[Updated Feb. 1, 2002] ZDNet has created a special feature devoted to this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City . . .

LinuxWorld: Penguins unite!

With IBM leading the charge, the corporate world is finding a space for the alternative OS. While enthusiasts look forward to mainstreaming it on the desktop, Linux is gaining in the bigger picture.

• Gadgets on parade at LinuxWorld — Mainframes may be most important but they don't draw a crowd like the mob waiting to try out Sharp's Linux-powered Zaurus handheld or Sony's Linux-based PlayStation 2.

• Consortium releases Linux standards — In an effort to make it easier for software companies to bring their programs to Linux, the Free Standards Group has released new standards to deal with Linux language barriers.

• IBM: Linux is ready to rule — IBM says Linux readiness is far ahead of the world's perception of it. L.L. Bean, Pixar, Boscov's, and Salomon Smith Barney lead the group of big-name converts.

• Row brewing over Linux patches — Does Linus Torvalds need help? Many developers are getting frustrated with the Linux founder for not keeping up with minor fixes to the open-source OS.

• Sony signs up Linux for PlayStation 2 — Sony says it will begin selling disks to install Linux on PlayStation 2 and tools to develop Linux applications. Kits will include a 40GB hard drive, keyboard and mouse.

• Linux could gain from HP, Compaq merger — Hewlett-Packard's planned merger with Compaq Computer will speed the advancement of the Linux operating system, says HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina.

• DreamWorks switches to HP, Linux — At LinuxWorld, HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina announces that DreamWorks will be replacing SGI computers with HP PCs running Linux.

• IBM: Linux is already paying off — IBM's Bill Zeitler, head of the server group, says the $1 billion IBM invested in Linux last year has already been recouped through increased sales and services.

• Veritas packs storage software for Linux — The Foundation Suite, which long has existed for Unix servers, lets administrators more easily manage how a server communicates with multiple storage devices.

• Turbolinux enlists HP, Compaq — HP will co-brand PowerCockpit, which lets administrators control Linux servers remotely, and resell it for its Intel servers. Compaq will also promote the software.

• Linux revives the mainframe — Mainframes should take up the biggest space at this year's LinuxWorld as the OS breaths new life into the old industry standby. Corporations are beginning to take notice.

• Red Hat raises the roof on Linux — Red Hat Advanced Server is a higher-end version that includes features designed for more powerful servers such as communications, clustering and load-balancing.

• Ximian eases open source licenses — Ximian is changing the license for a key part of Mono, a project designed to duplicate Microsoft's .Net software, so that it could be used in closed-source projects.

• Big Blue sold on Linux — Big Blue's relationship with Linux goes a step further–merging the relatively new operating system with the old reliable mainframe. It targets server farmers.

• Embedded Linux alive and kicking — Although several Linux start-ups have vanished, the embedded-OS market is rife with competition and MontaVista is betting on Linux for success.

 
This article was originally published on LinuxDevices.com and has been donated to the open source community by QuinStreet Inc. Please visit LinuxToday.com for up-to-date news and articles about Linux and open source.