SquashFS: Not Just for Embedded Systems

Laptop Backups With anacron
Tip of the Trade: "Cron is great for servers and desktops that are always on, but if you want to schedule a backup (or indeed any other job) on a laptop or other machine that may not always...

HP is business Linux friendly
Cyber Cynic: "Recently, for business users anyway, HP has been making it a lot easier to get Linux on their desktops and servers."

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States
ZDNet Education: "...just before I read his post, I met with the President of Metasys, a Brazilian company that has Linux-based servers, desktops, and software in thousands of schools,...