Linux

In-depth Richard Hillesley ponders the future of Mandriva.

By Richard Hillesley Published 25 June 10

News ARM and five other tech firms are to work together on making it easier to develop Linux software for ARM SoC-based mobile devices.

By Martin James Published 4 June 10

In-depth 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 the line for the Xandros desktop?

By Richard Hillesley Published 20 April 10

News Red Hat is updating its Linux server software to take advantage of new technologies from the likes of Intel and AMD.

By Jennifer Scott Published 1 April 10

In-depth Red Hat is a perfect example of how open source firms need to trade on their reputation, not just their product.

By Richard Hillesley Published 24 March 10

In-depth 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 affected the open source world.

By Richard Hillesley Published 18 February 10

In-depth With job losses rising and belts being tightened across the country, now is the perfect time to look once again at the benefits of using open source software aside from the reported $60 billion a year savings on offer.

By Tony Crammond Published 8 February 10

In-depth Slackware is the oldest Linux distribution still with us and has a loyal following among those long term Linux users who pine for the old fashioned virtues of simplicity, straightforwardness and lack of bloat.

By Richard Hillesley Published 18 January 10

In-depth Puppy Linux is something different, a tiny version of Linux that can be stored on a USB memory drive, will run in memory, and can be used for working on the move.

By Richard Hillesley Published 14 December 09

News Although still in the research stages, a manager at HP has demonstrated a way of allowing users to do both personal and work computing whilst keeping both environments secure from one another.

By Jennifer Scott Published 17 November 09