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Torvalds, Cox Agree on the Future Kernel

The battle over the Linux kernel that has divided the developer community appears to be over—at least for now.Last week, Linux creator Linus Torvalds...

Cox Wont Be Maintainer of 2.4 Linux Kernel

Alan Cox, the right-hand man to Linus Torvalds, the original developer of the Linux open-source operating system, has told kernel developers that he will...

SuSE to Distribute IBM Linux in Europe, M.E., Africa

German-headquartered SuSE Linux is planning to distribute IBMs entire line of software for Linux in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the two companies...

BMC Software Patrols the Desktop

BMC Software, which makes mainframe system management software, is extending the reach of its Patrol system down to the desktop, including Linux desktops.BMCs Patrol...

Red Hat Makes Itself More Available

There arent a lot of changes in the newest update of Red Hat Inc.s Red Hat Linux, but the biggest change—the addition of a...

Geekspeak: October 8, 2001

Want to take advantage of some of the excellent open-source security tools but dont have a ready Linux system at your disposal? Well, to...

New Vulnerability Found in CDE

Security researchers have found a vulnerability in a popular Unix GUI program that could enable an attacker to gain root privileges on a victims...

Study Shows Four Versions Of Linux Surpass Unix

Four versions of Linux have outstripped UnixWare in D.H. Brown Associates comparative analysis of operating systems, the first time Linux has surpassed any version...

Lab Improves Linux Kernel Patch Tests

The Open Source Development Lab has created a code benchmarking tool--known as the Scalable Test Platform--that it says will allow developers to easily test...

Management Tool Keeps Linux Systems in Tune

Systems management startup Aduva is trying to reduce the cost of managing free software.As an open source operating system, Linux is available as a...