OpenVZ Software Available for Latest Linux Kernel 2.6.22

Keeping in step with the Linux kernel development, the OpenVZ project (http://openvz.org) today announced availability of its operating system (OS) server virtualization software for the most…

Stallman: are you ready to fight for freedom?

Are you ready to fight for freedom or are you too lazy to resist? That is the challenge Richard Stallman throws down to the open source community in this major interview from Computerworld Brazil…

Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux

"Today I visited PC World (London, UK) because my 5-month-old laptop has developed a manufacturing fault: the hinge to the display has started to crack the plastic casing. Anyone in the know will…

The Linux Foundation Announces First Legal Summits

The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it will hold two legal summits over the next 12 months. These conferences will…

Microsoft and Novell Open Interoperability Lab

Microsoft Corp. and Novell today announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Announced last fall as part of Microsoft and Novell's groundbreaking…

Open Source vs. Money

In today's economy, most people are focused purely on making money. The reason behind making has been, for the most part, lost on most fronts. When asked what the top goal for their life was, many…

Dell's Linux sleight of hand

Pssst, pass it on… Dell is selling Linux-based home PCs and laptops to its UK customers, but you’ll need a very good eye and probably a magnifying glass to find the systems on the direct seller's…

IBM beats Microsoft over the head with its own code

IBM’s iAccessible2, code-named Project Missouri, is a specification for technology used to help the visually impaired interact with Open Document Format (ODF)-compliant applications and was…

Software Freedom Day

Sept 15 2007 is Software Freedom Day (SFD), a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). This celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high…

Oracle support betrays a preference for Linux and x86

Now that Oracle 11g has hit shelves, the question many IT shops ask themselves is which hardware and operating system does Oracle run best on?

That's a question with no easy answers; Oracle…