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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 »

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 »

Dell explains Linux delays

Dell has revealed the reasons behind its decision to delay the availability of Linux sold outside the US. Read more »

Dell users demand more Linux options

Thousands of Dell users have contacted a user forum to call for PCs to be shipped with a Linux operating system and the OpenOffice application suite. Read more »

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 »

Ubuntu chief: Oracle Linux has 'tactical value'

Oracle has the ability to support Linux, and doing so could have "tactical value" for the database company, the founder of Ubuntu Linux -- and a potential Oracle partner -- said Friday in the US. Read more »

Lenovo to pre-install Linux on ThinkPads

Lenovo has announced it will offer a pre-installed version of Linux on selected ThinkPad notebooks. Read more »

Gutsy Gibbon paves way for Ubuntu enterprise push

On Thursday, Canonical plans to release "Gutsy Gibbon," the Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 that the company hopes will lay the foundation for a serious push into the server and other markets in six months. Read more »

Is the demand for desktop Linux negligible?

There's been much fanfare about Linux replacing Windows on desktops but we've yet to see any major adoptions take place -- this may have something to do with the fact that in Australia, none of the major PC manufacturers have offered Linux as a pre-installed option. Read more »

OpenSolaris tackles Ubuntu dominance

Sun has crafted the second release of OpenSolaris with a number of improvements in an attempt to make it more competitive with desktop-orientated Linux distributions such as Canonical's Ubuntu. Read more »

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