Linux News

Linux : News : Open-source ECM tool nears release
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 01:35:30[AM] UTC )
Software provider Alfresco is putting finishing touches to the first release of its open-source technology to help businesses manage their data.

Linux : News : AMD enters India's low-cost PC market
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 01:35:30[AM] UTC )
AMD announced a PC priced at about $230 for the Indian market. The new PC features AMD's x86 1600 MHz processor with 128MB of RAM and a 40GB hard disk, and comes with a 15-inch digital color monitor, 52x optical drive, keyboard, scroll mouse and the Linux OS.

Linux : News : Linux calling: Are cell phones ready?
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 01:35:29[AM] UTC )
The Open Source Development Labs, an industry consortium devoted to improving Linux, plans to launch an initiative Monday to bring the open-source operating system to mobile phones.

Linux : News : First OpenSuSE Linux Distribution Set for October
Posted: ( Tue 13th Sep 2005 04:50:07[PM] UTC )
Novell Inc. launched its community-based OpenSuSE development in early August. This new distribution is built on the foundation of Novell's SuSE Linux Pro line.

Linux : News : GPL Revision Gets Under Way
Posted: ( Tue 13th Sep 2005 04:49:51[PM] UTC )
On Tuesday, the Free Software Foundation announced the creation of the global "GPL Version 3 Development and Publicity Project," which will help create the next version of the General Public License.

Linux : News : MontaVista beats real-time Linux deadline
Posted: ( Tue 13th Sep 2005 04:47:17[PM] UTC )
MontaVista Software, a company that sells Linux for embedded computing devices such as telecommunications gear, plans to announce Tuesday that it's hit a speed goal earlier than expected.

Linux : News : Rating system to evaluate open-source software
Posted: ( Tue 13th Sep 2005 04:47:17[PM] UTC )
No-cost software, despite the price, can be confusing and costly for corporations to use.

Linux : News : Novell seeks outside help with Linux
Posted: ( Fri 19th Aug 2005 04:39:32[PM] UTC )
Novell plans to begin opening up development of one of its Linux products to outside programmers in a project called OpenSuse, a strategy similar to that taken by rival Red Hat, Novell is expected to announce next week.

Linux : News : Unhappiness drives open source adoption
Posted: ( Fri 19th Aug 2005 04:32:18[PM] UTC )
Google Inc open source programs manager Chris DiBona said the search giant has stuck with Linux throughout the company's life, in part, because it was unhappy with the terms of another software company.

Linux : News : Key bugs in core Linux code squashed
Posted: ( Fri 19th Aug 2005 04:29:32[PM] UTC )
Serious security bugs in key parts of the latest Linux code have been fixed, but some small glitches have been introduced, according to a recent scan.

Linux : News : USB server offers Linux to go
Posted: ( Fri 19th Aug 2005 04:29:32[PM] UTC )
A small Utah-based company has developed a portable Linux server that can be plugged into the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port of a Windows PCs.

Linux : News : Sun sets up open-source office
Posted: ( Fri 19th Aug 2005 04:03:51[PM] UTC )
Sun Microsystems on Wednesday night launched an office dedicated to open-source matters, signaling a new elevation of the collaborative programming philosophy within the server and software company.

Linux : News : Head to Head: Linux vs. Windows on 64-Bit Chips
Posted: ( Wed 25th May 2005 03:26:10[PM] UTC )
For the first time in history, there are more Linux software choices than Windows choices -- in the 64-bit arena -- but it is likely that the situation will not remain that way for long. Let the debate begin anew, in other words.

Linux : News : $100 Linux laptop to help world's poor
Posted: ( Wed 25th May 2005 03:26:10[PM] UTC )
A global education system in which Linux notebook computers are as common as pencils or textbooks even in the poorest nations has been outlined today by a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Linux : News : Turbolinux turns profitable, looks to India
Posted: ( Wed 25th May 2005 03:11:29[PM] UTC )
Turbolinux achieved profitability in Japan and China for the first time last year and is now looking to expand its operations in India, its chief financial officer said Wednesday.