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Linux Will Be Worth $1 Billion In 1st 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…

How Far Behind Is Linux?

If some of Linus Torvalds's own family members back in Finland don't use Linux, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Linux, the free operating system whose development is overseen by Mr.…

eBay using Tux as a symbol for Internet fraud

eBay Australia has a fraud awareness page and a related flash game, both of which feature a depiction of a fraudster as a balding, bespectacled man with Tux, the Linux mascot, prominently…

Industry Leaders to Collaborate on Linux Mobile Computing Platform

To address the rise in consumer demand for access to the Internet and advanced applications on larger display mobile devices, ARM and six companies today announced a collaboration that will result…

Linux set to dominate in embedded systems

Embedded system manufacturers are increasingly committing to Linux as the operating system of choice, and this migration from more traditional and commercial operating systems is set to continue,…

The Next Leap for Linux

The New York Times introduces you to Linux: "Unlike Windows from Microsoft and OS X from Apple, Linux is not owned, updated or controlled by a single company. Thousands of developers around the…

The Linux Way: Collaboration and Conflict

"When your development community is completely open, everything is out there for the world to see, including your disagreements. This is just another disagreement on the Linux kernel, and it's…

Partnership Extends Linux Foundation's Work With Japanese Developers

The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), a Japanese government research institute…

Kick off the Linux Driver Project (Again)

The Linux Driver Project was announced, by Greg KH, last January as a program to write Linux drivers for companies for free. However, Greg was busy with his regular day-to-day job at Novell and…

TomTom uses Linux, but doesn't support Linux users

Having bought several TomTom One navigation systems here at work (Italy), I was browsing their web site to find information about maps. There are several pages of documentation about their devices…