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  • Dell Australia: No plans to ditch Linux

    While the US PC maker has ceased pre-installation of Red Hat Linux on its desktops and notebooks, Dell Computers Australia has no immediate plans to follow suit.

  • Pogo Linux 1U: The Jack-of-all-trades server

    Small to midsize companies looking for a jack-of-all-trades server need only look at the Pogo Linux 1U rack-mount server. Columnist Jack Wallen, Jr. looks under the hood of this beast and finds that it offers plenty of room to grow.

  • IBM not re-entering PC world with Linux machine

    The company says it is not getting back into the PC market, despite selling 'Microsoft-free' PCs, running Linux and OpenOffice, in eastern Europe

  • Vista still struggling as Linux finds its feet

    Almost a year on from the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista, only 13 percent of companies say they expect to move all desktops to the operating system, according to a survey released this week. Furthermore, adoption of Linux continues to gather pace, with a particular emphasis on the desktop emerging.

  • Samba steps up Linux/Windows connection

    Open-source development team Samba on Wednesday released an update to its namesake software for connecting Windows desktop PCs with Linux or Unix servers.

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  • Pogo Linux 1U: The Jack-of-all-trades server

    Small to midsize companies looking for a jack-of-all-trades server need only look at the Pogo Linux 1U rack-mount server. Columnist Jack Wallen, Jr. looks under the hood of this beast and finds that it offers plenty of room to grow.

  • Dell's David Miller: Straight to the source

    As Dell Australia welcomes on board a new managing director, David Miller, we ask for his views on the current PC market in Australia.

  • Virtual desktops, real security

    Virtualised desktop environments, in some cases using Linux, are gaining in popularity as IT administrators realise they can deliver security advantages. We tell the story of one Australian government department and take you through the landscape.

  • Windows XP: Is it for you?

    Windows XP continues to be a hot topic amongst Australia's IT professionals. ZDNet Australia takes a look at some tips and analysis.

  • SCO raps Red Hat, sets license prices

    SCO Group fired back at Linux leader Red Hat and revealed steep licensing prices for Linux users who want to steer clear of the company's legal wrangle with the open-source operating system.

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  • Tech Guide: Test software virtually

    Short of setting up duplicate systems, testing new software can be a hairy exercise. Here's another way: use virtual OSes like VMWare and Virtual PC as your testing platform.

  • Windows XP: Is it for you?

    Windows XP continues to be a hot topic amongst Australia's IT professionals. ZDNet Australia takes a look at some tips and analysis.

  • Red Hat's new Linux seeks to unify

    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.

  • Penguin deathmatch: Red Hat vs. SuSE Linux

    Two of the year's most user-friendly Linux distributions--SuSE Linux 8.1 and Red Hat Linux 8.0--have closed the gap between Windows and Linux. But which one should you choose?

  • Alternative OS: Mac OS

    Since the mid-1980s, Apple has been wrestling with Microsoft over which company makes the best operating system. Our head-to-head comparison of the newest Mac OS--OS X--and Windows XP clearly shows the fight is still alive.

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