Linux is gaining in popularity while the Linux industry is shrinking. While major players in the open source world lay off people, or merge, or watch their share prices hemorrhage, research maintains ...

A new wave of emerging Linux application providers are doubling and even tripling their channel investments this year as they move to take Linux from a cult status relegated to business niches to a ...

Linux Pundit Bill Weinberg has produced two posts this weekend asking why we don't have Linux laptops, what I would call Netbooks running Linux. His answers are conventional. Microsoft price cuts.

A recent development that could result in an uptick in corporate Linux desktop adoption had nothing to do with the open source community, foreign or U.S. government rulings, or legal fillings by SCO ...

The MarketStart program is an initiative to give open-source companies access to Novell's distribution channel and global support operations, sources said. It is designed to extend Novell's ...

How to get started with Linux Apps for Chromebooks. After months of user testing in developer and beta channels, the Crostini project at Google finally delivered the goods: Linux apps for most users ...

The Go Open Source campaign on Monday announced a R3-million investment into skills aimed at creating a formal channel for Linux and open-source software in South Africa. Called the Go Open Source ...

Big news for the assuredly huge pool of Linux users who also love Microsoft's software: Microsoft has released the first stable version of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for Linux. The move ...