Pine, because it does not carry an Open Source license.

I think I'm pleased to see this: Novell has announced the purchase of SuSE Linux. Following quickly on the heels of their purchase of the Linux desktop firm Ximian, this positions Novell as the largest Open Source software company. They should be actually in a position to build a truly user-friendly desktop release of Linux. I think it's fascinating that when you go to the Novell Web site now the word “Linux” dominates the screen.

I know this is good news: LinuxIT has released their Study Guides for Linux System Administration 1 & 2 which are intended to prepare students for the The Linux Professional Institute's entry-level Linux certification exams. They are really intended for instructor-led classroom instruction and are available in OpenOffice.org file formats as well as PDF. Since they are released under the GNU Free Documentation License, they can be rewritten to suit any situation.

Quote of the Week
From Paul A. Strassman writing in Computerworld:

“As microcomputers acquired mainframe power, tens of millions of amateurs got hold of the capacity to mess up systems in ways that previously were available only to professional programmers.”

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