3Com embraces open source

3Com is moving away from proprietary solutions by creating what it says is an open platform for its enterprise-class switches and routers.

The company announced today the creation of what…

Linux phone to call in down under

Multinational mobile handset makers may be dabbling with Linux-powered phones for Asia and the U.S., but the Australian market has been largely ignored, that is until OpenMoko arrives later this…

Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over its Linux dealings?

Barely a week after a U.S. judge approved a landmark antitrust agreement with Microsoft, company executives were swapping e-mails suggesting Dell deserved a beating for its growing interest in…

Free software vs open source

I heard that the open source software movement grew up when it was noticed that people reacted badly to the idealism that the phrase “free software” suggests. In an attempt to attract more people…

Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that it intends to release the full Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7 specification to AIIM, the Enterprise Content Management Association, for the…

Zenoss Releases New Version of Open Source Enterprise IT Monitoring Product

Zenoss, Inc. today announced a new version of its open source Zenoss Core enterprise network and systems monitoring software that adds automatic configuration change tracking, automated…

Debian-Installer Loader

This is the announcement of "Debian-Installer Loader", a win32 loader for Debian Installer.

Overall, the process is very simple (it's been inspired by a similar project with Ubuntu). D-I-L…

Weekly Wrap-up Jan 26 2007

Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...

- Beryl 0.2.0 - Beta2 Released

- Oracle Unveils World-Class…

Mandriva integrates Metisse in its next distribution

Mandriva integrates the window system Metisse in its next distribution and unveils this technology by rendering a Live CD available.

Metisse is a window management tool in 3D developed by…

Debian 4.0 (Etch) tipped for February release

The long-awaited next version of the Debian open-source operating system is most likely to be released in February, according to members of the Debian community.

In a Debian Administration…