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Torvalds worries about patents and slow storage

Linus Torvalds has revealed he's worried about how patents will affect the future of Linux. Read more »

Linux is ready to go green: Linus Torvalds

The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne this week attending Australia's largest Linux conference. Read more »

Renewed Linux trademark bid in the works

The United States-based body responsible for protecting the "Linux" name appears to be making a renewed push to register it as a trademark in Australia. Read more »

Linux trademark bid rejected

An attempt by the nation's peak Linux body to register the name 'Linux' on behalf of Linus Torvalds has been rejected. Read more »

Stallman: 'Linux' trademark doesn't matter

Richard Stallman, chair of the Free Software Foundation, said on Thursday that the Linux trademark fracas in Australia has distracted attention away from the real issue -- that of freedom to distribute and change software. Read more »

Australian Linux trademark dispute reaches Torvalds

Linus Torvalds has been called on to help Australia's peak Linux association in a battle to stop local companies attempting to trademark the word "Linux". Read more »

Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?

Tech Ed: Security and the way windowing is handled remain two of the diminishing differences between Linux and Windows, according to one of the main speakers at Microsoft's developer conference. Read more »

Who really created Linux?

It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its scheduled publication. Read more »

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Linux creator takes commercial position

Linus Torvalds has been lured from Transmeta to work full-time on the open source Linux operating system. Read more »

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Torvalds worries about patents and slow storage

Linus Torvalds, who was attending Australia's largest Linux Conference, is worried about how patents will affect the future of Linux. Read more »

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Nokia starts trolling

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week Builder AU is on the road at linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne -- but before we get into all that is happening here, there is the small matter of Trolltech. Read more »

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