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Xandros Aims Linux Version at Windows Users
BOSTON—Xandros Inc. has announced improvements in its distribution of a desktop version of Linux as well as a completely new version aimed at Windows users. Xandros executives also said they were using this week’s LinuxWorld as a venue to recruit channel partners to sell the new software. The main improvement to its desktop product is…
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Startup Extends Active Directory to Linux Systems
Centrify Corp. has released DirectControl, a Microsoft Active Directory-based program that enables network administrators to use AD’s identity, access and policy management for not only Windows, but also Unix and Linux systems. According to Centrify CEO Tom Kemp, with DirectControl “administrators can reduce management costs associated with user account management, strengthen security throughout their organization…
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20 Linux Cell Phones in the Works
Trolltech announced Monday that more than 50 companies are developing or shipping Linux-based devices using its Qtopia graphical application platform software, including more than 20 mobile phones. These successes signal “a surge in the market for handsets built on the popular open source Linux operating system,” the company says. “We think that 2005 is going…
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Microsoft to Put Patch Service to the Test
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday confirmed that it will release in March a beta version of what it is calling a unified software update service for consumers and small and midsize businesses. Called Microsoft Update, the service will provide a single location for users to get security and performance patches for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server…
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Red Hat Rolls Out New Enterprise Linux, Takes Shots at Sun
BOSTON—As expected, Red Hat Inc. announced Monday the release of its new top-end Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, at a meeting with partners and customers at LinuxWorld here. What wasn’t expected was that Red Hat would come out firing at Sun Microsystems Inc.. Red Hat’s Paul Cormier, executive vice president of engineering, hammered home…
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AMD Brings Open-Source Virtualization to Opteron
BOSTON—Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is partnering with XenSource Inc. to bring an open-source virtualization option to its 64-bit Opteron processors. AMD will port the Xen virtualization package to Opteron later in the first half of the year, company officials announced Tuesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here. “Virtualization is more and more a key…
