Review of CrossOver Office 4.2
NewsForge has reviewed CrossOver Office 4.2, a program from CodeWeavers Inc. that allows Linux users to run many popular Windows applications without having to buy a licence for Windows itself. Some of...
View ArticleLargest Bank in China Switches To Linux
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has announced that it will deploy Linux on servers across its network of 20,000 branches. After completion of the project, many of ICBC's 390,000...
View ArticleA Look at Security Oriented Live CDs
A number of free open source security related Live CDs are available for the security administrator looking to further secure their network. An article over at SecurityFocus looks at some of these....
View ArticleIs Microsoft Buying Red Hat?
According to information on various blogs, Microsoft has had recent meetings with Red Hat. The speculation is that Microsoft might be in talks to purchase the Linux distribution provider. The move...
View ArticleIBM and Red Hat Join Forces Against Sun
In what looks like the start of a major operating system war, IBM and Red Hat have joined forces to battle Sun and its Solaris OS. IBM and Red Hat are offering free evaluation services for migrating...
View ArticleNokia Introduces Linux Based Nokia 770 Internet Tablet
Nokia is introducting the Nokia 770, a compact internet tablet based on the Linux operating system. Features include a 65,000 color 800x480 pixel display, a TI-OMAP CPU with DSP, 64 MB of RAM, 128 MB...
View ArticleCoverage of the Red Hat Summit
NewsForge has published coverage from the Red Hat Summit in New Orleans. Topics covered include the Red Hat Directory Server, the freeing of the Fedora Project, the global impact of open source, and...
View ArticleReview of Debian Linux 3.1
NewsForge has published a review of the recently released Debian 3.1 distribution of Linux, previously known as Sarge. Among the new features are a much better installer; better security and...
View ArticleFedora Core 4 Linux Released
Red Hat today released Fedora Core 4, the latest version of their free Linux distribution. Among the major improvements in Fedora Core 4 are GNOME 2.10 and KDE 3.4, the Evince multi-format document...
View ArticleReview of Xandros Desktop 3 Business Edition
MadPenguin has published a review of the new Xandros Desktop 3 Business Edition commercial distribution of Linux. Xandros Desktop 3 Business Edition is a business-oriented Linux designed to play nicely...
View ArticleReview of Xandros Desktop 3.0 Business Edition
NewsForge has published a review of Xandros Desktop 3.0 Business Edition, a commercial Linux distribution aimed at corporate and small business desktops. One of the unique features of Xandros is the...
View ArticleBuilding High Performance Linux Clusters
IBM DeveloperWorks has published a two-part article explaining how to build high performance Linux clusters. The discussion includes information about fail-over clusters, load-balancing clusters, and...
View ArticleReview of Mandriva Linux 2007
Linux Forums just published a review of the Mandriva 2007 commercial distribution of Linux. The review is quite thorough and includes a number of screenshots showing the various unique features of...
View ArticleRunning Windows Applications On Linux
The founder of MP3.com, Michael Robertson, came up with the solution how to make Windows software run on top of Linux. Robertson's solution is a new Linux distribution that will run all Windows...
View ArticleNokia N810 First Impressions
Ars Technica has posted an unboxing and first impressions of the new Nokia N810 internet tablet device. The reviewer was very impressed with the device, stating that the device is smaller than the...
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