Linux took a step forward in high-end servers with the recent adoption of software that should help IBM, NEC, SGI and others use the open-source operating system better in multiprocessor servers.
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The KDE League has released a new version of its desktop software for Linux and Unix operating systems, with a focus on encouraging the recent trend of Linux desktop adoption by businesses and governments.
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The day is approaching when Linux will likely replace IBM's version of Unix, the company's top software executive said, an indication that the upstart operating system's stature is rising within Big Blue.
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Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever is moving its global IT infrastructure onto Linux as part of a plan to save Eur100m (£66m) over the next three years.
The company is aiming for cost savings and a simpler infrastructure by switching from a Unix server environment to Linux running on Intel Itanium-based machines.
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The company is aiming for cost savings and a simpler infrastructure by switching from a Unix server environment to Linux running on Intel Itanium-based machines.
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Tom's HArdware Guide has posted their LinuxWorld coverage
Microsoft was a surprise winner in the open source awards announced at LinuxWorld last week.
The company's Services for Unix 3.0 won the award for best system integration software in the Open Source Product Excellence Awards.
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The company's Services for Unix 3.0 won the award for best system integration software in the Open Source Product Excellence Awards.
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Idot, a small PC maker specializing in direct online sales, will sell a Lindows Media Computer model that incorporates some home entertainment functions such as DVD and digital music playback. The company plans to begin selling the PCs early next month, with prices starting at $330 without a monitor.
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Linux's popularity with programmers has already managed to make a huge dent on the market share of rival software Unix and now it's gradually threatening to do the same with Microsoft's dominance of the business software market. And giants such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell Computer are lending a helping hand.
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Saw over at OSNews that Australian IT has posted an article on Linus Torvalds and Desktop Linux
BaseLine Magazine has posted a new Linux article: Will Intel, Linux Put out Sun's Lights?
ExtremeTech has posted an article from the LinuxWorld 2003
PC Mag has posted an article on Desktop Linux
Thanks REL!c2K for this one:
Not sure when the public will have access to the ports, but through out the 3 of Linux World 2003 Icculus and team, surprised and demonstraited some of their ported games to the crowds. Here are some of them;
LINUX WORLD 2003 DAY 3, AMERICA'S ARMY:
* LinuxWorld, Day Three. (posted 2003-01-24 10:47:12 by icculus):
Almost everyone is hungover, no one has slept, and we're just trying to get through the day.
Surprise Number Three had a last minute show-stopper, so we're not showing it on the showfloor today, but I'll give you a teaser for now: Have a looksie.
http://icculus.org/~icculus/tmp/2003_01_19_170839_shot.jpg
--icculus.
LINUX WORLD 2003 DAY 2 MOHAA CLIENT:
* We are still duct-taping the dead DDR mat, but we've got a second dance ninja here while we feed Brandan (the PyDDR author) oxygen and water to keep him going.
PyDDR is moving to icculus.org Real Soon Now.
Oh, and Surprise Number Two: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, running natively on Linux. Come check it out in Booth #9.
--icculus.
LINUX WORLD 2003 DAY 1, SERIOUS SAM:SECOND ENCOUNTER:
* We've been up and running for 45 minutes, and we've already slaughtered a Dance Dance Revolution mat, wowed a ton of people, and showed off Surprise Number One...Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, running on Linux. Come check us out; we're the loudest booth in the Dot-Org Pavilion.
--icculus.
Not sure when the public will have access to the ports, but through out the 3 of Linux World 2003 Icculus and team, surprised and demonstraited some of their ported games to the crowds. Here are some of them;
LINUX WORLD 2003 DAY 3, AMERICA'S ARMY:
* LinuxWorld, Day Three. (posted 2003-01-24 10:47:12 by icculus):
Almost everyone is hungover, no one has slept, and we're just trying to get through the day.
Surprise Number Three had a last minute show-stopper, so we're not showing it on the showfloor today, but I'll give you a teaser for now: Have a looksie.
http://icculus.org/~icculus/tmp/2003_01_19_170839_shot.jpg
--icculus.
LINUX WORLD 2003 DAY 2 MOHAA CLIENT:
* We are still duct-taping the dead DDR mat, but we've got a second dance ninja here while we feed Brandan (the PyDDR author) oxygen and water to keep him going.
PyDDR is moving to icculus.org Real Soon Now.
Oh, and Surprise Number Two: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, running natively on Linux. Come check it out in Booth #9.
--icculus.
LINUX WORLD 2003 DAY 1, SERIOUS SAM:SECOND ENCOUNTER:
* We've been up and running for 45 minutes, and we've already slaughtered a Dance Dance Revolution mat, wowed a ton of people, and showed off Surprise Number One...Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, running on Linux. Come check us out; we're the loudest booth in the Dot-Org Pavilion.
--icculus.
Dell Computer has switched 14 of its internal servers from Sun Microsystems machines to its own systems running Linux and a new version of Oracle's database software, Chief Information Officer Randy Mott said Thursday.
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LinuxWorld: The death of Unix?
The SCO Group is working on a new platform, known as SCOx, that it hopes will drive the next generation of applications on both the network and the server, across both Unix and Linux.
SCO Group chief executive Darl McBride told eWEEK in an interview here at LinuxWorld Wednesday that two of the company's core customer segments-the replicated site customer and the small- to medium-sized business customer-are looking for a platform that melds their server-based solutions and the Internet.
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SCO Group chief executive Darl McBride told eWEEK in an interview here at LinuxWorld Wednesday that two of the company's core customer segments-the replicated site customer and the small- to medium-sized business customer-are looking for a platform that melds their server-based solutions and the Internet.
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Saw over Slashdot that OzChip has a new Xbox chip which comes preinstalled with the new Cromwell Linux BIOS.
IBM executives are preparing to announce at the LinuxWorld trade show here that the company received more than $1 billion in revenue from sales of Linux-based software, hardware and services in 2002.
Big Blue will also formally introduce Jim Stallings, its new general manager of Linux, to the media and Linux community. Stallings, who was IBM's vice president of eServer sales (North America), replaces Steve Solazzo, who is on "special assignment" integrating Rational Software Corp. into IBM.
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Big Blue will also formally introduce Jim Stallings, its new general manager of Linux, to the media and Linux community. Stallings, who was IBM's vice president of eServer sales (North America), replaces Steve Solazzo, who is on "special assignment" integrating Rational Software Corp. into IBM.
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MYSQL ON TUESDAY announced at the LinuxWorld Expo conference in New York a version of its MySQL open-source database that includes "subselects" and other improvements to help enable the database to be used for large-scale enterprise application.
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IBM, three years into its embrace of Linux, will continue its evangelist effort this week by putting on display Unilever and several other new customers using the operating system.
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