Latest Linux kernel due in December
News Red Hat and SuSE have been bringing several features from the 2.6 kernel to the 2.4 kernel in their products, a process called "backporting. In part, that means backporting new developments from 2.7 to 2.6.
[November 26, 2003, 9:20]
USB 2 arrives in Linux test version
News This "backporting" technique is a common way to move features tested in the development version into the production version. The faster version 2.0 of the Universal Serial Bus connection technology, the centre of some controversy with Windows, has...
[January 16, 2002, 11:30]
Canonical joins Linux Foundation
News Ubuntu community members had already been participating in workgroups at the foundation, including the Linux Standard Base, Desktop Architects and Driver Backporting groups. Canonical, the company that sponsors the Linux-based operating system...
[August 19, 2008, 12:35]
Office 2003 in line for security overhaul
News Also, there are no details of what will be in the update, other than that Microsoft is "backporting" work it did for Office 2007. Microsoft plans to make some of the security improvements and features it built into Office 2007 available for Office...
[April 27, 2007, 8:56]
