In the black: Why Linux makes financial sense, Nov 30, 2007

... here’s some views on why Linux isn’t just technically smart, but also a sensible business option too. These should help you put forth a case that will keep your chief financial officer happy.

ICI Controls has announced a "completely sealed" PC intended for embedded and industrial applications in wet and dirty environments. The SC240M is capable of fanless operation, and available with Linux pre-installed on flash storage, according to the company.

The recent demise of the OpenDocument Foundation is not expected to have any impact whatsoever on the progress and adoption of the Open Document Format.

A recent crack-down on piracy in Kenya has driven a number of internet cafes to open source.

gOS, the hot new Linux distribution, has been generating a lot of buzz because it comes with the Everex Green PC, sold at Wal-Mart for $200. Linux reviewers are totally in love with it, and are praising it to the skies. Naturally, I had to find out if it lives up to the hype.

This is the second update to GNOME 2.20.0. The update fixes all known and unknown bugs and crashers.

The One Laptop Per Child project isn't the only group trying to bring low-cost computing to children in developing countries - Intel wants a slice of the action too with its Classmate PC.

OpenOffice.org 2.3 sports a nifty set of feature improvements, but the suite's sweetest features remain its low cost (free) and its strikingly broad platform support.

Dell has shipped close to 40,000 systems pre-installed with the Ubuntu flavor of Linux, according to multiple sources. By most accounts, that's a heck of a total for what remains more or less a fringe operating system.

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