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Free consumer intrusion-prevention system launched
Talkback What about the millions of older operating systems still in use by home users, that is where the threat lies, not the big corporations that can afford to update their systems as they usually have robust protection in place already.
[June 22, 2004, 11:36]
Fedora takes off as Red Hat declines
News The number of Web servers running Red Hat's free operating system Fedora has more than doubled over the last six months as the market share of the company's paid operating system steadily declines, according to a survey released on Monday.
[March 14, 2005, 17:15]
Wireless Linux Web pad demonstrated at CeBIT
News A Web pad running the free Linux operating system was demonstrated for the first time by South Korean hardware manufacturer LG at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover, Germany this week. The Linux operating system kernel, developed by volunteer...
[March 23, 2001, 15:35]
Linspire launches Five-0 giveaway
News Linspire is giving away free copies of its Linux desktop operating system, called Linspire Five-0, until 6 September, the company announced on Thursday. Users can obtain a free coupon for Linspire Five-0 immediately, but are being asked to "wait a...
[September 2, 2005, 12:35]
Microsoft, Red Hat argue open source
Talkback it is sad when two companies, msoft and SCO have decided to use the legal system to intimidate and confuse companies which have decided to utilize a 'free' operating system. MSFT feels that 'free' software is a cancer and SCO wants people to pay...
[August 19, 2003, 9:41]
Free BeOS 5 is yours--if you can get through
News The eagerly awaited latest version of Be's desktop operating system was made available for free download Tuesday. Users who eventually manage to get through to the download site will be able to launch the operating system simply by clicking on a...
[March 29, 2000, 10:29]
Oracle to clone Red Hat Linux
News Oracle will sell support to Red Hat Linux customers and offer its own free clone of the open source operating system, posing a major competitive challenge to the leading Linux seller. Becoming an operating-system company is one of a series of bold...
[October 26, 2006, 9:25]
Red Hat's pricing attacked by Dell
News Red Hat needs to lower its prices, or risk losing customers to free versions of the open-source operating system, the Dell executive who oversees the partnership with the Linux seller said on Tuesday.
[December 8, 2004, 12:30]
SuSE releases free version of SuSE Linux 9
News SuSE Linux began distributing a free version of its newest desktop operating system on Monday and plans to update its high-end product Tuesday. The SLES update, Service Pack 3, also includes a more recent version of the kernel at the heart of the...
[November 25, 2003, 9:05]
Sharp plans Linux PDA
News In a move that promises to stir up the handheld computer market, Japanese electronics company Sharp today announced plans to introduce the first mass-market device running the free Linux operating system.
[March 5, 2001, 15:50]
Microsoft offers a 'tune-up' for XP
News Microsoft released a number of free entertainment enhancements to its Windows XP operating system Thursday, as the software maker continues to advance its digital media strategy. Dubbed Windows Media Bonus Pack for Windows XP, the free download...
[December 13, 2001, 15:57]
RTLinux patent accused of violating GPL
News The Free Software Foundation has condemned FSMLabs, which developed the embedded operating system RTLinux, for using software patents that it says violate a central pillar of the Linux world -- the GNU Public Licence (GPL).
[September 17, 2001, 17:07]
Metrowerks drives Linux towards automotive industry
News Metrowerks, a provider of products for embedded developers, on Monday introduced Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), which will allow automotive companies to create navigation, hands-free phone and infotainment systems based on a customised version of...
[October 20, 2004, 12:35]
Partition Logic
Downloads Partition Logic is free software, based on the Visopsys operating system. It boots from a CD or floppy disk and runs as a standalone system, independent of your regular operating system. Partition Logic is a free hard disk partitioning and data...
[September 25, 2007, 8:00]
Ubuntu 7.04 review
Reviews With this free operating system, you get the basics (utilities, graphics, built-in search, a calculator) plus a lot of extras such as VoIP, an entire office suite, a variety of multimedia applications and a ton of free games.
[July 13, 2007, 11:39]
Munich picks its Linux distro
News The City of Munich has chosen to migrate its 14,000 desktops to a free Linux distribution, rather than a commercial version of the open source operating system. Hofmann said work is starting on the Linux prototype now, so the city can start...
[April 15, 2005, 15:45]
More light shed on BeOS update
News On 28 March, Be will ship the next version of its BeOS operating system, which is capable of manipulating audio and video on a desktop PC. Users can launch BeOS by double-clicking an icon on the desktop; the OS is stored as a file within Microsoft...
[March 22, 2000, 7:10]
Torvalds rubbishes core of Apple's OS X
News The Mach microkernel is also being used as the core of Hurd, a kernel project from the Free Software Foundation that will be an alternative to Linux as the heart of the GNU (Gnu's Not Unix) operating system, originally devised by free software...
[April 6, 2001, 13:27]
BSD a better OS than Linux?
News Microsoft's free e-mail service Hotmail began its life on BSD servers, and Apple announced in June its next operating system will be based on BSD. A direct descendant of the Unix operating system, BSD (which stands for Berkeley Software Design...
[July 22, 1999, 16:49]
Ubuntu Linux 5.10 review
Reviews A free operating system sounds consumer-orientated, but Ubuntu is pitched at the enterprise -- witness the recent announcement that it has been certified for use with IBM's DB2 database. The Ubuntu install disk can put the operating system on your...
[November 24, 2005, 12:30]
