There's a nice story on the BBC news site:
The public perception of open source software is changing fast, said Mark Shuttleworth, who leads distribution of the Ubuntu operating system (OS).
"There has been a sea change in the way people think of Linux, which is very healthy," he said.
"We have seen a real shift in the last six months from folks seeing open source as either a super-specialist thing for people who run data centres or as an enthusiast thing, to something which is energising a lot of the straight commercial PC industry," said Mr Shuttleworth.
Hardy comes out on Friday. Ladies and gentlemen, start your bittorent clients*.
*Because it's easier on the servers than a metric assload of HTTP downloads.
Graham Binns is a photographer, writer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with a bizarre imagingation, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat.
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