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    IBM's other Linux shoe could drop Monday in the U.S., as Big Blue is expected to endorse the idea of Linux on desktop computers at a conference.

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    Running both Linux and Windows environments within an organisation isn't always plain sailing. Australian IT professionals offer some tips on getting it right.

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    Two Singapore programmers claim to have created an operating system that can run programs written for different platforms such as Windows and Linux.

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