The company's next Fedora Linux will include the new approach to carving Linux systems into multiple virtual machines.
Specifix, a company that customises Linux for embedded computing devices, has hired its new chief operating officer from Red Hat, the company said on Wednesday.
Sun Microsystems is stepping away from an effort to sell the Linux operating system for desktop computers, the company's top software executive said this week.
The maturity of open-source software tools and services has created a groundswell of Linux users in corporate Australia, a senior Gartner analyst said.
The newest version of Sun Microsystems' StarOffice desktop software suite, a competitor to Microsoft Office, is now available online.
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With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
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