The list of hardware compatible with Oracle's Linux distribution continues to grow, with the software maker certifying six new configurations this week.
The Free Software Foundation is no longer committing to the planned March deadline for a new version of the General Public License, but a third draft of the seminal open-source license is due soon.
Jeremy Allison, a high-profile open-source programmer, has resigned from Novell because of objections over its patent deal with Microsoft and is moving to Google.
A new phase of wrangling over the future of the dominant open-source license, the General Public License, is set to begin on Wednesday and to end 90 days afterward.
The latest draft of revisions to the dominant open-source license offers an accommodating approach to some significant objections, but it could throw a wrench into the works of a major open-source company, Novell.
Notebook is preloaded with SuSE Linux and OpenOffice.org productivity suite.
Hewlett-Packard is expanding its Linux server software menu with additional wares from SuSE Linux.
Sun Microsystems plans to release the second version of its Java Desktop System, the server maker's version of Linux for desktop computers.
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.
Linux seller Red Hat has announced its first version of the open-source operating system for desktop computers, taking direct aim at Microsoft. Additional reading: Open Source Resource Centre
Notebook is preloaded with SuSE Linux and OpenOffice.org productivity suite.
German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.
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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.
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