For the first time, the company offers a real assessment of the Linux threat in its annual report.

A United Nations-funded organization has produced a Linux desktop manual for novice PC users as part of an effort to encourage developing countries to use open-source software.

Linux users in German-speaking countries and the U.K. will have an opportunity to buy keyboards specially designed for the open source operating system in late September, when Cherry GmbH launches what the company claims is the world's first Linux keyboard.

More and more state governments, educational institutions and corporates are exploring the possibility of adopting linux operating system, industry experts say.

ARM Ltd. will unveil a unique multi-processor core technology, capable of up to 4-way cache coherent symmetric multi-processing (SMP) running Linux.

It's easy to make money giving away software--just don't give away too much of it.

Open Source Development Labs, which promotes adoption of Linux, said Monday it is putting in place a new system to better track and document changes to the operating system's kernel.

Oracle will finish switching its 9,000-person in-house programming staff to Linux by the end of 2004, the database powerhouse said Wednesday.

Linux appears ready to take on Microsoft and Symbian in the smartphone market, with Trolltech's launch this week of a mobile phone app stack delivering PDA-like features on feature-phone-level hardware. Qtopia Phone Edition supports keypad and touchscreen

devices, and nearly any processor that can run Linux.

Red Hat announced a new version of the Linux operating system software today: Red Hat Desktop, which has been designed for corporate use and will be a companion product to the company's current desktop offering, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS