Intel gives Linux testing boost, Apr 05, 2006

In a move that could drastically improve Linux applications' hardware support, Red Hat is to open 17 new testing centres in conjunction with Intel

Negroponte hailed Gates' generosity to poor people but said Gates couldn't bring himself to praise a computer system that isn't dependent on Microsoft software.

With a Windows Vista upgrade looming, agencies may want to see which Linux flavors are up to the task

ASX-listed underwear, fashion design and direct sales company UnderCoverWear (UCW) has revealed how building its business around Linux and open source increased IT flexibility while avoiding vendor lock-in.

The One Laptop Per Child organization will use Linux on its inexpensive machines, but the operating system suffers the same code bloat as Windows, the project's leader said Tuesday.

Microsoft is to give Linux' penguin mascot a plank across the ice. The software leviathan stunned a rookery of Linux users yesterday at a conference and expo in Boston with the revelation that it will now provide technical support for the open-source software running on Virtual Server, and would make Virtual Server 2005 R2 available free.

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), the consortium dedicated to the adoption of Linux, and freedesktop.org, the open-source project focused on interoperability for X Window System desktops, announced the technology preview of the first set of common interfaces for the GNOME and KDE Linux desktops, today at LinuxWorld in Boston.

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