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Linux Gets Virtual Support From Microsoft
News Microsoft will support customers who chose to run Linux with Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2, software for running multiple operating system instances on one machine. In addition, Microsoft will provide technical support customers running...
[April 3, 2006, 9:50]
Linux 'needs DRM Support' For Consumer Success
News A RealNetworks executive has claimed that Linux risks being excluded from the consumer market if it does not add support for copy-restriction technologies. Jeff Ayars, a vice-president at Real Networks, said in a talk at LinuxWorld in Boston on...
[April 7, 2006, 10:10]
Linux Gets Broader Virtualisation Support
News KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), a relatively new technique relying on hardware-based virtualisation support built into more recent Intel and AMD chips, was introduced into the Linux kernel in December 2006.
[July 23, 2007, 14:52]
Linux Standard Improves C++ Support
News The Linux Standards Base (LSB) now offers improved support for C++, meaning that software compiled using the latest versions of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) can be run on any distribution that supports the standard.
[September 20, 2005, 16:55]
Linux Gets PlayStation 3 Chip Support
News Programming Cell is tough, but support in Linux could ease the challenges. Though it typically runs Sun's Solaris operating system, Sun wants to build support for Linux as well. Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports...
[March 22, 2006, 8:55]
Linux Developers Debate GPL 3 Support
News The Free Software Foundation, which is responsible for the GPL, has previously recommended that programs distributed under the licence state their support for future versions of the open source licence; Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux...
[January 23, 2006, 13:40]
Linux Expo: With Full UK Support Previews
News The first ever distribution of Linux backed up by full UK technical support was unwrapped by Cheshire software firm, Definite Linux, at the Linux Expo in London's Olympia Wednesday. Once registered, Definite Linux users can get help with...
[October 7, 1999, 10:43]
Obtaining The Best IPv6 Support With Linux
White Papers This paper explains how to enhance the IPv6 support of your Linux operating system to the best possible status. Most of the latest Linux distributions are already IPv6-ready However, the IPv6 support in the kernel and the other basic packages is...
[October 27, 2004, 0:00]
Oracle Expands Hardware Support For Linux
News Oracle on Tuesday expanded the list of hardware compatible with its Linux distribution and added support for Novell's Yast administration tool. The company certified six hardware configurations to run Oracle Enterprise Linux.
[August 9, 2007, 15:50]
HP Will Provide Debian Linux Support
News We've had a number of customers continuing to ask us to have broader support for Debian", and HP decided to oblige, said Jeffrey Wade, worldwide marketing manager at HP's Open Source and Linux Organization.
[August 14, 2006, 16:30]
Wind River Adds Embedded Linux Support
News Wind River Systems, the largest provider of software for embedded devices, has added its first official support for the Linux operating system, underscoring the momentum of Linux in devices outside the PC realm.
[October 3, 2003, 11:00]
AMD Touts Linux Support For New Chips
News Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday that it expects the next major public update for the Linux operating system to include support for the company's x86-64 technology -- the basis for its next generation of processors, known as the...
[February 28, 2002, 17:03]
Improved Linux InfiniBand Support Near
News The Linux kernel is on track to include full support the high-speed networking standard InfiniBand by the end of this summer. Roland Dreier, one of the Linux kernel maintainers handling InfiniBand support and a senior software engineer at hardware...
[March 24, 2005, 16:15]
Microsoft .Net To Support Linux
News Is Microsoft preparing to port part of its .Net platform to Linux? Beta testers and developers think so, saying there is growing evidence that the software giant may well ship a smaller version of its .Net common language runtime on operating...
[June 27, 2001, 14:59]
SuSE Seals Linux Support Deal With Sun
News German Linux distributor SuSE Linux said on Thursday that Sun Microsystems has agreed to distribute and support the company's Enterprise Server 8, joining several other major system vendors, including IBM, HP, SAP and Oracle.
[July 31, 2003, 17:50]
Centrino To Get Linux Support
News Intel is working on Linux support for Centrino, its package of chips for mobile computers with wireless networking abilities, but the company hasn't yet decided how or when to release it. Although the Linux support software for Centrino is working...
[March 25, 2003, 8:22]
NVidia Beefs Up Linux Support
News Graphics chipmaker nVidia has released new drivers for its video cards used in computers running the Linux operating system, the company said Friday. Linux is an open-source operating system, meaning that the underlying source code of the software...
[December 3, 2001, 10:55]
SGI Ups Linux Support With E-business Solution
News IBM was also keen to voice its support of for the increasingly popular Linux operating system. Hardware manufacturer SGI furthered its commitment to the Linux operating system Thursday, announcing the availability of IBM's WebSphere Application...
[June 2, 2000, 12:19]
EU Withdraws Claim That Linux Support Is Illegal
News The European Union has blamed a translation mistake for its claim that it cannot legally support Linux. The Council said the reason for its failure to support Linux was the complexity of offering such support.
[January 8, 2007, 8:35]
Fedora Linux Support Group Shuts Down
News A volunteer effort called Fedora Legacy to provide longer-term support for Red Hat's hobbyist-oriented Linux version is shutting down. Red Hat offers two versions of Linux, but only Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) comes with long-term support.
[January 3, 2007, 7:20]
