Microsoft has joined other companies in suing Android. That move was expected to come, considering Windows is expected to launch Windows Phone 7, with which patent protection is being offered.

Oracle has sued Google, accusing it of copyright and patent infringement. Oracle is claiming that Google’s Android OS 

is illegally using some ideas and code base from Java, which was developed by Sun. Oracle bought Sun in January. Google is denying the charges.

Apache is an Open Source WebServer. Apache is a module based web server, which means the functions or individual piece of code that allows the server to handle a certain kind of request or file in appropriate way. This is a step by step tutorial of Apache Installation on Linux.

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In a new attack on multinational corporations, the Communist government in India's southern state of Kerala is campaigning to eliminate Microsoft from use in public institutions, just weeks after it imposed a ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

So you want a Linux that's set up with just the applications you want -- no more, no less. What do you do? Well, an expert Linux user does it himself. But, not everyone's a Linux legend. For the rest of us, there are two good choices.

There's a low-end personal option: Instalinux.com's free service, SystemDesigner. There's also a high-end corporate choice: rPath's rBuilder.

Desktop migration specialist Versora on Aug. 8 released an updated version (v2.0) of its Progression Desktop Windows to Linux desktop migration software, a tool that helps users to transfer files and settings from their Windows system to a Linux system.

RealNetworks will release open-source software this year that will let Linux computers play Windows Media files.

The confab for fans of the open-source operating system kicks off Tuesday, when Linux and open-source diehards will head to San Francisco to hear what's new. On the cards: Advanced Micro Devices to launch "Rev F" versions of its Opteron chips, Sun to provide more details on moving Java into open-source development, and all the latest Linux trends.

Dell, long a provider of choice for companies looking for PCs based on Intel hardware and Microsoft software, says that Linux now makes up 25 percent of its enterprise market.