Operating Systems News and Articles

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution has just launched its "Launchpad Personal Package Archive Service" for developers on the Canonical "Launchpad" platform.

Shuttle Inc., the market leader in the Mini-PC sector and manufacturer of multiple form- fctor solutions, is now offering its mini PCs preloaded with Linux in the UK.

IBM has published plans for its own network service for IT infrastructures under the "Blue Cloud" heading.

Microsoft’s Network Access Protection Plattform (NAP) security function will be available for Linux and the Mac operating system via third party products.

Version 2.0 of the Ubuntu Customization Kit (UCK) has just been released. The kit gives useres the ability to create customized Ubuntu Live CDs.

At Oracle’s own Open World fair in San Francisco, Oracle recently presented a virtualization software titled Oracle VM, based on the free Xen virtualization solution.

Developers are currently working on a Debian variant for the lightweight Linux Eee notebook by Asus.

In the confusion surrounding the choice of an operating system for 17,000 Classmate PCs the Nigerian government has finally come down in favor of Mandriva Linux.

Skype 2.0 Beta now gives Linux users the video functionality that Windows and Mac users have enjoyed for several months.

Linux distributor Red Hat has updated its enterprise platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and released version 5.1.