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Bryan Sparks in the late 1990s on Linux v. Unix in the Enterprise

Marbux has found a treasure trove of Caldera v. Microsoft documents and media reports. Actually two. One document that turned up is a Caldera press release announcing the spinning off of Lineo in…

Why the Novell and Microsoft deal is good for Linux

Industry comment Being ever aware of Microsoft's monopolisation endeavours, coupled with working in a Linux world inherently mistrustful of the software giant, it may seem strange that I believe…

Linux Professionals in China: Are they Different?

A couple weeks back I asked a friend, Song Kewei at the OSS Promotion Union , to tell me who he thought the top 10 Open Source professionals in China were. He gave me a list, which I will keep…

Anger as EU ignores open-source video

More than 7,000 angry Linux users have protested against the European Union after it excluded them from viewing streaming videos.

The EU makes streaming videos of many of its most important…

Xbox 360 to Run Linux / Homebrew Soon?

An anonymous person at the German 23C3 Hacker Congress showed what could be an Xbox360 hack/exploit during one of the 'Lightning Talks'. Lightning Talks is a daily event at Chaos Communication…

Linux to push on into mission-critical computing

Having acquitted itself well at the network perimeter, enterprises are now ready to let Linux in on its crown jewels: mission-critical computing, claims report.

Almost half of the world's…

TUX Magazine Ends Publication

Looks like TUX Magazine has decided to call it quits.

"I am sorry to inform our readers that Issue 20 of TUX was the last produced. While we have received an amazing amount of positive…

A New Face for Icedove

Check out the new artwork for Icedove (mozilla-thunderbird under Debian) application. Rather feminine, but it's clean and unique, I like! This new look will be available in the next release, read…

BlinxS establishment marks shift towards open source OS

The Director of Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) said open source software such as Linux is much needed by the sultanate as it is handicapped by the lack of skilled human resources in ICT and the…

Kerala On Linux Express Highway

God's own country Kerala is now closer to Linux. It has become India's first and the only state to have closed its doors to Windows and let Linux in. The drive was kindled by Richard Stallman's…