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An agreement with SCO Group protects Linux seller SuSE from legal action stemming from SCO's accusation that Unix software was copied into Linux, SuSE said.
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This article provides information VFS. A virtual filesystem (VFS) is an abstraction with surprisingly productive uses. Several popular languages now support VFS constructs, including Java and Perl. Tcl's filesystem is completely virtual filesystem aware and is way ahead of other languages in its VFS sophistication. The concept should intrigue anyone working with Linux, of course, simply because so much of Linux's own character comes from the representation of devices, tables, and other objects within the UNIX filesystem.
Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group chief executive Darl McBride said Thursday.
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Leaders of several major open-source projects have joined George Washington University's Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute to push for greater government use of the Linux operating system
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IBM categorically declares that it "has not engaged in any wrongdoing" and that, contrary to SCO's allegations, it has not misappropriated any trade secrets, nor engaged in unfair competition, nor interfered with SCO's contracts nor breached any contractual obligations to SCO.
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Red Hat Germany has published a new magazine for Red Hat Linux system administrators. Issue #1 comes also with the first 3 Red Hat Linux 9 CDs.
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The jury is no longer out on Linux. Oracle, Novell and even Microsoft have acknowledged the Penguin as suitable for the enterprise. Oracle, for instance, has begun actively recommending Linux to customers over all other operating environments, including the Unix flavours and Windows. More worrying for Microsoft is Oracle's claim that its user-developers are moving away from Windows to Linux.
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First UK IBM Linux Centre of Competence opens in London
IBM has opened a 'Centre of Competence' to provide advice and assistance for financial services customers interested in Linux.
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IBM has opened a 'Centre of Competence' to provide advice and assistance for financial services customers interested in Linux.
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SuSE has introduced a new Linux operating system product geared for telecommunications companies, named several new executives and signed up an advertising agency to elevate the German company's profile.
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IBM has added several new centers worldwide devoted to Linux specialties in energy, government and mainframes, part of its years-long effort to spread the operating system as widely as possible.
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Evans Data Corp's 2003 Linux Developer Survey is out, and this year Evans brought in Nicholas Petreley -- long-time Linux observer, founding editor of LinuxWorld.com, and contributing editor for InfoWorld -- to analyze the survey results. To get some perspectives on what the survey tells us about Linux developers' likes and dislikes, take a look at this interview.
A Japanese firm is launching a Linux-based handheld computer sporting Wi-Fi, a mobile phone and a camera, the result of collaboration between China, Korea and Japan. The device is aimed at manufacturers and vendors who may wish to include customised hardware and services.
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XPde 0.3.5 has been released
Loads of Linux Links (LoLL) Version 1.1.0 has been released.
There are many changes and improvements, notably a new look to the website, W3C compliancy, better search engine and improvement of the underlying data with 1400 links added, 500 links deleted, bringing the total to 4000+ links. See full announcement at: http://loll.sourceforge.net/announce-1.1.0.html .
Loads of Linux Links is a GPled database and software to generate a website with 4000+ subject-classified and searchable Linux links for all levels of Linux users. The purpose of the Loads of Linux Links project is to collect,organise, classify and maintain important URLs about Linux and the Open Source movement. The site is updated several times per week, with database maintenance a top priority.
There are many changes and improvements, notably a new look to the website, W3C compliancy, better search engine and improvement of the underlying data with 1400 links added, 500 links deleted, bringing the total to 4000+ links. See full announcement at: http://loll.sourceforge.net/announce-1.1.0.html .
Loads of Linux Links is a GPled database and software to generate a website with 4000+ subject-classified and searchable Linux links for all levels of Linux users. The purpose of the Loads of Linux Links project is to collect,organise, classify and maintain important URLs about Linux and the Open Source movement. The site is updated several times per week, with database maintenance a top priority.
Linus Torvalds has said that there is no reason why Linux could not include digital rights management technology, raising the possibility that the software could follow in Microsoft's 'trusted computing' footsteps
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Microsoft said on Thursday it would not offer full technical support to customers running Office XP on Linux using intermediary software such as CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office package.
CrossOver Office allows Microsoft Office XP's productivity suite -- with the exception of Access and Outlook components of the package -- to be run on versions of Linux that use the Gnome or KDE desktop software.
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CrossOver Office allows Microsoft Office XP's productivity suite -- with the exception of Access and Outlook components of the package -- to be run on versions of Linux that use the Gnome or KDE desktop software.
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Taiwanese hardware maker Via Technologies and U.S.-based PC maker Mini-Box have unveiled a tiny desktop computer featuring an embedded Linux operating system.
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Oracle has announced support for AMD's latest Opteron processor with a release of its 9i Database running 32-bit Linux designed for the processor architecture.
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Deploying and developing your application on Linux for the IBM pSeries and iSeries POWER platforms is similar to deploying and developing on other Linux systems. In this article the similarities and differences that you need to be aware of for the Linux POWER systems are discussed.
