Red Hat Enters Virtualization Support Agreement with Microsoft
Feb 17, 2009U.S. Linux vendor Red Hat has entered a cooperation agreement with Microsoft in technical support of server virtualization.
more »Xandros Unveils Linux for Freescale Netbooks
Feb 16, 2009Xandros has launched an ARM based Linux version for netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices at the Mobile World Congress in Spain's Barcelona.
more »Novell openSUSE: Development Ebbing?
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more »Debian 5.0: Way to Go, Lenny!
Feb 16, 2009The deal is closed: Debian 5.0, code-named Lenny, is officially available.
more »FOSDEM Video: Micro Distro Summit
Feb 14, 2009
Nils Magnus of Linux Magazine Online pulled together the heads of three Linux distros for an interview and put them in a video: openSUSE's Joe Brockmeier, Debian's Steve McIntyre and Red Hat's Max Spevack.
more »Cuba Libre: Island Launches its Own Linux Distribution
Feb 12, 2009Home PCs have been available in Cuba only since last year, with 20% already using the Linux operating system. In five years, this should rise to 50%.
more »LSB 4.0 Beta for Review
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more »Red Hat CEO Whitehurst: Open Source Better, Faster
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