CSSA, with the sponsorship of IBM, hosted a Linux event in East London in September.
Unlike the world of Windows in which there is very little choice when it comes to desktop environments, Linux offers users literally a plethora of options for customising their working environment.
Borland Software has unveiled its strategy to provide Web Services support for the Linux operating system.
Linux advocates talk endlessly about the benefits of the open source model, but where better to prove its true value than in the education arena?
Despite being a fan of Linux, it is still occasionally disheartening to see exactly what Windows users take for granted and what the open source movement is still struggling to deliver.
It`s a Windows world. I suppose by now I should have learnt that but I still seem to be heading in the opposite direction.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is celebrating the tenth birthday of the Linux operating system with support for Linux across its Intel-based product range.
Much has been said about how Linux is not ready for the average desktop, but if products such as Mandrake are anything to go by, the desktop domination can`t be too far off.
Pondering the value of Pick 'n Pay`s Home Shopping venture, which launches in Gauteng tomorrow, and celebrating the Linux community`s somewhat different approach to parties.
Ten years on and Linux is still going strong. And as the party hats come out it is time to celebrate what really makes Linux so strong: its dedicated and often unrecognised users and user groups.
Open source word processor developers appear to be intent on emulating the likes of Microsoft Word than on building truly functional editing tools.
The ideals of the free software movement are becoming increasingly muddy and when supposedly 'open source` companies talk of software patents, the dream starts to slip away.
The Linux movement has little to do with operating systems, applications and software. Linux is a concept, philosophy and religion. Its users are zealots. Its creators are priests. Linus Torvalds is its god.