IBM, Red Hat Put Squeeze On Sun, May 18, 2005

In a bid to fend off Sun's rejuvenated Solaris OS, Red Hat and Big Blue are teaming up to convince customers to migrate over to Linux.

In yesterday's keynote speech at the LinuxWorld conference, Mark Shuttleworth announced that the Ubuntu Linux distribution will be naming its local support partner today.

Cuba will gradually switch to the open-source Linux operating system for its state computers, eliminating its exclusive use of Microsoft Windows, the government daily Juventud Rebelde reported.

Software VoIP (voice-over-IP) phone vendor Xten Networks is targeting the embedded device market with a Linux port of its free SIP (session initiation protocol) softphone.

Companies are increasingly considering Linux, but persuading them to buy is a challenge. Resellers have to fight the perception that it's a risk

Secure business networks are at risk thanks to a vulnerability in a fundamental protocol, according to security researchers at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

While there is still a lack of specific applications for schools, community development methods will win out, says one open source user group

It’s finally here - the inaugural episode of the LQ Radio Show.

MEPIS developer Warren Woodford announces that the latest SimplyMEPIS bootable CD begins shipping this week.

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