October 2008

OpenSUSE Starts Steering its Own Course
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports that it's not easy for a Linux company to let go the reins of control over its community Linux distribution. Just ask Red Hat, which started to let go of Fedora and then decided to keep managing it. But, now Novell is loosening its apron strings on its community Linux openSUSE.
Friday, October 31, 2008 05:50:59 PM EST

The Value of Freedom: Linux Kernel Worth $1.4 Billion
A Linux Foundation study attempts to calculate the value of the Linux kernel and Linux distributions, and comes to the conclusion that free as in freedom is mighty valuable.
Monday, October 27, 2008 10:24:33 AM EST

Ubuntu Server: Cheap 'n' Cheerful, and Easy to Use
Paul Rubens describes Canonical's Ubuntu Desktop as cheap 'n' cheerful, and easy to use. But Canonical also offers a server version of the software, and this raises an obvious question: Do you really want to be running cheap and cheerful server software at the heart of your enterprise?
Monday, October 13, 2008 11:01:01 AM EST

November 2007

Macedonia: A New Sun of Linux Freedom Rises
In a country with limited resources, a new government program will boost those same students into the 21st Century by providing one Edubuntu-loaded computer per student. How research and planning led to one of the largest educational Linux deployments ever.
Monday, November 19, 2007 09:44:09 AM EST

May 2007

Red Hat Launches RHX Online Portal
The model of the online social marketplace stepped into the enterprise Linux space today, after the launch of Red Hat Exchange. Think Facebook for enterprise products, with a touch of direct-sales thrown in, and you have a pretty good picture of the new RHX.
Thursday, May 10, 2007 02:09:24 PM EST

Canonical: Ubuntu the Answer to Dell Question
"People are always asking us to support Linux on the desktop, but the question is: 'Which Linux are you talking about'?" Apparently, Michael Dell has finally answered his own question as Canonical officially announced that Dell has chosen Ubuntu to be the version for Dell's Linux-loaded laptops and desktops.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 07:25:01 AM EST

April 2007

OpenOffice.org Gains Business Intelligence
The open source OpenOffice.org office suite is about to get an injection of business intelligence thanks to a cooperative effort between Sun Microsystems and open source BI vendor Pentaho.
Monday, April 23, 2007 11:36:26 AM EST

Ubuntu Users Get Java Surprise
Sun Microsystems has partnered with Canonical to release a complete Java stack for Ubuntu users. The stack is made up from Sun's J2EE offering GlassFish, Java SE (JDK 6), Derby-based Java DB 10.2, and the NetBeans IDE 5.5. While Java components have been around for quite some time, this will be the first time users will be able to be able to easily download and install this stack. They're all just an apt-get command away.
Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:01:01 AM EST

IBM, Canonical Set to Release DB2 9 For Linux--For Dapper
If you thought old releases of Linux were just going to passively lie and wait for the end of their maintenance cycle, think again. Canonical Ltd., the commercial driving force behind the Ubuntu distribution, is planning to announce April 13 that users of its 6.06 LTS release will be able to download and deploy IBM's DB2 version 9.
Thursday, April 12, 2007 04:18:52 PM EST

Canonical Launches Beta of Launchpad 1.0
One of the major advantages of open source software development is the collaborative efforts between the members of any given project. But what happens when projects don't talk to each other? That's where a web-based collaboration service like Launchpad comes in. LinuxPlanet talks with Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth to get the details of the beta launch.
Monday, April 2, 2007 08:15:01 AM EST

March 2007

Novell Seeks Partners Across Linux/Windows Integration, Security, And More
Novell is now on the lookout for more partners to work on-site at customer locations to help out with product maintenance and optimization. Opportunities with Novell are also especially strong for VARs with interest and abilities in Linux/Windows integration, security and identity management, and customization of thin client environments, various officials said at BrainShare.
Thursday, March 22, 2007 09:38:58 AM EST

Novell's New Server Products To Integrate NetWare, GroupWise
Novell's rollout this week of a SUSE Linux thin client surely doesn't mean that the richer and only slightly older SUSE Enterprise Desktop (SLED) will be going away, officials said at BrainShare. On the other hand, the new Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2, also launched as a public beta this week, will feature a Linux kernel topped by NetWare, a legacy OS the company is now phasing out.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 09:09:08 AM EST

Novell Eyes Competition With Microsoft
"We will compete against Microsoft in some areas, while cooperating in others," said Susan Heystee, Novell's VP of strategic alliances, reflecting remarks also made by several other top Novell officials at Novell's BrainShare users show this week..." Jacqueline Emigh makes the rounds of executive briefings at BrainShare.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 06:59:54 PM EST

Novell Rolls Out SUSE Linux Slate, Strategy, Against Skepticism By Some
At its annual BrainShare users conference today, Novell rolled out a slate of new SuSE Linux products and talked up a new, two-fold corporate strategy devised in the wake of its controversial pact with Microsoft--but not without skepticism, and even vehement opposition, among some who traveled to Salt Lake City this week.
Monday, March 19, 2007 10:34:15 PM EST

February 2007

HP Sees Big Bucks in Linux
HP is making $25 million by supporting the free Debian GNU/Linux distribution in what may ultimately turn out to be a challenge to commercial distributions from Novell and Red Hat.
Monday, February 26, 2007 11:00:30 AM EST

Nokia Seeks Application Ideas For Linux-Based N800 Tablet
Nokia is now scouting about for new application ideas around the N800, its latest Linux-enabled tablet. At the same time, though, the company has no plans to stray from its choice of an essentially Debian Linux-based platform, or from its concept of the N800 as a device geared to on-the-go Internet connectivity. Jacqueline Emigh reports.
Thursday, February 22, 2007 03:20:40 PM EST

Virtualizer SWsoft To Unveil Free Microsoft Support
On Tuesday, SWsoft will fortify current efforts to challenge virtualization software leader VMware by announcing 24-by-7 support, in which customers will contact SWsoft for support for Windows applications running on SWsoft's Virtuozzo software and SWsoft will work with Microsoft support to resolve any issues on the customer's behalf.
Monday, February 19, 2007 05:06:29 PM EST

Xandros To Follow BridgeWay With Enterprise Virtual Server
Xandros, a company best known until now for its Linux desktop, will soon follow up on this week's announcement of BridgeWays software for Linux/Windows/Unix management with a new virtualization-enabled enterprise server, running not just on Xandros' long-time Debian platform but also on the Red Hat and Oracle Linux distributions. Jacqueline Emigh files this exclusive report.
Friday, February 16, 2007 04:42:07 PM EST

IBM Launches Open Client For Cross-Platform Desktops, Plus Linux Servers for SMBs
IBM plans a big drive among outside application developers to write desktop and mobile applications for Open Client Solution, a new Eclipse-based cross-platform software product rolled out at this week's LinuxWorld OpenSolutions show. Jacqueline Emigh reports from the show.
Thursday, February 15, 2007 12:46:08 PM EST

New OSA Group Takes Alternative Tack On Linux/Windows Interoperability
At IDG’s LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit today, ten enterprise open source players will launch the Open Solutions Alliance, a group that will bring together developers, systems integrators, and quite possibly Linux operating system vendors in a drive to further the commercial success of open source applications through better interoperability across Linux, Windows, and other environments.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 08:53:22 AM EST

New Open Solutions Alliance Focuses on Apps
The new group, known as the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), could well prove to be the missing link between standards and application interoperability that the open source market has been missing.
Thursday, February 8, 2007 03:27:33 PM EST

November 2006

OpenVZ To Release Support, Patches for Latest Kernel
While the Linux world still ponders the implications of Oracle's footprint on Red Hat, Inc., other projects--which are demonstratively more important to the future of Red Hat Enterprise Linux than whatever plans Larry Ellison might have--are continuing to progress.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 02:44:02 PM EST

August 2006

rPath's Linux Stack Hits Real Production with Ingres, Other ISVs
rPath, a start-up founded by two former Red Hat execs, used the forum of LinuxWorld this week to talk up the first major release of its product, a Linux-based software stack and toolset that ISVs are now using for building real appliances that cut application development time and support costs.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 07:19:02 PM EST

The Real Lenovo Laptop Deal
The new "Linux-enabled" Lenovo laptop launched this week at LinuxWorld will not actually come "pre-loaded" with Novell SUSE Linux, a high-ranking Lenovo official said today, contradicting some industry reports stating otherwise.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:55:00 AM EST

Virtuozzo Conducts Virtualization Products
Even as IBM, VMWare, Xen, and Red Hat announced their plans, one rival vendor, Moscow-based SWsoft, may have beaten them to the punch with a plan to introduce VMware management tools within their Virtuozzo OS-level software tool, with plans to introduce similar tools for Xen, Microsoft Virtual Server, and Parallels early next year.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 02:15:26 PM EST

July 2006

Open Source as a Model For Innovation
Innovation is being increasingly recognized as the key to growth, yet most senior executives give their research and development organizations little credit for generating it. IBM seems intent on countering this trend, with the recent establishment of their R&D Management consulting practice.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 02:19:18 PM EST

June 2006

New Conference Signals End of East Coast LinuxWorld Expo
The launch of a new LinuxWorld event by events manager IDG World Expo means big changes for the cycle of LinuxWorld Conference and Expos (LWCEs) in the United States in 2007. Specifically, the East Coast version of the LWCE, first held in New York City and then Boston in 2005 and 2006, will no longer take place. Brian Proffitt reports.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 02:43:00 PM EST

Flock to The Social User's Browser
Does the world need another browser, even when Microsoft's grip on the sector has weakened? Yes, says Flock, whose eponymous browser has been called "Firefox with some extensions" by critics.
Monday, June 19, 2006 09:47:03 AM EST

Open Source Stoking Hot Middleware Market
IBM and BEA Systems command more than half of the red-hot application integration and middleware (AIM) market combined. Embracing open source will not only help them keep fast-charging rivals like Microsoft at bay, but may even help them widen the gap.
Monday, June 12, 2006 10:56:26 AM EST

Red Hat Developers Can Get Chatty
Red Hat has launched some interesting new developer's projects recently. The 108 project is along traditional collaborative developer lines while the Mugshot project is much like a social networking effort you wouldn't expect to see from a serious enterprise vendor. At first glance, Mugshot appears to be a social networking site, but Red Hat doesn't see it quite that way.
Thursday, June 8, 2006 10:21:31 AM EST

Eclipse Takes 'Best' Shot at Framework
Best practices information is the cornerstone of all good software development. Getting best practices information and processes, though, has long been a proprietary exercise. Until now.
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 02:25:09 PM EST

Firefox 2.0 Bakes in Anti-Phish Antidote
Mozilla has reached the latest development milestone for its next-generation Firefox 2.0 "Bon Echo" browser with a little anti-phishing help from Google. Anti-phishing capability, which Mozilla has branded "Safe Browsing," is one of the marquee features in Firefox 2.0 and one of the reasons a third alpha is necessary.
Friday, June 2, 2006 02:51:39 PM EST

May 2006

Google to Take 630 Summer of Code Projects
Google has announced that it will accept no fewer than a whopping 630 open source projects for this year's Summer of Code. The number is up from last year's 410 projects. Sean Michael Kerner files this report.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:59:51 AM EST

April 2006

Linspire Announces Freespire Distribution
Is the world ready for another community Linux distro? That's the question being asked and answered today at the 4th Annual Desktop Linux Summit. Once known as a community-supported alternative to the Linspire distribution, the Freespire name is about to rise again from the ashes of obscurity--only this time as a distro completely sponsored and endorsed by Linspire itself. Brian Proffitt files this report.
Monday, April 24, 2006 02:00:01 PM EST

January 2006

Novell Opens Its Armor
When it acquired Immunix in 2005, Novell gained the security tool it now calls AppArmor. Today, all of the community can benefit from the security application, as Novell has announced the release of AppArmor's source code under the GPL.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 08:00:05 AM EST

November 2005

Novell To Launch 'Linux Awareness' Program Next Year
In 2006, Novell plans to further capitalize on its Linux product line with the launch of a "Linux awareness" program meant to migrate more customers, resellers, and development partners from NetWare and Microsoft Windows to open source alternatives. Jacqueline Emigh reports.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 09:37:17 AM EST

September 2005

Sun Targets Linux Pros with Galaxy and Advantage
Although Sun Microsystems' recent Galaxy server and Advantage partner program announcements center on Solaris 10, Sun is--not surprisingly--making fervent pitches to Linux administrators and ISVs around the new offerings. After looking at Solaris itself, LinuxPlanet examines the latest marketing push from Sun Microsystems and what it means for the business of Linux.
Monday, September 19, 2005 03:51:26 PM EST

July 2005

IBM Launches Products, Program Around Linux Clusters
At a big press conference in Manhattan on Tuesday, IBM made a set of announcements--a new mainframe system, a development "community" for blades, and a new virtualization software platform--that looks likely to carry a range of future ramifications for Linux developers and administrators. Jacqueline Emigh reports.
Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:43:54 PM EST

SGI Makes Bigger Push Into Midrange Linux
With today's launch of new Linux-enabled servers and storage systems, SGI has started a much bigger push from its original home in very high-end technical computing to a midrange enterprise market now dominated by the likes of IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Jacqueline Emigh reports.
Monday, July 11, 2005 03:16:52 PM EST

June 2005

Mandriva's Future May Be Debian
While some in the Linux community are scratching their heads over the latest acquisition by Mandriva, one prominent member has a notion what the French distribution company is doing, and wholeheartedly approves. In fact, it could be the beginning of a whole new kind of of Mandriva distribution.
Monday, June 20, 2005 11:58:07 PM EST

March 2005

Linux Specialist Astaro Claims First Anti-Spyware Firewall
Astaro, a specialist in Linux-driven integrated security, has rolled out a product touted as the first on any operating system to combine network firewall protection with an anti-spyware gateway.
Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:01:12 PM EST

February 2005

Fujitsu Readies Linux Mainframe for Later This Year
With shipment of an Intel-based "Linux mainframe" slated for later this year, and the release this month of new "Shunsaku XML Search" software, Fujitsu is currently pulling together mounting momentum in an increasingly competitive enterprise Linux race.
Thursday, February 24, 2005 03:34:48 PM EST

Unisys, SAP Linux Pact Expected Next Week
The announcement of a Linux deal between Unisys and SAP, originally slated for this week's LinuxWorld, has now been rescheduled to next week, LinuxPlanet has been told. Meanwhile, Unisys is forging ahead with its growing commitment to enterprise Linux.
Friday, February 18, 2005 03:30:11 PM EST

Novell Takes Enterprise Security Focus
Novell is using the platform of this week's LinuxWorld show to roll out a string of products and open source activities aimed at boosting Linux security, in many cases to enterprise levels. Learn what new plans are on Novell's security roadmap.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 07:21:31 AM EST

IBM Chiphopper Throws Platform Doors Open for ISVs
One of Linux' greatest strengths has always been the ability to place the kernel and much of the attendant operating system on many different platforms. Proponents of Linux will often point to this capability as a selling point. Opponents will also point to the same thing and argue that while in theory such capabilities are all well and good, actually implementing software solutions for many platforms is a detriment against developing for Linux. Chiphopper seeks to nullify that argument.
Monday, February 14, 2005 08:15:20 PM EST

Virtual Iron Optimizes Datacenters via Virtualization
Got datacenter? Are your servers feeling underutilized? Uncoordinated? There may be an answer for your problem, if today's announcement from Virtual Iron Software, Inc. is any indication. Find out how virtualization is being taken to new heights.
Monday, February 14, 2005 12:01:05 AM EST

Emic Networks Puts HA Clustering in Reach of LAMP, LAMJ
"While many specific vertical channels have been early adopters of clustering technologies, costs and lack of general accessibility have proved to be speed bumps on the way to cluster deployment for basic open source technologies. Also, the perception that Linux and open source has not been ready for mission-critical applications has also proved to be a barrier..."
Monday, February 14, 2005 12:01:01 AM EST

January 2005

Astaro Breaks Out New All-in-One Security Appliances
"If you're one of the most acclaimed security software companies in the market, what do you do for an encore? If you're the Astaro Corporation, you follow up your software offerings with some all-in-one hardware products..."
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:18:32 AM EST

2004 Sees Linux Growth in More Spaces
What was the biggest theme to emerge during the 2004 "Year in Linux"? In large measure, it all had to do with the expanded movement of Linux into new environments, ranging from the data center to embedded spaces. Our year in the enterprise review within.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 09:39:51 AM EST

November 2004

VA Linux Stays Focused on Former Parent's Mission
VA Linux--that's right, we said VA Linux--has introduced a new LDAP Directory application early Wednesday to complement its new line of high-available software products. Confused? Not to worry, all will be answered.
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 01:00:04 AM EST

New Consortium Should Outdo UnitedLinux
New and improved UnitedLinux!, the pundits have wagged. Well, it is new, but one good look at the just-announced Linux Core Consortium reveals that this group is nothing like UnitedLinux. It's better, leaner, and ready to get down to refining Linux.
Monday, November 22, 2004 03:01:37 PM EST

PathScale Intros Highly Scalable Linux Clustering
"PathScale has unveiled a trio of new products touted as overcoming scalability and other lingering barriers to Linux clusters, so that scientific and technical users can migrate SMP applications from pricey RISC hardware and Unix while still maintaining strong performance..."
Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:41:49 AM EST

September 2004

Not Yet Another Setup Tool Anymore
When SUSE's YaST tool went to a GPL license earlier this year, it was only a matter of time before software vendors would make use of its codebase. Linux security specialist Immunix is the first thus far, having developed a new security administrator for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Thursday, September 23, 2004 02:27:12 PM EST

January 2004

Clear Open Standards Or Ambiguity in Massachusetts?
When the Massachusetts government released its new IT standards of aquisition ealier this month, it seemed a strong step forward for the cause of open standards. Of course, firms like CompTIA have their objections to the new policies.
Thursday, January 29, 2004 09:27:50 AM EST

Oracle To Support 'Asianux,' But Not UnitedLinux
In an interview at LinuxWorld Expo last week, Oracle Corp. revealed its plans to support only three Linux distributions: Red Hat; Novell's recently acquired SUSE Linux; and "Asianux," a new distribution being co-developed by Oracle, Red Flag of China, and Miracle Linux, Oracle's own Japanese-based subsidiary.
Monday, January 26, 2004 09:59:31 AM EST

Novell To Launch Linux Tools At LinuxWorld
Novell's myriad announcements at LinuxWorld this week are set to include exteNd 5, the first version of the development tool suite to operate on Linux. Read more on Novell's plans in this report from Jacqueline Emigh.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004 09:45:48 AM EST

SGI Releases New Mid-Range Server
Got an environment where different jobs need to be run on different apps at any given moment? Don't want to spend the money on a big iron system but a 32-bit cluster won't do? The newly released Altix 350 may fit the bill, as SGI enters the realm of the mid-range server today.
Monday, January 12, 2004 09:52:51 AM EST

December 2003

Novell Eyes Linux Kernel 2.6 Suite in 2004
While many vendors play a wait-and-see attitude when a new kernel release comes out, Novell is already hard at work prepping its own 2.6-based product suites for Red Hat and SUSE.
Wednesday, December 17, 2003 09:27:04 AM EST

Linux Shines on National Weather Service
Nearly 1,000 Linux desktop machines are now being used to deliver the weather. Facing the burden of using HP-UX workstations, the National Weather Service has now switched over to IBM IntelliStation PCs operating Red Hat Linux.
Tuesday, December 9, 2003 10:15:13 AM EST

Progeny Announces Red Hat Support, Open Source Project Platform
After the Thanksgiving holiday, some companies would still be in recovery mode. But Progeny staffers have shifted into high gear with the release of two new services for business customers and developers: support for end-of-life Red Hat releases and a new Web site designed to manage ongoing open source projects.
Wednesday, December 3, 2003 10:20:35 AM EST

November 2003

SCO: 'Joke' Or Food for Thought?
"SCO's litigation plans around Linux and BSD Unix amount to 'a joke,' said Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Publishing. During an open source roundtable at Comdex, the panel moderator strongly criticized SCO's refusal to go public with more details about its intellectual property (IP) infringement claims. In the same session, however, a Microsoft exec said he sees the SCO case as food for thought among developers..."
Monday, November 24, 2003 10:30:51 AM EST

IBM Bakes Up a Big Batch of 'Express' Offerings
IBM understands that the mid-market has a definitive taste for Linux-based systems. With Linux as a critical ingredient in IBM's newly expanded portfolio of Express offerings, mid-sized enterprises will find that they can have their cake and eat it, too.
Monday, November 3, 2003 09:24:07 AM EST

September 2003

Massachusetts' Bold Steps To Open Source
Late last week, it was announced that the Massachusetts Department of Administration and Finance has taken the bold step of pursuing Open Standards and Open Source Software for that Commonwealth, whenever and wherever possible. Such a step is certainly within the purview of the government agency, but how did such a bold move come to pass? Rob Reilly spoke with Secretary Eric Kriss to learn more.
Tuesday, September 30, 2003 12:24:19 PM EST

July 2003

Big Changes Ahead for Red Hat
Massive changes are coming to a red fedora near you. For a number of reasons, Red Hat Linux is now moving to a more open development model with less focus on boxed sets and more focus on community involvement. The announcement, which was partially leaked this weekend, was made official Monday morning by an announcement from Red Hat's Bill Nottingham and is detailed by LinuxPlanet's Dee-Ann LeBlanc.
Monday, July 21, 2003 10:32:25 AM EST

June 2003

SCO Pulls Trigger, Targets Torvalds
The last two days have seen some strong moves from The SCO Group to stop IBM from continuing to use Big Blue's licenced version of UNIX, the AIX operating system. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols digs deeper into what this all means and tries to find the pattern in SCO's shifting attacks on IBM, Linux developers, and now even Linus Torvalds.
Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:14:27 AM EST

April 2003

SuSE Delivers First Linux for 64-bit AMD Opteron
On April 22, AMD officially announces the release of it new 64-bit Opteron chip, going head-to-head against Intel's Itanium II offering. And, as soon as a week after the processor's release, one Linux distribution plans to get their own optimized-for-Opteron server product out on the shelves. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols files this report on SuSE's new entry into the 64-bit market.
Monday, April 21, 2003 11:16:18 AM EST

May 2002

When Four Become One: UnitedLinux
On May 30, four Linux distribution companies--Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE, and TurboLinux--will announce the creation of a single Linux distribution. How this distribution will be coded, marketed, and sold is the focus of this special report--plus a look at who will benefit the most from a new UnitedLinux. Brian Proffitt reports.
Wednesday, May 29, 2002 05:14:36 PM EST

October 2001

Progeny Linux Systems Discontinues Its Distribution
Progeny Linux Systems has announced that a competitive retail market, a new focus on consulting services, and a desire to reconverge with the mainline Debian GNU/Linux project have spelled the end of its Progeny Debian product. According to President and CEO Steve Schafer, it isn't the end of Progeny, though, as the company moves to profitability after a disappointing summer.
Monday, October 15, 2001 02:58:30 PM EST

March 2001

Survey: Linux makes inroads in the corporation, but roadblocks remain
According to a survey of IT professionals commissioned by internet.com, Linux usage continues to grow in the corporate world, primarily on the server side. However, the Linux industry has significant challenges in building awareness among potential customers -- especially VA Linux, which has the same brand awareness as LinuxOne.
Monday, March 19, 2001 11:39:29 AM EST

New Internet Computer Company Releases NIC 2.0
The New Internet Computer Company, an Oracle spin-off, has released version 2.0 of their Linux-based device's OS. On tap, according to the company, numerous usability enhancements and some software updates. They don't mind if you hack it into a low-cost X terminal either: "we live and breath Open Source," says the company.
Friday, March 16, 2001 01:42:09 PM EST

January 2001

Corel to Unveil Linux Strategy on January 23
Top officials will be unveiling Corel's new business strategy on Jan. 23; sources from outside Corel say that Linux won't be a part of that strategy, with the Corel Linux assets being sold to a new corporation.
Monday, January 8, 2001 02:17:50 PM EST

January 2000

Linux Everywhere: Will Consumers Embrace the Penguin?
A year ago, anyone suggesting that Linux had a future in the consumer field would have been hooted down. A visit to this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) shows that while Linux has a negligible presence in the consumer world, there are definite signs of life from TiVo, Intel and AOL.
Monday, January 10, 2000 11:23:46 AM EST

December 1999

internet.com Unveils Moderated Discussion List for Linux
The ISP-Linux Moderated Digest is a forum for UNIX programmers, network or systems administrators and ISP professionals interested in Linux solutions.
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:46:24 PM EST

Demo of Browser For Embedded Linux Devices Released
Access Co. Ltd., a Japanese company with vast experience in embedded browsers, has made a free demonstration version of its NetFront browser for Linux-based embedded applications available to developers. David Haskin explains.
Monday, December 27, 1999 10:21:06 AM EST

SourceXchange Goes Live
Collab.Net announced today that it has finished its beta-test phase and gone into production with its first service, sourceXchange, a marketplace where open-source developers match their expertise to committed buyers with well-defined, financially backed open-source projects.
Tuesday, December 7, 1999 12:35:45 PM EST

October 1999

Redhat to give support contracts to Compaq
Compaq's Customer Services organization is to support Redhat on Compaq machines.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999 08:15:14 AM EST

Linuxplanet to get new Editor
Kevin Reichard to run LinuxPlanet.com from the start of November
Saturday, October 16, 1999 09:24:38 AM EST

Athlon Linux boxes now shipping
Pogo Computer and Penguin Computing both come up with Athlon based systems.
Wednesday, October 13, 1999 07:12:06 AM EST

New Version of LAME released
LAME ( "Linux Administration Made Easy" ) has been brought up to date with details for working with Redhat 6.1.
Sunday, October 10, 1999 11:53:19 AM EST

Overview of Data Encryption Systems available
An interesting report on various methods of protecting confidential data held on disk.
Sunday, October 10, 1999 11:44:56 AM EST

VA Research to IPO
VA Research plans to raise $70 Million
Saturday, October 9, 1999 03:24:59 PM EST

HP Openmail available
Award winning Email package from HP now available with full support. Free version will also be available.
Thursday, October 7, 1999 05:45:56 AM EST

Linux Security Roundup
Intranet Design magazine feature roundup of recent Linux security problems
Wednesday, October 6, 1999 11:13:19 AM EST

WebTrends software to be bundled with Redhat 6.1
Redhat 6.1 server edition Applications CD will include the E-Commerce reporting software, WebTrends.
Monday, October 4, 1999 03:19:59 PM EST

Disk partition repair tool released as debian package
Gpart, which tries to repair damaged partition tables on PC machines, has been released as a debian package.
Sunday, October 3, 1999 01:03:10 PM EST

September 1999

Solsoft Europe release Policy based Network Partitioning Tool
Easy to use policy based networking tool for Linux available
Tuesday, September 28, 1999 05:11:16 PM EST

Redhat Earnings up
Redhat claims that "the growing demand for open source software" has fuelled it's increasing revenues
Monday, September 27, 1999 09:31:35 AM EST

Microsoft Office vs StarOffice War
StarOffice, a integrated package that runs on Linux, is thought by some analysts to be a threat to Microsoft's market leader MS Office.
Friday, September 24, 1999 08:39:10 AM EST

New Debian configuration tool released
Debconf is an install-time configuration management tool for Debian packages and an advance on the current Debian technology.
Thursday, September 23, 1999 04:27:53 PM EST

Mandrake Launches Help site
The award-winning Mandrake Linux distribution has launched a site aimed at providing user support.
Tuesday, September 21, 1999 06:35:41 PM EST

Microsoft buys some Linux Technology
Microsoft says it has bought small San Francisco Unix developer Softway Systems. Software Systems are developing a product which some have called "Linux for Windows"
Monday, September 20, 1999 05:44:09 PM EST

New book on Redhat Linux for beginners
O'Reilly has a new book out on installing Redhat Linux for beginners. A CDROM is included!
Monday, September 20, 1999 07:25:36 AM EST

Linux based Supercomputing
Linux-based systems are becoming the choice of organisations looking for heavy-duty compute power.
Saturday, September 18, 1999 09:31:30 AM EST

SGI to release IDE tools as Open Source
SGI has released "Jessie", an IDE tool, to the open source communitity
Friday, September 17, 1999 11:24:59 AM EST

Happy Birthday Linux!
Linux is 8 years old today!
Friday, September 17, 1999 06:00:12 AM EST

Nokia to make Linux based Mobile Digital TV
Nokias "Mediascreen" is to use digital TV broadcasts to send data, and wireless communications for user responses.
Tuesday, September 14, 1999 07:40:50 AM EST

Commercial Linux Product List
FirstLinux, a great site for links, has added a section listing commerical software
Tuesday, September 14, 1999 07:23:17 AM EST

Linux and Unix threaten Microsoft's plans for NT
Analyst Nicholas Petreley claims Linux outperforms NT in many typical business situations; a problem for Microsoft!
Thursday, September 9, 1999 04:53:48 AM EST

Linux Intranet For Hire
Planet Internet has brought out a Linux version of its product, claiming that Planet-Intra is an integrated solution that can provide a sophisticated Intranet system without hiring a programmer.
Monday, September 6, 1999 07:26:50 AM EST

August 1999

Sun Buys StarOffice
Sun Microsystems has bought the German company that makes the StarOffice integrated package, widely used as an alternative to Microsoft Office on Linux. Buying out this company gives Sun a presence in the growing Linux desktop market.
Sunday, August 22, 1999 10:41:45 AM EST

IBM to release Linux based Server Product
IBM is to bring out a new dual CPU server machine next week running Linux. It will be aimed at the small business market
Thursday, August 19, 1999 05:49:40 AM EST

Linux has 13% Market Share says survey
A recent survey by International Data Corporation claims that 13% of businesses now use Linux.
Thursday, August 19, 1999 05:44:22 AM EST

RedHat's Shares Worth More than Microsofts
At close of trading on Friday the 13th, some people must have felt lucky-- investors in RedHat stock. The value per share peaked at over $90.
Sunday, August 15, 1999 04:23:39 PM EST

IBM starts Linux Developer page
IBM continues its commitment to Linux by launching a web site for Linux Developers. The site looks good...it is strong on Java information for Linux developers, for instance.
Friday, August 13, 1999 10:25:36 AM EST

Tens of Thousands attend Linuxworld Expo
The latest Linux conference is the biggest ever, with the most hype and new products
Tuesday, August 10, 1999 03:05:27 PM EST

July 1999

Debian Book Released
Of the many "distributions" of Linux one of the best is widely acknowledged to be Debian. One common criticism of Debian though is that it is "difficult" for beginners. But a solution to this could be a new book by John Goerzen and Ossama Othman entitled "Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage"
Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:26:12 AM EST

Linux Big in Japan
Linux is outselling Microsoft Windows 98 in Japan. The favoured distribution is TurboLinux and Japanese language support is said to be one reason that it is so popular.
Saturday, July 31, 1999 09:43:58 AM EST

RedHat IPO goes Sour for Developers
The recent moves by RedHat to offer stock were accompanied by what seemed like a generous offer to Linux software developers--who had given their time free of charge to develop the products that RedHat sell. Initially RedHat had promised to give valuable stock offerings to developers at a knockdown price. But at the last moment they backed off...and it looks like many of the people who actually wrote RedHat's software will miss out.







Saturday, July 31, 1999 09:32:01 AM EST

Oracle 8i now available
Oracle's 8i database system taylored for web applications is now available as a full product for Linux. Test versions have been around for some months now but this is the real thing.
Tuesday, July 20, 1999 06:18:55 PM EST

June 1999

Linux Apache is all the Web Server you'll ever need
Some different spin on the recent notorious ZDLabs NT vs Linux tests on Web servers. NT won, but does it matter?



Sunday, June 27, 1999 04:44:18 PM EST

Linux Matrox G400 Drivers in the Works
Matrox has made the specifications of the Matrox G400 cards available and
work is beginning now on the drivers. They should be ready by the time the
G400 starts shipping in volume .







Tuesday, June 22, 1999 06:27:37 AM EST

Corel Back in the Black
Corel posted its best quarterly earnings for more than three years. We will continue to focus on our core competencies, as well as on emerging technologies such as our online offerings and Linux, said a Corel Spokesman.

Tuesday, June 22, 1999 06:25:51 AM EST

Sybase Ships Linux product
Sybase announced today the availability of SQL Anywhere Studio for Linux, a product aimed at the growing mobile market.

Tuesday, June 15, 1999 06:23:12 AM EST

Sony to use Linux for PlayStation Developer Platform
When the development system for the new PlayStation2 is released this winter it will be Linux based, says Sony.
Tuesday, June 15, 1999 06:16:11 AM EST