Topic: Linux

Posted by : trraju on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 01:07 AM

FINALLY, we arrive at burning your own Linux ISO images to CD- recordables (CD-Rs). I recall asking a friend who worked as a network administrator at a company which had a dedicated T1 line to the Internet. That was three years ago, when I was still struggling on a 56 kilobits per second dial-up connection

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 11:06 AM

Linare Corp, an integrator of software and hardware focused on the Linux platform, has introduced a new PC priced at USD199.95.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 10:58 AM

Linux is becoming increasingly important for resellers because of pent-up end-user demand, particularly among small and medium businesses (SMBs), according to IBM's Linux chief.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 11:48 AM

Mobile messaging software solutions provider magic4 has upgraded its mobile messaging suite to incorporate support for the Linux operating system.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:46 AM

The SCO Group has insisted that changes made by Silicon Graphics (SGI) to some of its Unix code will not be enough to prevent termination of SGI's Unix licence.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:44 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Businesses continue to buy Linux software, though a bit more slowly than before, despite threats of lawsuits against users of the popular operating system.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:45 AM

Novell will be the "catalyst" for desktop and enterprise Linux, according to its chairman and chief executive Jack Messman.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:42 AM

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have to be a little worried these days. In Asia, the movement to use an alternative to Microsoft's Windows is picking up steam. Government officials from Japan to India increasingly are looking at Linux, the open-source operating system, as a way to keep costs down and stay in touch with the latest fashions in info-tech circles. While they haven't talked about it much, figuring out a way to stop -- or at least slow -- this trend has to be a top priority for the folks at Microsoft (MSFT).

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:41 AM

Audi is using a Linux cluster to simulate components for its new Space Frame chassis which will be used in future car models.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:39 AM

Linux users are refusing to bow to continued pressure from SCO to buy a UnixWare licence, despite its unpopular decision to bill 1,000 companies in the next two months.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:36 AM

Linux users are refusing to bow to continued pressure from SCO to buy a UnixWare licence, despite its unpopular decision to bill 1,000 companies in the next two months.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:28 AM

TOKYO, Sep 09, 2003 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), a global consortium of high-tech firms dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, an open-source operating system, said Tuesday it has created a working group in Japan.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:32 PM

AIMING to become a leading player in open source skills development and services, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), through its business arm Krystar Sdn Bhd, has recently opened its Generic Linux Support and Skills Development Centre at the university's campus in Gombak.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:28 PM

The RSPCA has started to deploy open source software on some of its desktops, saying the move will help to reduce software licensing costs and extend the organisation's hardware life cycle.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:16 PM

Openwave Systems is developing Linux support for its Openwave Phone Suite Version 7 (V7), which will provide a viable open-source option for carriers, vendors and users currently being forced to choose between Symbian and Microsoft mobile device interfaces.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:14 PM

The SCO Group, seeking to refocus federal court attention on its own multibillion-dollar, Linux-related claim against IBM, is seeking dismissal of a suit by Red Hat Inc.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:13 PM

Showing signs that demand for its Linux computer-operating systems is increasing, Red Hat reported its strongest quarterly profits ever Thursday . For its fiscal second quarter, which ended in August, the Raleigh company had net income of $3.3 million, or 2 cents per share. That reversed a loss of $1.9 million, or 1 cent per share, in the year-ago quarter and beat analyst estimates.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:12 PM

Linus Torvalds, the Finnish developer of the Linux operating system, has sent an open letter to Pat Cox, the president of the European Parliament, and to other members of the European Parliament regarding the growing concern among software developers about Europe's aim to extend patentability to computer programs.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:32 PM

Linux is becoming an increasingly popular choice for thin clients, and the open-source operating system could soon become the dominant terminal platform, according to Wyse Technology.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:29 PM

Red Hat has unveiled the second release of its enterprise-scale operating platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (RHEL), with enhanced scalability, performance and cross-platform compatibility features.