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Linux Pioneer Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
News Alan Cox, sometime maintainer of the Linux Kernel and well-known open source advocate, picked up a lifetime achievement award at the LinuxWorld awards in London on Wednesday night. Cox, who lives in Wales, has been involved with the Linux kernel...
[October 6, 2005, 12:30]
Microsoft: 'Linux Is More Of A Threat Than Before'
News More companies are using the threat of Linux when negotiating deals with Microsoft, one of the company's senior executives has admitted. It's definitely more of a threat than it was," said Nick Barley, director of marketing at Microsoft, when asked...
[June 11, 2004, 15:00]
News Schmooze: Linux Unites, Partly
News What's better than four Linux distributions? One Linux distribution. Linux vendors move to standard platform That, at least, is the theory behind UnitedLinux. This will see Caldera, SuSE, TurboLinux and Conectiva give up their own customised server...
[May 31, 2002, 12:37]
Linux Helps British Scientists Decode Human DNA
News The Linux operating system has helped scientists in Cambridge to decode the 34 million chemical 'letters' that constitute a human chomosome. Over three hundred Alpha-based Compaq TRU64 Unix systems as well as 60 Intel-powered Linux machines...
[June 16, 2000, 10:23]
Linux Alliance Protests Software Patenting
News The EuroLinux petition against software patents has received the blessing of Europe's two main Linux distributors, SuSE and Mandrake, and is also backed by software companies in 12 European countries.
[June 16, 2000, 10:27]
Linux Server Market Sagging?
Blog IDC says that Linux is losing market share to Windows, on x86 servers in the US. What's more, it's a sudden change, with the Linux annual growth going from +53 percent in 2003, to -6 percent in 2006, (reported in eWeek) while Windows server figures...
[October 29, 2007, 15:02]
MS, Sun, Linux Vendors Sell To Power Users
News The Linux vendors aren't conceding the high-end space to the big boys. Indeed, TurboLinux and SuSE have both fielded products in the Linux clustering space. At the same time, the Beowulf Project, a NASA research project that currently is hosted by...
[June 22, 2000, 9:12]
Linux Carves Niche In PDA Market
News With Sharp Electronics' rollout of the Zaurus, Linux has been getting more attention as a viable platform for handheld devices. For example, open-source advocates are working on a Linux-based OS as an alternative to the Pocket PC operating system...
[June 11, 2002, 12:34]
Linux Gurus Congratulate BT On Patent Nonsense
News A consortium of European Linux companies has congratulated BT for attempting to patent hyperlink technology in an open letter published today. The consortium counts major Linux companies including SuSE and MadrakeSoft among its members.
[June 22, 2000, 10:35]
Linux Everywhere: The Penguin Goes Mobile
News We're seeing a ton of development on Linux," said Lynn Comp, product marketing engineer at Intel's handheld computing division, which markets the company's Strong ARM microprocessors. People are making business decisions about Linux," said Jon...
[June 29, 2000, 14:07]
Linux Gains Virus Armour
News Linux seller Red Hat and chipmaker Intel released prototype Linux software this week to support a security technology designed to curtail the spread of viruses. On Wednesday, Red Hat programmer Ingo Molnar announced a Linux patch for NX support...
[June 7, 2004, 9:10]
Linux Distro Tackles Spam
News The latest version of Astaro Security Linux includes various features that can be optionally enabled to improve spam protection. Astaro Security Linux is a distribution of Linux that includes integrated security features such as a firewall, VPN...
[December 30, 2004, 10:00]
Linux Development Slows
News Linus Torvalds' deputy has claimed that the development of the Linux kernel is slowing down, with noticeably less features and bug fixes planned for a future version. Andrew Morton, the lead maintainer of the Linux production kernel, said last week...
[September 26, 2005, 13:45]
Linux Systems Management Using Aduva Director
White Papers There are many Linux zSeries systems management tools available. It looks at how Aduva Director can be used to manage Linux images running on z/Series under z/VM. Aduva Director lets you centrally configure, manage, and monitor multiple Linux...
[September 30, 2004, 0:00]
Linux Users Urged To Patch File-sharing Flaw
News The open-source community is pushing customers to patch their systems and close a hole in a software component that allows Windows programs to store and retrieve files on Linux and Unix servers. Known as Samba, the popular software can be found on...
[March 18, 2003, 8:21]
Linux Companies Go For AMD's Hammer
News Linux distribution companies including SuSE and Red Hat will lead the development of Linux for AMD's forthcoming 64-bit family of microprocessors, the companies are expected to announce at LinuxWorld Tuesday.
[August 15, 2000, 11:26]
Linux Users Warned About Firefox Flaw
News Users running Firefox on Linux may be vulnerable to a security vulnerability that can be exploited to compromise the user's system. The flaw can only be exploited on Unix or Linux based environments and can be fixed by upgrading to Firefox 1.0.7.
[September 21, 2005, 17:10]
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 On POWER Overview For IBM System P And BladeCenter
White Papers Linux is an operating system that is based on a development approach that delivers innovation and portability, sometimes referred to as open source. This paper is intended to introduce the Linux and Linux on POWER operating systems, as supported on...
[August 30, 2006, 0:00]
Linux Firewalls From Old PCs
Talkback Try using SmoothWall Linux. This is a free firewall product built as a customised version of linux. It is easy to set up and provides very good firewall security whilst being able to run on old machines (386+)
[December 4, 2003, 21:30]
