Open Source service provider Corratech recently released Opensuite, a platform for the integration of heterogeneous enterprise applications.

SWsoft, which produces the Virtuozzo virtualization software among other things, reports a 127 percent increase in turnover for the first 6 months of 2007 compared to the previous year's figures.

Database manufactuer Oracle has released various software projects under the GPL, including ports of Yast and the Btrfs filesystem.

After three years of hanging around on the sidelines, Udev has finally ousted the legacy Dev-FS system. We take a look under the hood at the Udev device management system inside your Linux system.

Klik brings convenient two-click installation to the KDE desktop.

System admins routinely refer to documentation for help with obscure command line options. In this month’s Admin Workshop, we examine the programs and formats behind the command line documentation you read everyday.

The steps for setting up new accounts in Linux are automated and often use GUI-based tools. Under the hood, a number of mechanisms give the new user an environment to match his or her needs. In this month’s Admin Workshop we discuss techniques for setting up accounts.