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Linux : News : Linux Creator Calls Backporting 'Good Thing'
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:59:34[PM] UTC )
The creator of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, has weighed in on the issue of backporting features from newer Linux kernels into older ones, calling the practice a good thing for the most part.

Linux : News : SUSE CTO Takes Issue With 'Backporting'
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:59:17[PM] UTC )
SUSE's chief technology officer said he believes the practice of "backporting" features from the 2.6 Linux kernel into older versions is a "bad thing" because it interferes with standardization of the open source operating system.

Linux : News : Lindows Offers Free OS Download
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:57:42[PM] UTC )
hat better way is there to drum up interest in your software after a shift in its brand name? If you're Lindows CEO Michael Robertson, you give it away.

Linux : News : Samsung to Adopt Linux OS
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:57:42[PM] UTC )
Home appliances giant Samsung Electronics is leaning towards using Linux as the major operating system in its products. A Samsung official said the company will increase the number of Linux-based items and developers to adopt Linux as a strategic operating system.

Linux : Articles : Give LILO the Boot and Grab Some GRUB
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:56:07[PM] UTC )
If you're still lumbering along with the antique Linux Loader LILO, you really ought to consider migrating to GRUB, the Grand Unified Bootloader. LILO is quite good, and, as the saying goes, if it ain't broke .... But GRUB has some advantages that make it, in my opinion, the Bootloader of today's generation. Here's why.

Linux : Articles : Augustin's 8 Simple Rules for Open-Source BusinessStrategy
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:56:06[PM] UTC )
Augustin, who founded VA Research in 1993 and VA Linux Systems in 1998 now VA Software. In his OSBC address to a standing-room-only audience titled "Living with Open Source: The New Rules for IT Vendors and Consumers," Augustin offered eight rules.

Linux : News : Linux PDA Reviews
Posted: ( Mon 12th Apr 2004 06:12:08[PM] UTC )
PDA Buyer's Guide has a collection of Linux PDA reviews that includes all existing Sharp Zaurus models as well as Yopy Linux PDA.

Linux : Articles : Microsoft displays fear, uncertainty, and doubt toward OpenOffice.org
Posted: ( Mon 12th Apr 2004 06:11:13[PM] UTC )
I came across Microsoft OpenOffice 1.1 Competitive Guide through a post on the TTLUG mailing list, and decided to answer it fully in a FDLed response because it will save quite a few people from typing everything.

Linux : Articles : Desktop Guerrilla Tactics: a Portable Thin Client Approach
Posted: ( Mon 12th Apr 2004 06:11:13[PM] UTC )
Roll out a desktop Linux pilot project quickly without disturbing the legacy desktop OS.

Linux : News : Fedora Core 2 Shows 2.6 Kernel's Stuff
Posted: ( Mon 12th Apr 2004 06:10:37[PM] UTC )
When Red Hat inc. turned its general-purpose Linux distribution from a retail product to the community-supported Fedora project, the company set out to define the project by the aggressiveness of its development course.

Linux : News : Torvalds: Open Source Keeps People Honest
Posted: ( Mon 12th Apr 2004 06:10:37[PM] UTC )
The "father" of Linux talks with InformationWeek about data-center Linux, trust, and SCO Group's lawsuits.

Linux : News : SuSE YAST going open source
Posted: ( Sun 21st Mar 2004 08:26:43[AM] UTC )
For years, SuSE has considered its YAST (Yet Another Setup Tool) technology--software for installing, configuring and managing Linux--an advantage over its competitors and forbade them from incorporating it into the products they sold. But with the new plan, to be announced Monday at Novell's Brainshare conference, the company will release YAST under the General Public License (GPL), sources familiar with the plan said.

Linux : News : SCO can't slow open source
Posted: ( Sun 21st Mar 2004 08:23:54[AM] UTC )
Despite the furor surrounding the SCO Group's lawsuits over Linux, companies have not been deterred from adopting open-source technology.

Linux : News : Hyundai Motor Adopts Linux
Posted: ( Sun 21st Mar 2004 08:23:54[AM] UTC )
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker, and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. have adopted a Linux cluster system built by International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer maker, for vehicle crash simulation testing and analysis, IBM Korea said on Wednesday.

Linux : News : Linux gets Intel help with Centrino
Posted: ( Sun 21st Mar 2004 08:21:37[AM] UTC )
A year after it launched its Centrino chip package for building notebooks with wireless networking abilities, Intel has begun a public project to let Linux take advantage of the hardware.