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  • Red Hat endorses KVM virtualisation

    The company's next Fedora Linux will include the new approach to carving Linux systems into multiple virtual machines.

  • Red Hat works to make virtualisation into reality

    Red Hat announced several moves on Tuesday to bring virtualisation technology to the mainstream Linux market by the end of the year, a move that the company promises will dramatically increase server efficiency.

  • Companies push Linux partitioning effort

    A push is under way to endow Linux with a virtual partitioning technology used by rival operating systems to make servers more efficient.

  • Red Hat, Intel plan 17 development centres

    Intel and Red Hat announced plans on Tuesday to open more than a dozen centres where customers and business partners can make sure their software works well on Linux and the latest hardware.

  • Torvalds releases Linux kernel 2.6.25

    Linus Torvalds has released the latest version of the "stable" Linux kernel, version 2.6.25, which includes changes to Wi-Fi support, virtualisation, real-time scheduling and file systems.

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  • SCO: Threat to Torvalds overstated

    SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said a published report that his company may take legal action against Linux founder Linus Torvalds was overstated.

  • KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

    A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.

  • Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?

    A new report raises doubts that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without using an earlier operating system. Additional reading: Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft

  • 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.

  • Flaw could hit next Linux kernel

    A new Linux kernel flaw, similar to the one that allowed hackers to penetrate key open source development servers last year, has recently been discovered but there are fears this could impact the new 2.6 kernel.

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