Novell BrainShare Receives a Sneak Peek at Faronics Deep Freeze Linux
Faronics kicked off Novell BrainShare 2007 by surprising attendees with an exclusive sneak peek at the highly anticipated Linux version of Faronics' flagship system integrity software, Deep Freeze…
Vista hesitation signals Linux opportunity
Every time Microsoft introduces a new operating system we see the same reaction: before release the gentlemen of the PC press trumpet its wonderfulness, on release they talk about slow adoption…
Why GPLv3 says additional permissions are removable
As with any copyright licence, software developers who use any version of the GPL can also grant additional permissions to recipients for code that they hold the copyright of. That is, they can…
Big Vendors Lend Credibility to Open Source
Government agencies are no strangers to open source, according to an FCW.com piece published today. At first blush, we imagined part of the attraction lies in cost savings, just like it does for…
Mandriva and Seanodes sign a partnership agreement
Mandriva and Seanodes today announce their partnership.
Mandriva has become a strategic partner for Seanodes, with two main areas of co-operation:
- Availability of Seanodes' Shared…
Fonality Launches the trixbox Asterisk-Based Appliance
Fonality announced a new enterprise telephony appliance based on trixbox, a leading Asterisk-based IP-PBX, and a range of complementary professional support options. The trixbox Appliance comes…
Ian Murdock: Debian "missing a big opportunity"
Ian Murdock founded Debian GNU/Linux nearly fifteen years ago, and today it provides the foundations for many well-known distros such as Ubuntu and Knoppix. LXF caught up with Ian, who currently…
openSUSE at FOSDEM 2007 Video Recordings Online
As many of you know, openSUSE participated in the seventh Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (commonly known as FOSDEM). All talks that were given in the openSUSE "DevRoom…
Sun Hires Debian Founder
The founder of Debian GNU/Linux, chair of the Linux Standards Base and outgoing CTO of the Linux Foundation, Ian Murdock has joined Sun Microsystems as Chief Operating Platforms Officer. Sun's…
Is Red Hat Ready to Be the Next Microsoft?
Much like Microsoft's influence over software developers in the 1990s, Red Hat has seemingly rallied all of the major open source application providers to support the company's forthcoming online…