The next release of the Linux kernel will be named after an Australian animal following a frenzied bidding war at Linux.conf.au 2004 in Adelaide.
Red Hat is warming to the use of the Linux operating system on desktop computers, a difficult market where customers are picky and Microsoft is the leader.
Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
Open-source veteran Ian Murdock says it's time to view Linux less as a product and more as a set of components or a process.
Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions.
Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
Open-source veteran Ian Murdock says it's time to view Linux less as a product and more as a set of components or a process.
Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.
The good news for Linux as an operating system for the desktop--as opposed to the server--is that it is set to become number two after Windows in the next year or so.
Linux is sought to save money and add flexibility. However, improperly addressing support and management needs will negate such benefits, says Meta Group.
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.
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The Linux development kernel now supports wireless 'personal area networks', but ordinary users won't see the software for a while yet.
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