KDE 4, the next major version of the Linux desktop KDE, is likely to start up and run faster due to changes that have been made to Qt, the graphical framework that KDE is built on.

Struggling with its HP-UX business, Hewlett Packard is now eyeing the Linux space with its 'Linux for the Real World' strategy showcased at the Linux Bangalore/2004 event.

Browser is gaining in popularity, but not necessarily at the office.

Browser is gaining in popularity, but not necessarily at the office.

According to a report by analysts IDC, quarterly sales of servers running the Linux operating system topped $1bn (£533m) for the first time during the third quarter of 2004.

Intel has begun an effort to make it easier for sales partners in China and India to sell desktop computers running Linux, starting a more active phase in the company's help with the open-source operating system.

CRN has placed Linus Torvalds on the top, for his contributions to Linux, which became an undeniable force over the past year.

A Linux developer -- he prefers to remain anonymous -- has told NewsForge he was recently contacted by Microsoft and invited to a job interview. He accepted, and during the interview he asked the obvious question: Why was Microsoft interested in hiring someone with strong Linux skills? The reply was that Microsoft is working on an emulator that will allow Windows users to run Unix.

The database company is going head to head with PostgreSQL and MySQL with a free version of its ASE database for Linux.

In an effort to vault its Power processors into more widespread use, IBM plans to announce Monday a new, inexpensive server line called OpenPower that can run just the Linux operating system, CNET News.com has learned.