Linus explains why open source works
Linus Torvalds is often described as an open source champion, interested in licensing only insofar as it affects his ability to share code and improve software more quickly. However, his real…
Weekly Wrap-up: The Hottest Linux community stories for the week Aug 11 2007
Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...
- Google Joins the Open Invention Network
- Fedora 8 Test 1 Released…
Antivirus Tools Underperform When Tested in LinuxWorld 'Fight Club'
Oh, antivirus products. They're a commodity item, right? They're all pretty much the same.
Wrong, according to a live test of antivirus products for Linux conducted last night at the…
Vista Aiding Linux Desktop, Strategist Says
Windows Vista has probably created the single biggest opportunity for the Linux desktop to take market share, Cole Crawford, an IT strategist at Dell, said in an address titled, "The Linux Desktop…
Linux Foundation calls for 'respect for Microsoft'
Linux needs to recognise Microsoft's leadership in some areas to better itself, Jim Zemlin, executive director for the Linux Foundation told delegates at the Linuxworld tradeshow in San Fransisco…
Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld Expo
For open source backers who love to bash Microsoft (and other proprietary software companies), this LinuxWorld was not for you.
At the conference in San Francisco, key industry figures…
VMware Predicts Death To Operating Systems
In the view of Mendel Rosenblum, chief scientist and co-founder of virtualization vendor VMware, today's modern operating system is destined for the dustbin, a scenario unlikely to please…
openSUSE Build Service Gains Momentum with AMD Sponsorship
As announced at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, AMD has been unveiled as a Platinum Sponsor of openSUSE providing it with powerful infrastructure upon which the openSUSE Build Service (OBS)…
How to sneak Linux into your office
Now that Dell and Lenovo are running the distribution on some of its machines, and Novell is promoting a desktop version of Suse, the stage is set for a serious change in expectations. It was one…
Open Source's Next Steps
Last month, Fortune magazine ran an interesting article about how Microsoft got its groove on in the massive Chinese market by striking deals with China's government and how Microsoft's success in…