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Oracle tightens its grip on Solaris
News Open source OpenSolaris' days appear numbered.
By Eric Doyle Published
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The fall and rise of Mandriva Linux
In-depth Richard Hillesley ponders the future of Mandriva.
By Richard Hillesley Published
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Linux use promoted by Linaro group
News ARM and five other tech firms are to work together on making it easier to develop Linux software for ARM SoC-based mobile devices.
By Martin James Published
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The lost world of the Xandros desktop
In-depth The latest release of the Xandros Linux desktop edition was in June 2006, which is several lifetimes in the history of Linux. Is this the end of the line for the Xandros desktop?
By Richard Hillesley Published
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Red Hat revamps Linux server software
News Red Hat is updating its Linux server software to take advantage of new technologies from the likes of Intel and AMD.
By Jennifer Scott Published
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Building on a Linux brand
In-depth Red Hat is a perfect example of how open source firms need to trade on their reputation, not just their product.
By Richard Hillesley Published
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FreeBSD and the GPL
In-depth Linus Torvalds has said Linux wouldn't have happened if 386BSD had been around when he started up. We trace the history of FreeBSD and how it's affected the open source world.
By Richard Hillesley Published
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Top 10 areas where open source leads the way
In-depth With job losses rising and belts being tightened across the country, now is the perfect time to look once again at the benefits of using open source software aside from the reported $60 billion a year savings on offer.
By Tony Crammond Published
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Slackware Linux - Less is more
In-depth Slackware is the oldest Linux distribution still with us and has a loyal following among those long term Linux users who pine for the old fashioned virtues of simplicity, straightforwardness and lack of bloat.
By Richard Hillesley Published
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Puppy Linux: Just for fun
In-depth Puppy Linux is something different, a tiny version of Linux that can be stored on a USB memory drive, will run in memory, and can be used for working on the move.
By Richard Hillesley Published
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Merge home and business computing with a hypervisor
News Although still in the research stages, a manager at HP has demonstrated a way of allowing users to do both personal and work computing whilst keeping both environments secure from one another.
By Jennifer Scott Published
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Novell unveils openSUSE 11.2
News The latest version of openSUSE for server and desktop pays special attention to netbooks.
By Nicole Kobie Published
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