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  • Red Hat overhauls flagship Linux

    Dominant Linux seller Red Hat will begin offering the newest incarnation of its product for business customers on Wednesday, a version that opens several new markets for the company.

  • Red Hat looks at a Linux desktop

    Red Hat is warming to the use of the Linux operating system on desktop computers, a difficult market where customers are picky and Microsoft is the leader.

  • Novell offers legal protection for Linux

    Novell expects this week to begin offering SuSE Linux customers some legal protection for using the open-source operating system, the fourth legal umbrella to emerge from a computing industry grappling with legal threats brought by SCO Group.

  • Red Hat waits for new Linux kernel to pop

    An updated version of the heart of Linux is expected soon, but it could be more than a year before the operating system's top seller includes it in its corporate product.

  • Virtualisation to cure software setup pains?

    Most talk about virtualisation these days centres on using server hardware more efficiently. But the technology also has the potential to ease another headache: software installation woes.

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  • UnitedLinux won't tip Red Hat

    A move by four sellers of Linux to unite behind a single version of the operating system might help those allies--and boost Linux's popularity--but it isn't likely to dent the dominance of the top dog, Red Hat.

  • Linux: The fork in the road

    Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.

  • Testers ponder Lindows preview

    A preview edition of the Lindows OS offers insight into how the software will aim to combine the benefits of Windows and Linux, but it leaves many unconvinced

  • Building the Linux business infrastructure

    IBM has the Linux middleware tools you need today--but so do Oracle, BEA, and many other enterprise software vendors. Why the rush, and what's in it for you?

  • Itanium gives OpenVMS new lease on life

    Hewlett-Packard says it will offer the popular OpenVMS operating system on its new Itanium-based servers.

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  • UnitedLinux won't tip Red Hat

    A move by four sellers of Linux to unite behind a single version of the operating system might help those allies--and boost Linux's popularity--but it isn't likely to dent the dominance of the top dog, Red Hat.

  • Is it time for Linux on the desktop?

    Another year has gone by--an eternity in software-development terms--and it's time once again for PC users to ask themselves: Is Linux ready for the desktop?

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