The popularity achieved by Linux over the past couple of years has nothing to do with the appearance of its various user interfaces, which are still left horribly wanting.
Last week saw one of the worst virus attacks of the past few months and again raises the age-old question of why business continues to rely on a platform that is notoriously vulnerable to attack.
The Venda language is the latest of three languages to be included in the release of the open source desktop environment KDE.
A recent report on software management tools for Linux lists a number of well-known players in the market, as well as some less likely candidates.
Gauteng education MEC Ignatius Jacobs visited Alexandra yesterday to unveil the latest in a line of GautengOnline pilot projects, this time a 25-workstation Linux network established by the Sahara consortium.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has announced a pre-tested Web server farm based on the Linux operating system.
Keeping track of log files is one of the best ways to ensure network intruders are kept out. It is also the most time-consuming and mind-numbingly dull job in the world unless you have a logging tool.
A developer preview version of FreeBSD 5.0 has been released, paving the way for a full release of the operating system later this year.
The Apache Software Foundation this weekend announced the first general release of version 2.0 of its Apache Web server software.
Securing your Linux boxes against intrusion is a time-consuming task. Fortunately there are a number of open source applications that make the task just a little bit simpler.
Veritas Software says its Veritas Foundation Suite now supports Red Hat Linux.
Borland Software says Apropos Retail Management Systems has chosen the Borland Kylix 2 solution for its Linux-based retail offerings.
If you have a few old computers lying around, or if you need to set up a low-cost network, have a look at the Linux Terminal Server Project for one of the easiest ways to set up a diskless Linux network.