LWN [86]has reported on the release of experimental UserLinux metapackages
   for Ubuntu Hoary.
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  Puppy

   [87]Puppy Linux is a flexible and small-sized GNU/Linux distribution. You
   can read [88]a brief review at LinuxInsider.com.
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  Arch

   OSnews has published [89]a lengthy interview with the developers behind
   [90]Arch Linux.
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                         Software and Product News
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  Firefox

   [91]Firefox appears to be making measurable inroads into Microsoft Internet
   Explorer's market share. The Microsoft browser offering [92]now accounts for
   less than 90% of the browser sector.
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  Nero

   Nero,  the  popular Windows CD/DVD burning software, has recently been
   [93]released for Linux. NeroLinux is a closed source application, and is
   available free of charge following registration on the Nero website.
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  Adobe Reader

   [94]Adobe has released a new version of its PDF reading software, [95]Adobe
   Reader 7.0, for Linux. The software is available for [96]free download, and
   has been [97]profiled on DesktopLinux.com.
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   Mick is LG's News Bytes Editor.

   [Picture] Originally hailing from Ireland, Michael is currently living in
   Baden,  Switzerland.  There  he works with ABB Corporate Research as a
   Marie-Curie fellow, developing software for the simulation and design of
   electrical power-systems equipment. 

   Before this, Michael worked as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical
   Engineering, University College Dublin; the same institution that awarded
   him his PhD. The topic of this PhD research was the use of Lamb waves in
   nondestructive testing. GNU/Linux has been very useful in his past work, and
   Michael has a strong interest in applying free software solutions to other
   problems in engineering.

   Copyright © 2005, [98]Michael Conry. Released under the [99]Open Publication
   license unless otherwise noted in the body of the article. Linux Gazette is
   not produced, sponsored, or endorsed by its prior host, SSC, Inc.

   Published in Issue 113 of Linux Gazette, April 2005

HelpDex

   By [100]Shane Collinge

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   [101][cartoon] [102][cartoon] [103][cartoon] 

   All HelpDex cartoons are at Shane's web site, [104]www.shanecollinge.com.
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   [BIO] Part computer programmer, part cartoonist, part Mars Bar. At night, he
   runs around in a pair of colorful tights fighting criminals. During the
   day... well, he just runs around. He eats when he's hungry and sleeps when
   he's sleepy. 

   Copyright  ©  2005,  [105]Shane Collinge. Released under the [106]Open
   Publication license unless otherwise noted in the body of the article.
   Linux Gazette is not produced, sponsored, or endorsed by its prior host,
   SSC, Inc.

   Published in Issue 113 of Linux Gazette, April 2005

Free as in Freedom: Part Four: Epilog - 2000 VAIOS and a Grain of Zen

   By [107]Adam Engel

   The KDE and GNOME desktop environments make it possible for people who have
   no knowledge of Unix or GNU/Linux commands to use a GNU/Linux system as
   easily as they'd use Mac or Windows for web-browsing, word-processing,
   email, games and the things most users spend their computer time on. It's
   only going to get better, and one day many people might know GNU/Linux only
   through the GUI.

   I asked Okopnik, "Do you think this is a 'good' thing, that people are
   finding  out they have an alternative, but at the same time using that
   alternative almost exclusively on the GUI level, like they would use Mac or
   Windows?  Have you noticed more of an interest in Linux or an enhanced