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Dell tests users' appetite for Linux

Dell has sent out a questionnaire to see if users are interested in desktop Linux, and which version of the open-source operating system they would like to use on Dell hardware. Read more »

Dell buys in to Microsoft-Novell pact

Dell has become the first PC maker to put its support behind Microsoft and Novell's effort to bridge the gap between Windows and Linux server computing. Read more »

Dell likes Linux for virtualization

At LinuxWorld the Dell CTO says the two will make running multiple operating systems on a single computer easier. Read more »

Dell Linux PCs to skip Australia?

Asia- Pacific customers wanting to get their hands on Dell PCs, pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux, will have to wait. Read more »

Oracle expands Linux compatibility

The list of hardware compatible with Oracle's Linux distribution continues to grow, with the software maker certifying six new configurations this week. Read more »

Oracle claims Yahoo as Linux convert

Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison announced the company's first prominent Linux customer Tuesday: Yahoo. But Red Hat hasn't been pushed aside at the Internet company. Read more »

Scared or oblivious: Australia's SMEs on Linux

Australian SMEs aren't paying nearly enough attention to Linux considering the top priority for their IT managers is to "reduce costs", but despite the prevailing attitude, it won't take much for open source to have a far greater impact in the near future, according to research released today. Read more »

HP launches Linux desktop in Australia

Hewlett-Packard and Red Hat have started selling a new Linux-based desktop PC targeting small and medium businesses. Read more »

Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' released, hit by traffic

Canonical on Thursday released version 7.04 of Ubuntu Linux, nicknamed Feisty Fawn, but the company's Web site was unable to keep up with the demand for the software. Read more »

Vmware offers performance testing tool

Vmware has launched a new tool to test the performance of virtualised systems, which in the past has been difficult to pin down despite the benefits of virtualisation. Read more »

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Is Linux on the move?

CIOs have moved from the sidelines to the playing field in the search for a successor to traditional data centre products. Have they found one in Linux? Read more »

Building the Linux business infrastructure

IBM has the Linux middleware tools you need today--but so do Oracle, BEA, and many other enterprise software vendors. Why the rush, and what's in it for you? Read more »

Is Caldera moving away from Linux?

Caldera's name change to SCO Group has prompted fears that the company is abandoning Linux. The CEO says this is not true. Read more »

Is Red Hat going to be the next Microsoft?

How could a little company that provides Linux open source software hope to topple Microsoft? Could Red Hat become the next dominant (not necessarily domineering) operating systems provider? Read more »

Is it kill or cure for Oracle's database buy?

Purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering about the database giant's motives. Read more »

Blog (1)

All this matter and make up and déjá vu

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- There are some weeks when you could be mistaken for thinking that the record had skipped and the players involved were simply going through the motions -- this week was one of them. Read more »

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