Tommy believes that a fork is unavoidable, but it will help Linux's chance at being a mainstream OS.

First it was Linux games. Then it was embedded Linux running on consumer devices. Now Intel is pushing Linux for your home network.

TiVo's digital video recorder allows on-demand viewing of previously aired TV shows and actually runs its own version of the Linux operating system.

When Alex Edelstein recently launched Viralon, which makes software to help businesses manage customer acquisitions over the Internet, there wasn't a Microsoft program in sight. The company started out by writing software that's based on open Internet standards, including Linux operating system software.

Getting Linux to work on Macintosh computers is always a hard job, especially for Mac users accustomed to user-friendly software. Connectix Virtual PC with Red Hat Linux can save headaches and stress.

China's Institute of Software, unveiled the world's first 64-bit Chinese Linux operating system. The release of this native server software, represents a major advance in Linux, combining the advantage of open-source computing and unlimited 64-bit processing power with native Chinese language capability.

Cirrus Logic unveiled the first public details of a new family of very high integration system-on-chip devices. This speck of silicon with 5.7 million internal transistors is intended to use embedded Linux.

If you want to implement the essentials of a Linux-based Internet firewall or residential gateway using hardly more than a single chip then Alchemy Semiconductor may have just what you need.

The company took yet another step away from product offering side of the embedded software industry when it announced the acquisition of WireSpeed Communications, a engineering firm specializing in custom-developed embedded software.

I was hacking bits of ideas for my own OS and working on a MUD called AberMUD. 386BSD came out, and it looked like there was finally an OS worth running on x86 hardware. Linux came out around the same time, but didn't need an FPU, so I started running Linux.