Operating Systems News and Articles

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.

Red Hat has signed the Sun’s Contributor Agreement and TCK License Agreement with the aim of developing an Open Source Java platform for RHEL.

Nigeria's Classmate PCs will not run on Mandriva Linux, but on Windows.

Just over four months ago, Sun's chief open source strategist, Ian Murdock, revealed the first details of plans for an open source variant of Sun's Solaris operating system. Now the first developer version has been released.