If you want to implement the essentials of a Linux-based Internet firewall or residential gateway using hardly more than a single chip then Alchemy Semiconductor may have just what you need.

The company took yet another step away from product offering side of the embedded software industry when it announced the acquisition of WireSpeed Communications, a engineering firm specializing in custom-developed embedded software.

I was hacking bits of ideas for my own OS and working on a MUD called AberMUD. 386BSD came out, and it looked like there was finally an OS worth running on x86 hardware. Linux came out around the same time, but didn't need an FPU, so I started running Linux.

LuteLinux.com is a Linux startup providing products and services including the LuteLinux distribution, LuteLinux training and certification services, and management and consulting services.

For years IBM struggled OS/2 as a competitor to Microsoft Windows. Now Linux has come charging over the horizon and offers IBM a weapon with which to take on its old adversary once more.

One size does not fit all when it comes to licensing free software.

Windows 2000 Professional beats Caldera in its application support architecture, security, and usability features, but Caldera's strong showing in all other areas, particularly bundled applications and setup outweighs these advantages.

Long-time Unix stalwart SCO is getting into the Linux business, with its own Linux release. Some say it was just a matter of time.

Serious e-businesses were supposed to use only RISC-based Unix servers. That is, until search engine Google.com came along and kicked that theory out the door by basing its entire network of 4,000 servers on Linux.

Linux is about to gain several improvements in performance and scalability that should make it a more viable enterprise operating system. But analysts say some key features will still be missing.