Microsoft has said it will only further extended the life of Windows XP Home Edition, and only for low-end computers that have no chance of running Vista.
Novell released OpenSuse 10.3 Thursday, its latest free version of the open-source operating system.
Debian is a steadfastly noncommercial version of Linux. But Hewlett-Packard gave it a big corporate hug on Monday in the US with the announcement of a plan to provide support for the open-source operating system.
Hardware manufacturers should do more to make their devices compatible with Linux, experts agreed on Tuesday.
IBM on Thursday unveiled a plan to spend US$100 million over the next three years to build support for Linux into desktop applications for its Workplace software.
While there's not much that's more fun than stirring up Linux and Windows zealots into a frenzy of spite against each other, we thankfully finally seem to be approaching a more measured universe in which technology choices can be made based on suitability rather than preconception.
Reading the news via the handy (though often-ignored) AvantGo on my Pocket PC recently, I encountered an advertisement for a white paper from Microsoft offering a case study on costs of ownership for Linux versus Windows. This has the potential to be either informative or tragic, I said to myself, as I chose to download a copy.
Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?
Whenever the industry's top execs come together to speak to the masses, expectations are high. This year's Oracle OpenWorld conference provided an insight into which vendors have intriguing grand plans, and which ones prefer to rely on marketing bluff.
While UK businesses worry that Linux lacks the technical support options to make it an enterprise player, Australian businesses believe the open source operating system already enjoys the robust support they need to put it to work.
So you've done the math and decided there may be a good business case for Linux after all. Just make sure you don't dive into the world of open source without fastening the rope securely to the bridge.
These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.
Staffing problems, financial woes and complaining users are all bugbears CIOs want to talk about. But why is it that the issue of dual boot Windows XP and Linux operating systems attracts such a big response from Australian IT professionals?
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Smarting from criticism from open-source programmers, Intel has committed to release Linux versions of essential supporting software at about the same time it releases Windows versions.
These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.
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Hardy Heron is an incremental set of advances on earlier versions, but all the advances are in the right direction. Unfortunately, a known and unfixed bug means we can't currently recommend it for enterprise use.
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is unique as the XO laptop it distributes. While the XO is not commercially available, our review provides an insight into what can be achieved in a laptop designed for children at a very low cost.
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