Linux makes gains
SuSE makes plans to sell desktop PCs online, IBM hires more programmers for its Power processor family, and Linux leader Linus Torvalds test-drives the software's new kernel.
The German Linux distributor expands its consumer-desktop focus, even as it continues to sell software for high-end servers.
July 15, 2003
Big Blue puts more muscle behind its effort to improve Linux for its Power family of processors, adding dozens of programmers to its Linux Technology Center.
July 14, 2003
Hoping to focus the attention of Linux developers, Linux leader Linus Torvalds releases a preliminary version of the operating system's next kernel.
July 14, 2003
perspectives
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh tells why the Initiative for Software Choice is lobbying hard to make sure government agencies don't unduly favor open source.
July 14, 2003
previous coverage
newsmakers
Linux's main man sounds off on SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM, intellectual property in the open-source world and the future of the open-source operating system.
July 8, 2003