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The Linux variant is taking a different tack on the multi-OS tech as it vies with offerings from Red Hat and Novell.
On Thursday, Canonical plans to release "Gutsy Gibbon," the Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 that the company hopes will lay the foundation for a serious push into the server and other markets in six months.
Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has released a content-development tool designed to move development into the Internet age.
Ubuntu developers are finalising preparations for the release of the next version -- dubbed Feisty Fawn -- of the popular Linux distribution in mid-April.
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The Mozilla Foundation is perhaps best known for its Firefox web browser, an open source offering that was first developed to go head-to-head with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
The idea of getting a robust, scalable operating system for free hasn't clicked with many enterprises -- until now.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
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