Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell have been sued for patent infringement -- but not by Microsoft.
Mozilla is hoping the next version of its Firefox browser will look familiar -- regardless of which operating system you use.
Red Hat released its Fedora Core 5 version of Linux on Monday, giving enthusiasts new graphics and virtualisation abilities, as well as some desktop utilities based on a software framework from Microsoft.
Novell has released the first service pack (SP1) for its Suse Linux Enterprise 10 server software, which promises better virtualisation and high performance support along with improved security.
Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates more than 230 of its patents, according to a magazine report published on Sunday.
Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.
CEO Jack Messman says Novell used to have trouble getting noticed. A little penguin changed all that. Meanwhile, he maps out how the company is gaining on Red Hat.
A move by four sellers of Linux to unite behind a single version of the operating system might help those allies--and boost Linux's popularity--but it isn't likely to dent the dominance of the top dog, Red Hat.
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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?
A move by four sellers of Linux to unite behind a single version of the operating system might help those allies--and boost Linux's popularity--but it isn't likely to dent the dominance of the top dog, Red Hat.
A new consortium aims to make Linux more usable for consumers - and draw the spotlight away from a business rival.
We'll step you through the process of installing Linux alongside Windows XP so that you can boot either OS.
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