New Trolling Effects website will keep watch on patent trolls.

• RHEV 3.2 released
• FreeBSD 8.4 Released
• Cisco Introduces New Backbone Routers
• AMD Chips, Strategies, and Roadmap
• Java Enterprise Edition 7 Released
• Crafter Studio 2.2

Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of LinuxTag expo. He works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine.com

A few years ago, the great epic battle of the IT industry was all about operating systems. MS-DOS versus OS/ 2, Windows verses Mac. Novell NetWare rode the wave of the network operating system for a while, until Microsoft punched back with Windows NT. The first couple of years I was in my editor’s chair, it seemed like every month we were writing about some hyperbolic new FUD from Microsoft as it sought to bring down Linux.

The GNOME Outreach Program for Women has seen success that other programs set up to encourage women in FOSS have not. We look at some of the reasons why.

The openSUSE Conference will be held July 18-22, 2013, at the Olympic Museum in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of LinuxTag expo. He works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine.com

• SkySQL Merges with Makers of MariaDB
• AMD Announces New Custom Chip Operation
• New Supermicro Storage Solution
• SUSE Studio 1.3
• Nginx 1.4 Released