Kororaa live CD has Linux quivering, Mar 15, 2006

A new live CD from the Kororaa Project is making big waves in the Linux community, because it provides an easy way to see and use Xgl, the X server graphics technology that's the hottest thing to hit the Linux desktop since the blinking cursor.

A European embedded computing specialist has announced a wrist-worn wearable computer that runs embedded Linux or Windows CE.

The chief Linux guru at Microsoft believes that Windows will maintain its dominance in the desktop space and increase its share in the server space because it is more reliable than Linux.

IBM's business built around Linux was worth US$16 billion last year and is projected to be worth more than US$50 billion, says the company's global head of public sector Linux sales, Mary Ann Fisher.

If you're new to Linux, you may be excused for thinking that there are only two note-worthy Linux office suites: OpenOffice.org and its commercial brother, StarOffice. Nothing could be further from the truth. By my count, there are three other significant Linux office suites.

Around 40 percent of data centres use a combination of Linux, Unix and Windows on their servers, according to Gartner

Gael Duval has confirmed rumors first posted on a Mandriva forum posting that he is no longer with Mandriva.

... eventually, when someone creates a kicks-ass-and-takes-name Linux desktop, Dell et al. will support it. But until then, they'll just wait and see. Perhaps Novell with its new SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop will do the honors.

Just because The SCO Group Inc. opposes Linux doesn't mean that it objects to all open source.

The move to weld virtualization technology deep into the Linux kernel is stuck on the workbench.

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