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A review of Python IDEs David Mertz looks at a half-dozen Python integrated development environments, and compares their features, platforms, and stability. He finds -- perhaps as an unintended testament to the open source model -- that the free products seem to stack up much better than the commercial ones Abiword "It works on most major OS platforms and supports many languages; its able to read and write most documents in Microsoft Words .doc format, as well as twenty others; its authors claim it can do most of what Word can; and best of all its free" Building Linux Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) some good information for evaluating potential Linux VPN setups, but if you're looking for a HOWTO, this isn't it Embedded Linux "this is an extraordinarily worthwhile book that anyone working with Linux in embedded systems should have" Geodesic Great Circle "this memory debugging manager works well, depending on your web browser, but where's the security?" gobeProductive a first look at gobeProductive 3.0 GreatBridge PostgreSQL version 7.0.3 rated 19/20 - a great product and an excellent alternative database Keep Track of Your Money Machtelt Garrels takes a look at four open-source accounting programs: Emma, GnuCash, jGnash and QHacc Mozilla RC1 "Despite the bugs, we're excited by the promise we see in Mozilla 1.0 RC 1. This browser preserves Netscape 6.x's best features, including an e-mail client that handles multiple POP/IMAP accounts" Photodex CompuPic 5.1 CNet looks at this program that lets you keep track of digital images, sound files, and more on your local disk or across a network PitBull LX Bill O'Brien examines this Linux version of Argus's Solaris- and AIX-based security software PowerWindows Review Linux Journal conclude "AppGen PowerWindows is not a package you'll have up and running in an afternoon. It's a serious business-class package, and as such you will need to do some planning and involve the whole organization to get it set up and running." Red Hat E-Commerce Suite "The suite is ideal for anyone who needs to start quickly, likes his or her servers to stay running, doesn't have a ton of cash to burn, and wants to launch a business a little less grandiose than Amazon.com" REDSonic's Embedded Linux toolkit "I found RED-Builder to be a remarkably feature-filled, stable, well-designed, and easy-to-use product -- perhaps second only to Lineo's Embedix SDK in these respects, and superior to it in the transparency and extensibility of its operations." Squid Review a first look at this package that handles proxy caching for Internet objects SuSE Linux eMail Server III vnunet.com "SuSE's Linux Email Server III is an SMTP mail server that builds on the basic mail handling facilities already included in the Linux distribution and adds support for multiple domains." Visual SlickEdit 6.0 a suite that's inexpensive, much better than the overpriced Microsoft Visual Studio, and runs on virtually any Unix flavor VMware Workstation 3.1.1 "a sane, solid approach to running a guest operating system on your PC. It is reasonably simple to install and has several networking options. It supports a number of guest operating systems, and receives high marks for performance and stability" Win4Lin 4.0 "All in all, I am very impressed with Win4Lin. In fact, this application is among the very few which got me extremely impressed the last few months. It is so cool seeing Windows running under Linux in almost native speed, and it is also cool when resizing the Windows window under X11, to have the Windows resolution change on the fly and get accommodated in the new window sizes (the special Netraverse graphics driver supports many non-VESA resolutions to please every window size)!" Windows under Linux a comparative review of Win4Lin and CrossOver Office Zaurus Software Reviews a collection of reviews of commercial Zaurus software
