Interview

nbsp;Linux.com is running this story explaining why the KOffice stance against OOXML isn’t political, it’s practical:
“In the recent accusations that the GNOME Foundation has been supporting Microsoft’s OOXML format at the expense of ODF, KDE has been presented as a counter-example. Based on a KDE News article, Richard Stallman suggested that “major KDE developers” had [...]

Open Source Society has put up an extensive interview with Ken Breback, author of two books and multiple articles covering Linux. In this interview Ken discusses what the future holds for Linux:
“Recently I had the unique pleasure of communicating with Kim Brebach. You may recognize him as the author of “13 Reasons Why Linux Won’t [...]

Have you ever wanted to get into the minds of the people behind Novell’s SuSE distro? Well here is your chance….

We are hearing the term virtualization almost daily. And yet, how much do we truly understand. Perhaps not as much as we might like to think. So maybe we need to examine the contents of this interview below even more carefully based on this?

Every wonder what goes through the mind of the Linux Chief for HP? Well then, here’s your chance to find out!

If you ever wanted to get inside the mind of a Linux dev, here is your chance my friends. Judd Vinet of Arch Linux is interviewed by OSNews. All and all, the interview had some great questions that were covered.

Nick McGrath of Microsoft in the UK, has been quoted as stating that Linux security is nothing but a myth.This would be fine if during the entire interview McGrath had something a little more concrete than ‘Who is accountable for the security of the Linux kernel’. While Linux has consistently proven itself to be a [...]

The one reason that any distro I have ever tried had to do with Debian is some fashion was because it was always striving at being just a little easier to use than the other guy. Today, you get to read through a recent interview with the Debian project leader to get his thoughts on [...]

To celebrate the launch of LinuxSecurity.com, the site held an IRC chat with several security luminaries including Brian Hatch, Jay Beale, Paul Vixie, Lance Spitzner, and Dave Wreski. Robin Miller moderated the session, and the transcript can be found here.

LinuxQuestions.org gets to enjoy an interesting interview with the Red Hat VP. Some good points were explored here; some of these points include Fedora, what the feelings about the home user are, and so on.
One thing that I found interesting was the sentiment about Red Hat clones. The main feeling about the issue remains [...]

Martin Taylor, global general manager of platform strategy at Microsoft, talks to vnunet.com about how the company is handling the open source threat. I always enjoy hearing what the MS folks have to say on the non threat that is Linux.

Linux is dynamic, ever-changing, and evolving. It’s hard to predict where Linux will eventually end up in the landscape of operating systems. Recently, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, shared his views on the state of Linux and Microsoft. In particular he gives his insight on the future growth of Linux and his take on [...]

Linux is dynamic, ever-changing, and evolving. It’s hard to predict where Linux will eventually end up in the landscape of operating systems. Recently, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, shared his views on the state of Linux and Microsoft. In particular he gives his insight on the future growth of Linux and his take on [...]

When people talk word processing and office suites on Linux, OpenOffice.org gets all the press, and sometimes StarOffice. However, if you’ve installed KDE on your system, you don’t have to worry about downloading a third party suite as you’ve got KOffice preloaded.

Computer World has a (very) brief interview with Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik regarding its recent acquisition of Netscape Directory Services. He addresses why Red Hat made the move and what the company will be working on as the next component of its enterprise offerings.

It looks like Novell is starting to practice what it preaches (or at least use what it sells) by migrating their internal desktops from Windows to Linux. The full scoop can be found in this vnunet interview with Novell CIO Debra Anderson.

Linux Forums has a good interview with Andreas Girardet, the developer of the Yoper Linux distribution. I’ve seen Yoper around, including on a Linux Format magazine DVD, but this is the first I’ve seen more than just the basic details.

In an interview with Jaanus Kase of Skype, we will get a sneak peak at when Skype for Linux will be ready for prime time and how it blends so nicely with the KDE desktop.

If you’re a geek who loves geek-speak, I’ve got just the thing for you. On the other hand, if you’re simply curious about Andrew Morton and wonder what the man who maintains the Linux kernel is thinking…well, I’ve got something for you, too.

NewsForge has posted an interview with University of California Davis student and Open Vote Foundation founder Scott Ritchie about how the open source election software he wanted to bring to the United States was being abandoned for a more proprietary approach.