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Open-source specialist Red Hat has released the latest version of its Linux distribution, which will now feature in-built virtualisation and clustering technology.
Linux seller Red Hat has acquired NOCpulse, a start-up whose server-monitoring software is expected to bolster the services offered through the Red Hat Network.
Parts of the newest version of Red Hat's Linux software have slipped onto the Internet, nearly a week before the operating system's official release date.
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The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.
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
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Red Hat has begun an effort to use its position as the dominant seller of the Linux operating system to try to smooth over a long-running divide about the look and feel of the OS.
SuSE plans to announce in January an effort to bring the open-source Linux operating system to desktop computers, an attack on Microsoft that will be bolder than similar initiatives from Red Hat and Sun Microsystems.
Parts of the newest version of Red Hat's Linux software slipped onto the Internet Wednesday, nearly a week before the operating system's official release date, giving glimpses of a product with a new focus on mainstream computer users.
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