results for 'suse linux'
CA's CTO Al Nugent: "Enterprise IT is like a lasagne"
On the eve of the closing day of CA’s annual user conference, its chief technologist talks about the strategic and technological direction of the...
Open source in the legal firing line
Litigation and open source are becoming increasingly common bedfellows, illustrated most recently by the SCO crisis and the Microsoft/Novel...
Q&A: Pamela Jones of Groklaw
Groklaw is the blog that has made a difference. Created as a personal project by Pamela Jones, better known as PJ, in 2003, its stated purpose was...
The open source patent war
The Microsoft/Novell patent agreement and the attempted litigation by SCO with various Linux users underline business concerns about the potential...
Open-source for business
Despite the legal uncertainties affecting Linux, open-source software development and use is growing in the enterprise community, even in...
Sunny future for cloud computing
Linux, HPC and virtualisation have all lead to the rise of cloud computing, which offers a range of efficiencies to companies willing to set their...
Corporate investment the price of Linux's freedom
It may be open source, but Linux has frequently required corporate support, including from the proprietary software market.
FreeBSD and the GPL
Linus Torvalds has said Linux wouldn't have happened if 386BSD had been around when he started up. We trace the history of FreeBSD and how it's...
Free Linux driver development
Open source drivers will become an imperative, rather than a choice, for device manufacturers who want to break into new markets and extend their...
A brief history of Linux and the cosmos
<i>IT PRO</i> looks at how free and open source software is helping academics, researchers and scientists gain a better understanding of space and...
Wrestling with the monopoly
Thanks to the EU we can now hope for a positive expansion of open standards, innovation and competition on the desktop. In this new environment...
The need to know: Documentation in Linux
Documenting the development of open source software is key to keeping it easy to use, but some disagree on its necessity.
Building on a Linux brand
Red Hat is a perfect example of how open source firms need to trade on their reputation, not just their product.
The lost world of the Xandros desktop
The latest release of the Xandros Linux desktop edition was in June 2006, which is several lifetimes in the history of Linux. Is this the end of...
Linux - a disruptive technology?
Is Linux the disruptive technology, or is it the GNU General Public License which really shook up the open source world?
Xandros buys Linspire – What does it mean for Linux?
Xandros has bought Linspire with a renewed aim of establishing Linux on the desktop, but neither has made the impact that might have been hoped for...
SCO's estranged relationship with Linux
Following a court ruling that Novell owns key Unix copyrights rather than embattled SCO, we look at the colourful and litigious relationship SCO...
Is Ubuntu the way forward for Linux?
IT PRO speaks to Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth about the future for Ubuntu and Linux as a platform.
advertisement
Most popular
- Ubuntu vs. Windows 7 on the business desktop
- York researchers heat storage to speed up data
- OneNote hits Google?s Android
- O2 trials Olympic-scale remote working
- Who to trust after the VeriSign hack?
- Lenovo beats expectations again
- BlackBerry Bold 9790 review
- Will someone rid me of these troublesome Macs?
- Google to promise fairness after Motorola buy
- Welcome to the stay-at-home Olympics
