Ubuntu voted 'Linux distribution of the year', Mar 08, 2006

The Debian-based distribution has won its latest accolade from a Linux community site

Even though Hall wishes he could have 50 hours in a day and use Star Trek transporters instead of planes to save time, he managed to take the time to speak with Computerworld about his life, open source, Linux International and the upcoming conference.

The government agency has been accused of excluding open source software from its educational software databases, despite highlighting the money that could be saved

... making the transition from NetWare to Linux is proving as troublesome as Novell's top brass has always said it would be.

Already fined for €497 million, paying more to appeal the verdict, and threatened by daily fines of up to €2 million, Microsoft still isn't spending its money on better software.

So that takes care of the "it's too hard to support Linux" argument. Actually it's easier than supporting Windows–just let the devs and distribution packagers do the work.

The Software Freedom Law Center on March 8 will publish a white paper that dismisses recent publications that have alleged GNU General Public License violations in relation to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc. believes in offering Linux on the desktop, server, and workstation. What he doesn't believe in, for now, is giving Linux full support on the desktop. In an exclusive interview, Dell explained his company's Linux desktop strategy to DesktopLinux.com's Steven J. Vaughan Nichols.

Sun Microsystems is taking a cue from its successes with open source to help shape the future of education and bridge the digital divide, according to the company's chief executive, Scott McNealy.

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