Novell has launched a test release of an open-source project that recreates Microsoft's .Net programming framework on Linux and Unix.

DaimlerChrysler has asked a judge to dismiss the SCO Group's lawsuit against the company, one of several high-profile cases that have entangled Linux in SCO's intellectual-property claims over Unix.

Red Hat's newest version of Linux has been granted a significant security certification, bringing the company a step closer to competitors.

The project has evolved along this time. A new approach is being made. Scitech SNAP drivers are supported, progress on the File System and device drivers, such as Network devices and HID drivers, and a C library (diet-libc) port.

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As Microsoft focuses on merging its Web browser and operating system software, open-source competitors are mulling a proposal to join forces and beat the software giant to the punch.

How will the future operating systems look like? How the user interface, the inner workings, the security policies and the networking will interact? In any case, innovation is the key.

The creator of the Linux operating system, Linus

Torvalds, has weighed in on the issue of backporting

features from newer Linux kernels into older ones,

calling the practice a good thing for the most part.

SUSE's chief technology officer said he believes the

practice of "backporting" features from the 2.6 Linux kernel into older versions is a "bad thing" because it interferes with standardization of the open source operating system.

Home appliances giant Samsung Electronics is leaning

towards using Linux as the major operating system in

its products. A Samsung official said the company will increase the number of Linux-based items and developers to adopt Linux as a strategic operating system.

hat better way is there to drum up interest in your

software after a shift in its brand name? If you're

Lindows CEO Michael Robertson, you give it away.