Linux News

Linux : News : Red Hat overhauls flagship Linux
Posted: ( Wed 22nd Oct 2003 04:53:46[PM] UTC )
Dominant Linux seller Red Hat has begun offering the newest incarnation of its product for business customers, a version that opens several new markets for the company.

Linux : News : Mozilla 1.5 Boosts Usability
Posted: ( Wed 22nd Oct 2003 04:53:15[PM] UTC )
Probably the biggest surprise about Mozilla 1.5 is that it exists at all. When the Mozilla Foundation laid out its road map earlier this year, the plan was for Mozilla 1.4 (see review) to be the last version of the big integrated Mozilla suite.

Linux : News : Samba offers NT 4.0 escape route
Posted: ( Wed 22nd Oct 2003 04:53:15[PM] UTC )
The new release of the software, which provides file and print services on Windows networks, can serve as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) on NT 4.0.

Linux : News : Korea gov't launches switch to open source
Posted: ( Wed 22nd Oct 2003 04:53:15[PM] UTC )
Thousands of computers in ministries, government-linked organizations and universities in South Korea will replace the Microsoft Windows operating system and Office productivity suite with open source alternatives under the plan, according to the country's Ministry of Information and Communication.

Linux : News : Torvalds to SCO: Negotiate what?
Posted: ( Sat 13th Sep 2003 11:54:39[AM] UTC )
The war of words between The SCO Group Inc. and the Linux community escalated this week in a flurry of open letters, the latest from Linux creator Linus Torvalds.

Linux : News : VeriSign Migrating 2,000 Unix Servers to Red Hat Linux
Posted: ( Sat 13th Sep 2003 11:54:39[AM] UTC )
In the latest big win for Linux and open source, infrastructure service provider VeriSign has decided to migrate 2,000 of its high-performance Unix servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Intel in a move the company says will help reduce its operating expenses.

Linux : News : Opera Teams with Linux for TV Set-Top Boxes
Posted: ( Thu 11th Sep 2003 05:08:40[AM] UTC )
Opera Software ASA, a tiny Norwegian maker of software to rival Microsoft's Internet browser, aims to break in on the market for digital television program controls by persuading TV equipment makers to use its Linux-based software.

Linux : News : Symbian vs. Linux: Who Will Win in Wireless?
Posted: ( Thu 11th Sep 2003 05:08:40[AM] UTC )
Operating systems do make a difference in mobile phones, writes Wireless Center Editor Guy Kewney—and Linux is looking stronger every day.

Linux : News : Novell 'puts entire ecosystem behind Linux'
Posted: ( Thu 11th Sep 2003 05:08:40[AM] UTC )
Driving the adoption of Linux in the enterprise is central to its plans to return to profit while reaffirming its commitment to maintain support for its own NetWare operating system, the company says.

Linux : News : Linux to make consumer electronics buzz
Posted: ( Mon 1st Sep 2003 07:58:59[AM] UTC )
Linux, the fast-growing and freely available operating system, is set to be the software of choice for future televisions, set-top boxes and DVD recorders, according to consumer electronics executives and specialists on Thursday.

Linux : News : Kernel Hacking : Beginning Linux kernel Programming
Posted: ( Mon 1st Sep 2003 07:58:58[AM] UTC )
A good presentation explaining steps to start with linux kernel programming.

Linux : News : Analysis of Linux Code that SCO Alleges Is In Violation Of Their Copyright and Trade Secrets.
Posted: ( Wed 20th Aug 2003 07:10:35[AM] UTC )
On August 18 at their trade show in Las Vegas, SCO showed code that they claim was copied into Linux in violation of their copyright or trade secrets. The German publisher Heise photographed two slides of SCO's code show and made them public on their news ticker. Bruce Perens does an Analysis.

Linux : News : SCO puts disputed code in the spotlight
Posted: ( Wed 20th Aug 2003 07:10:07[AM] UTC )
SCO Group's legal battles against Linux took center stage at the company's partner and customer conference, as executives displayed lines of disputed code and vowed to continue their fight.

Linux : News : Global IT firm predicts Linux will have 20% desktop market share by 2008
Posted: ( Sat 16th Aug 2003 10:53:36[AM] UTC )
One of the world's largest IT companies is declaring that the Linux desktop will capture 20% of the market for desktop computers in large enterprises within 5 years.

Linux : News : Geeks triumph at LinuxWorld Penguin Bowl
Posted: ( Sat 9th Aug 2003 09:41:30[AM] UTC )
From Linux kernels and chemistry to lawsuits, all things nerdy and newsworthy were fair game at the Golden Penguin Bowl, a fixture of the LinuxWorld conference meeting here this week.