Why Opera isn’t planning to go open source
Suppose there was a software category so ubiquitous that virtually everyone used it and anyone could get the software for free. Suppose, also, that the software was highly standards-based, so much…
Full steam ahead for Linux in Munich
The capital of Bavaria plans to complete its current migration of more than 80 percent of its desktop systems by 2008 and says that the first users of open software in the city's administration…
Weekly Wrap-up
Since Linuxlookup news isn't updated over the weekends, here is our weekly wrap-up to hold you over till Monday.
Some top stories this week were:
- Toppling Linux
- NVIDIA…
Will Oracle buy Red Hat?
Linux vendor Red Hat Inc saw over $1bn wiped from its market capitalization in early trading after Oracle Corp announced that it was going to offer a Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone, leaving the…
Frozen Bubble 2 Released
One of the most addictive Linux games, Frozen Bubble, just got updated to version 2.0.0. The new version brings you a new singleplayer game mode (multiplayer training), network (LAN, Internet)…
Is Fedora the new Slackware?
Well, Fedora Core 6 finally released after a couple of delays. Here is the official announcement. As I say this, the fedora site seems to be down , maybe because of the number of downloads taking…
The Sage Group plc announces global partnership with MySQL AB
The Sage Group plc has signed a global agreement with MySQL AB which enables Sage to embed MySQL database technology into its world-wide product portfolio.
Sage intends to introduce MySQL…
LaCie offers LightScribe technology for Linux
LaCie announced it is the first to offer a complete burning and LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling solution for all operating systems. This includes the first-ever LightScribe Labeler software for…
Oracle has yet to prove Linux cred
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison fired a broadside at Red Hat on Wednesday. But now that some of the smoke has cleared, it appears some cannonballs went wide of the mark.
Oracle pledged to support…
Open source can be more profitable than proprietary
HP claims it has started to make higher margins from open source than proprietary software in some instances, due to the support costs associated with migration.
Speaking to ZDNet UK on…