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  • Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?

    It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its scheduled publication Thursday.

  • Torvalds, Linux users unfazed by lawsuits

    The SCO Group's lawsuits against two Linux users this week sent ripples through the Linux universe, but not much in the way of fear.

  • Linux fervour on display at trade show

    The growing normalcy of Linux in corporate computing realm will be on display this week at a show devoted to the open-source operating system.

  • HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

    Open-source programmers might not like the idea of software patents, but those critics would be better off adapting to the fact that they're not going away, Hewlett-Packard's top Linux executive said Tuesday.

  • Linux lab lands Torvalds

    Linus Torvalds is getting down to the business of Linux.

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  • Torvalds wraps up work on Linux core

    Linus Torvalds has released the last update to the current Linux development kernel, and says he will now turn his attention to the next version of the operating system core.

  • New Linux version expected in December

    The 2.6 version of the Linux core is expected in December and will be much more stable on arrival than its predecessor, according to the programmer in charge of the software.

  • Linux to get mainstream server test

    A consortium devoted to improving Linux for high-end servers has developed a suite of tools designed to make widely used speed tests available to Linux programmers.

  • Start-up launches Linux legal protection

    Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.

  • AMD touts Linux support for new chips

    Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said Thursday that it expects the next major public update for the Linux operating system to include support for the company's x86-64 technology--the basis for its next generation of processors, known as the Hammer family.

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