Open Source News

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Mobile Linux makes headway in handset industry
Mobile Linux momentum is growing with an increasing support for Linux as a cellular operating system from a broad cross-section of the handset industry.
10/21/2007 5:08:09 PM

Linux Will Be Worth $1 Billion In First 100 Days of 2009
What's Linux worth? The question has been a favorite of technology groups and cocktail party conversations ever since a character named Jeff V. Merkey offered $50,000 for a copy of Linux. The offer was a ploy. Merkey wanted it under the BSD license, which would have undermined the terms of the GPL. So he didn't get it. But we know, at least, that $50,000 proved to be a low bid.
10/21/2007 5:07:15 PM

Linux desktop survey to guide developers
The Linux Foundation has begun its third annual Desktop Linux Survey to gather feedback to help identify areas of future development.
10/21/2007 9:55:46 AM

Your Linux Computer Can Support A Different Window Manager
PC World: "But there are window managers for the X Window System on Linux that can spread all of your programs out onto a desktop, just like Microsoft Windows..."
10/21/2007 8:58:34 AM

The Linux High Availability Life Preserver for Business Continuity: SteelEye LifeKeeper
SteelEye Technology provides Linux high availability solution to protect critical operations and business continuity for web retailer, I Want One of Those. (PRWeb Oct 21, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RW1wdC1GYWx1LVNxdWEtTG92ZS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
10/21/2007 3:12:56 AM

A new lease of life for Linux
Linux has always had a reputation for being difficult to install and daunting to use. Most popular Windows and Macintosh programs cannot be used on it. But with Dell now selling two Linux-equipped desktop models, all that may change.
10/21/2007 2:09:57 AM

Where does Linux go from here?
Linux is now mainstream -- so mainstream, in fact, that two of the top three Linux distributions are commercially successful operations, and the third aims to be. Every day, more and more old-school IT firms shake off their initial doubts, get in line behind their customers, and try Linux and other free software projects. In the face of such success, will Linux remain true to its free software ...
10/20/2007 9:28:25 AM

Nokia Launches Feature-Packed, Linux-Based Internet Tablet
The Linux-based mobile device marketplace is growing and thriving, and Nokia is but one beneficiary, though a strong one indeed. As a sign of the times, Nokia's Thursday launch of the "Internet Tablet" device N810 represents a move away from phones and into new opportunities in mobile devices.
10/19/2007 1:52:35 PM

Linux to remain a leading embedded OS, says analyst
â€” Oct. 09, 2007 â€” A "significant portion" of development teams continue to use Linux as their primary embedded OS, a recent VDC survey finds.
10/19/2007 1:35:12 PM

13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop (DesktopLinux)
DesktopLinux has a guestcolumn with thirteen reasons Linux should be on your desktop." Vista is a Wagner Opera that is usually late to start, takes toolong to finish, and is spoilt by floorboards creaking under the weight ofthe cast.
10/19/2007 12:32:08 PM

Novell liefert Linux-basierende Software Suite fÃ¼r den Mittelstand
Novell fÃ¼hrt ab sofort die "Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition" im Programm. Dabei handelt es sich um eine Linux-basierte Desktop-to-Server-LÃ¶sung, die speziell auf die BedÃ¼rfnisse kleiner ...
10/19/2007 11:31:24 AM

Linux Assemblers: Comparison of GAS, NASM
"This article explains some of the more important syntactic and semantic differences between two of the most popular assemblers for Linux, GNU Assembler and Netwide Assembler, including differences in basic syntax, variables and memory access, macro handling, functions and external routines, stack handling, and techniques for easily repeating blocks of code."
10/19/2007 10:59:11 AM

How Low Can a Linux PC Go?
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10/19/2007 9:37:28 AM

Wind River Linux's Latest Version Available
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10/19/2007 7:22:30 AM

Ubuntu Gets Gutsy, But Is Linux Ready?
The Canonical-backed Ubuntu open-source community chalked up another milestone today with the release of version 7.10 of its flagship Linux operating system with a swag of user-friendly updates, but its real test will be how well it is adopted by non-technical consumers.Ubuntu 7.10, or "Gutsy Gibbon", upholds the regular six-month release cycle for the operating system; however, it is ...
10/19/2007 6:30:55 AM

Ubuntu and the future of the Linux desktop
Does Ubuntu point the way to the real future for desktop Linux?
10/18/2007 7:20:49 AM

Can Ubuntu Linux Break Through to the Desktop?
While Linux is well established in the data center and as an embedded OS in devices, it has never gained much traction on the desktop. Even Apple's 5 percent share of the desktop is miles beyond Linux adoption, which Net Applications ranks at less than 1 percent. With a new version of its desktop Linux distribution, however, Ubuntu is hoping to change all that. Ubuntu 7.10, due to be released ...
10/17/2007 2:36:04 PM

Nokia releases new version of Linux tablet
NokiaÂ announced on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based tablet device, this time with a full keyboard.
10/17/2007 2:26:06 PM

Nokia Releases New Version of Linux Wi-Fi Tablet
Nokia Corp. announced on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based tablet device, this time with a full keyboard.
10/17/2007 1:59:37 PM

IP Innovation alleges that Linux infringed its patents
IP Innovation, a patent services company, has alleged that Linux has infringed patents it owns, four years on from SCO's lawsuits against IBM, Novell, the open source community and Linux users.
10/17/2007 10:23:13 AM

Enterprise Server provides networking services on Linux.
Combining workgroup services from Novell with SUSEÂ® Linux Enterprise Server, Open Enterprise Server 2 delivers full 64-bit support of software services along with NetWare virtualization capabilities. Dynamic Storage Technology uses customer-defined policies to recognize active and stale data and automatically shifts it to appropriate storage device as data's status changes. Linux-based solution ...
10/17/2007 9:03:31 AM

BBC Quietly Announces Linux/Mac iPlayer
Keir Thomas writes "When the BBC released its new iPlayer watch-on-demand service, there were many complaints about the fact it was Windows-only â€” the equivalent of current BBC broadcasts only being watchable on, say, a Sony television. The good news is that the BBC has announced a Flash-based player for Linux and Mac due by the end of the year. (The announcement is buried half way down the ...
10/17/2007 8:18:50 AM

Ubuntu Hits Launch Target for 7.10 Linux Release
It is not often that you hear about software projects coming out on time. And it is even rarer still when you hear about the feat being done again and again by any software development organization. But Canonical, the software support organization behind the Ubuntu variant of Debian Linux, has managed to put seven releases into the field more or less exactly as planned, now that it has launched ...
10/17/2007 2:09:45 AM

BBC embraces Linux at long last
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10/16/2007 7:07:23 PM

Plaintiff: Open Source Not on Trial in Linux Suit
Litigant targeting Red Hat and Novell in nation's first Linux patent-infringement case dismisses conspiracy theories.
10/16/2007 5:08:09 PM

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