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Linux gets built-in Cell processor support
March 21, 2006
Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems.
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Corel to offer free Linux image editor
March 10, 2000
Mirroring its strategy with WordPerfect, Corel will offer the Linux version of its image editing software for free to keep from being squeezed out by Microsoft.
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Red Hat tests new programming aid
January 25, 2005
Top Linux seller begins public testing of software to make it easier for developers to write programs for its various versions of the OS.
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Key bugs in core Linux code squashed
August 3, 2005
Serious bugs in the latest Linux kernel have been fixed, a sign that the open-source OS is maturing.
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Project bridges Xen, KVM virtualization
June 6, 2007
Linux programmer Rusty Russell offers software that could unify some virtualization programming chores.
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Torvalds looking for new Linux home
April 8, 2005
Linus Torvalds wants replacement for BitKeeper system that houses and manages global programming effort. Development could slow as result.
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Open source casts new mold for type design
July 11, 2006
DejaVu font development gives Linux another toehold for its push into proprietary territory. Image: The DejaVu font
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Open-source honchos trash software patents
February 2, 2005
"Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit.
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Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step
January 24, 2005
Firm is expected to start sharing some source code of the OS and to detail its OpenSolaris plan on Tuesday.
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Year in review: Linux on the hot seat
December 16, 2004
SCO fell out of the limelight, but its legal actions triggered efforts to wrestle with open-source intellectual-property issues.
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Sun license gets open-source nod
January 19, 2005
The company has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make Solaris an open-source project, CNET News.com has learned.
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Canonical wants open-source cooperation
April 9, 2007
Ubuntu Linux backer hopes its Launchpad site will help open-source projects match Microsoft's collaboration abilities.
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Open-source allies go on patent offensive
August 11, 2005
Red Hat and OSDL's new patent efforts take a different tack in trying to deter some intellectual-property attacks.
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Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source
September 24, 2004
Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary.
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Sun criticizes popular open-source license
April 6, 2005
Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz applauds the open-source software realm but takes jabs at the GPL.
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Sprucing up open source's GPL foundation
December 23, 2004
The license that forms the legal underpinnings of Linux--and a software industry revolution--is being updated for the first time since 1991.
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