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SCO wanted to gag Torvalds

Unix company was gathering information to support a court order to silence individuals related to its open-source legal case against IBM. Read more »

Two Linux consortia band together

The Open Source Developer Labs and the Free Standards Group, two groups trying to standardise and steer Linux, have merged in an effort to increase their influence. Read more »

Linux kernel gains serviceability features

The Linux kernel has been updated with several serviceability improvements, chiefly around the kdump and SystemTap features. Read more »

Linux lab cuts staff and focuses on legal work

Open Source Development Labs, an industry-funded consortium, has cut a third of its staff, lost its chief executive and scaled back some technical work. Read more »

'Portland' 1.0 aims to ease Linux interface

Programmers have released version 1.0 of the Portland software project designed to help bridge the gap between two widely used Linux user interfaces, KDE and GNOME. Read more »

GPL clarification needed ASAP

The Free Software Foundation urgently needs to explain how software governed by the current General Public License will interact with that governed by a successor now under development Read more »

VMware gets closer to the Linux kernel

As Xen makes strides into the SuSE and Red Hat kernels, the central Linux team is trying a more egalitarian approach. Read more »

VMware-friendly change likely for Linux

Linux programmers are moving toward a change that would put virtualisation software from VMware on a more even footing with open-source rival Xen. Read more »

Device support 'key' to desktop Linux

Hardware manufacturers should do more to make their devices compatible with Linux, experts agreed on Tuesday. Read more »

Linux lab looks to bridge GNOME and KDE

Open Source Development Labs is previewing work that attempts to make life easier for software companies by bridging GNOME and KDE, the two competing graphical interfaces most widely used with Linux. Read more »

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The open-source techie who means business

Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop. Read more »

The open-source patent conundrum

The latest tactic in the software-patenting battle is the granting of patent rights to open-source developers. But are the grants really the equivalent of wolves in sheep's clothing? Read more »

Proprietary vs. open source? Take the best of both codes

The Microsoft vs. Linux confrontation is too often seen as a battle for the hearts and minds of this industry. From a corporate IT perspective, each side has legitimate claims and products to offer. It's not an either-or situation; it's about the price and service for goods rendered. The enterprise will be a hybrid world that continues to integrate both proprietary and open source code for a long time to come. Read more »

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Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

-- posted by Staff
IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

-- posted by Chris Duckett
Google launches Apps Marketplace

Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

-- posted by Staff