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Secure Linux distribution maker Trustix recently launched a software-pricing scheme aimed at users in the server hosting market.

Labeled a "Request for Discussion," the e-mail outlines a suggestion to his fellow kernel developers that - spurred by the SCO lawsuits - the time has come for

The chroot daemon allows you to run a program and have it see a given directory as the root (/) directory. This effectively locks the process into its very own filesystem ("chroot jail") isolated from the real / filesystem. In this article we will ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could have forced Linux vendor Lindows Inc. to change its business name worldwide, a Netherlands court on Thursday ruled that Lindows' current limited use of the Lindows name does not violate Microsoft Corp.'s Windows trademark.

Macromedia releases an update to its Flash Player for the open-source operating system, adding support for SOAP and a popular Web formatting style.

As the open source industry grows and becomes more widely accepted, the use of Linux as a secure operating system is becoming a prominent choice among corporations, educational institutions and government sectors. With national security concerns at an all time high, the question remains: Is Linux secure enough to successfully operate the government and military's most critical IT applications?

Next time your NTFS-based drive decides to take a sudden trip down south, give BG-Rescue Linux a try.

THE SOFTWARE COLOSSUS which bestrides the Solar System, Microsoft, is apparently designing a secret weapon to take out Linux. Its

Let's say you're a Chinese or Iranian citizen with the good luck to have access to an Internet connection. If you were interested in finding out about democracy, grass-roots political organization, or privacy by using that connection, you'd probably have a tough time, thanks to an Internet filtering service sponsored by the U.S. tax dollars.

When Novell made its surprise announcement last week that Ximian Connector was being released under the free software GPL license, I began to wonder if it marked the end of the Ximian era. Connector, after all, was the centerpiece of the Ximian strategy to make inroads into the corporate desktop market by providing full compatibility with the widely used Microsoft Exchange mail server. The answer? Novell giveth and Novell taketh away.

According to all the market research firms, BEA Systems has been a leader in the proprietary enterprise application server business for quite some time. In fact, it held the top sales spot in the Java application server market with its WebLogic product line over IBM and Oracle for several years, owning from 25 to 35 percent of the market. Customers say products and services from BEA are good and reliable -- albeit a bit pricey. So why is it suddenly giving away its Workshop toolset code?

A new open source evaluation model will be published this summer that will finally shed some long-overdue harsh light on a key business and development question: Can I use open source for that?

In a move against claims and worries that proprietary code might make its way into Linux, Linus Torvalds is changing how programmers can contribute code to the Linux kernel.

Responding to a recent column, the readers speak, and it turns out there are many reasons to hate—or praise—the Linux distributor.

With much of the Linux industry consolidating around Novell/SUSE and Red Hat, and some other smaller Linux distributions feeling the squeeze, Mandrakesoft managed to return to profitability in the first quarter of the year. Right now, the Linux distributor is brimming with activity around new products, partnerships, and Web-based services.