Linux News

Linux : News : SCO sues Novell - retaliation expected
Posted: ( Thu 22nd Jan 2004 06:17:55[AM] UTC )
The SCO Group has sued Novell, claiming the born-again Linux company is interfering with SCO's right to collect money from Linux users.

Linux : News : Linux breaks desktop barrier in 2004: Torvalds
Posted: ( Thu 22nd Jan 2004 06:17:55[AM] UTC )
This year will see Linux finally crack the lucrative desktop market as more commercial software vendors tool up and cash in on the operating system and kernel developers improve graphical interface integration says cult hero and Linux founder Linus Torvalds.

Linux : News : Server OS is still Linux’s forte
Posted: ( Thu 15th Jan 2004 09:59:37[AM] UTC )
Linux has been making waves last year, especially in North Asia. Governments from China, Korea, and Japan have placed their trust in Linux by teaming up to create their own Linux OS version.

Linux : News : Novell to Offer Linux Indemnification Program
Posted: ( Thu 15th Jan 2004 09:59:37[AM] UTC )
Novell Inc. has decided to follow Hewlett-Packard Co.'s lead and indemnify its enterprise Linux customers against possible legal action by The SCO Group and/or others.

Linux : News : SGI announces low-cost Linux supercluster machine
Posted: ( Thu 15th Jan 2004 09:59:37[AM] UTC )
SGI announced a new, low-cost Itanium 2-based Linux server, the Altix 350. The new $12,199 machine will dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of shared-memory superclusters -- supercomputers that run a single Linux system image spanning many processors.

Linux : News : Asia Loves Linux -- And Microsoft Scrambles
Posted: ( Fri 9th Jan 2004 06:52:07[AM] UTC )
Cost, adaptability, and security concerns have more IT managers ditching Windows for open-source software.

Linux : News : Internal memo confirms IBM move to Linux desktop
Posted: ( Fri 9th Jan 2004 06:52:07[AM] UTC )
Sections of the press last year that Big Blue was firmly committed to moving to a Linux desktop environment, and we now have confirmation in the form of an IBM memo that this is going to happen.

Linux : News : Linux developers compete for 'dream'
Posted: ( Fri 9th Jan 2004 06:52:07[AM] UTC )
The HackFest is a feature of the Linux.conf.au conference, which touts itself as one of three international grassroots Linux conferences worldwide. The conference--of which more than 450 delegates are believed to have confirmed their attendance--is being held from January 14-17 at the University of Adelaide.

Linux : News : Linux gets heart transplant with 2.6.0
Posted: ( Sat 20th Dec 2003 03:16:18[PM] UTC )
Top programmers on Wednesday released a major update to Linux, version 2.6.0, a change that's expected to help carry the open-source operating system into new markets.

Linux : News : Linux to Gain Ground in 2004
Posted: ( Sat 20th Dec 2003 03:16:18[PM] UTC )
A recent SG Cowen Securities survey of more than 500 North American IT users found that more than 80 percent of respondents were currently using Linux and that more than half planned to increase their use of the open-source operating system within the next two years.

Linux : News : BEA Open-Sources Proprietary Workshop Technologies
Posted: ( Sat 20th Dec 2003 03:16:18[PM] UTC )
BEA Systems will make proprietary technologies from its WebLogic Workshop tool freely available to the larger Java development community, a company executive said.

Linux : News : Linux 2.6 and the ide-scsi module
Posted: ( Thu 11th Dec 2003 05:26:24[PM] UTC )
If you've followed Linus Torvalds' postings on the Linux kernel mailing list (the LKML) for awhile, then you're aware of the high esteem he has for kernel code written with "good taste." It seems the highest compliment Linus ever pays to other kernel hackers is to refer to them as having "good taste."

Linux : News : Linux 2.6 Coming-Out Party In December
Posted: ( Sun 7th Dec 2003 03:44:57[AM] UTC )
Linus Torvalds and Open Source Development Labs plan a big coming-out party late next month for the Linux 2.6 kernel. Partners won't see commercial distributions based on the updated kernel until well into 2004.

Linux : News : DoCoMo to offer Linux-based 3G phones - source
Posted: ( Sun 7th Dec 2003 03:44:57[AM] UTC )
Japan's top mobile operator, aims to offer third-generation (3G) handsets that run on the Linux-based operating system (OS) as early as the second half of 2004, a source close to the firm said on Tuesday.

Linux : News : Major vendors to push Linux to the desktop
Posted: ( Sun 7th Dec 2003 03:44:57[AM] UTC )
Inspired by stirrings among corporate users for desktop Linux and with Microsoft's forthcoming Longhorn operating system not expected on desktops until 2005, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell are augmenting their corporate Linux desktop wares. Novell and Red Hat also are assembling Linux desktops.