The company running the German railway system has moved half of its servers to Linux, and expects to have more than 300 Linux servers in operation by the end of this year.
Linux company SuSE will have to temporarily stop distributing copies of its software in Germany, following legal action on Tuesday.
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Skype has abandoned its efforts to avoid complying with an open-source licence that requires it to provide source code with Linux-based VoIP phones.
Google has today launched a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux, a sign of growing support by the Internet giant for Linux on the desktop.
The French Education Ministry is deploying thousands of Red Hat Linux-based servers while Germany is moving 40 percent of its university students to Suse Linux.
Suse cofounder and kernel team member Hubert Mantel has resigned from Novell, the server software company that acquired the German Linux company in 2004.
Munich has started to migrate to Linux on the desktop -- a year later than planned.
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The Software Freedom Law Center has filed suit against Monsoon Multimedia, with potential repercussions for others besides the defendant.
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Hewlett-Packard is expanding its Linux server software menu with additional wares from SuSE Linux.
As pictures of contested Linux code make their way online, open-source enthusiasts are bashing The SCO Group for its claims that the code shows it has legal rights over the OS.
The software maker introduces a version of Linux aimed at enterprise customers, hoping to move the open-source software beyond servers and low-cost PCs.
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Novell is integrating its two major Linux acquisitions, SuSE Linux and Ximian, in a move to bring enterprises back on board.
German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.
A major upgrade to the Linux graphical user environment includes faster-running applications and a Web browser improved with help from Apple's Safari.
Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.
The German Linux distributor has built many new features into its latest software, but has left out StarOffice 6.0 because of new licensing terms from Sun.
This much-anticipated update to Live Meeting faces stiff competition from WebEx and GoToMeeting.
Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.
OpenOffice.org developers have put the finishing touches on their productivity suite, which provides users and businesses with an alternative to Microsoft's Office suite.
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