Torvalds looking for new Linux home, Apr 09, 2005

Linux leader Linus Torvalds has begun looking for a new electronic home for his project's source code after a conflict involving the current management system, BitKeeper.

Linux distributor Red Hat is celebrating a couple of sizeable European corporate wins for its Red Hat Desktop operating system in the financial services and insurance sectors.

Last year I made some waves here at LinuxWorld.com when I published an article recounting my efforts to find a Linux distribution that would work "out-of-the-box" with my Toshiba laptop.

The wildly popular Debian-based Ubuntu Linux distribution released its newest version, code-named Hoary Hedgehog, today. But Debian's own offering, code-named Sarge, remains on the sidelines.

A stealth start-up in Athens, Ohio whose name is Spliced Networks LLC is on the threshold of announcing a new Linux distribution that its young CTO John Buswell describes as "unlike anything currently on the market."

Can a cheap, stripped-down version of Windows derail the momentum of open-source software? Microsoft Corp. is hoping it can.

Linux vendors say they're gaining ground within the U.S. government, even though a session on open-source software in government drew a small crowd at the FOSE trade show in Washington today.

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