Linux runs on the first e-book reader released this year ... and on the second ... and the third.

A representative of Red Hat told a reporter recently that the company, which abandoned desktop Linux years ago in order to devote its energies to the server market, "will indeed be pushing the Linux desktop again."  Such a move would presumably present a challenge to Ubuntu, which has dominated the desktop scene for a long time.  Or would it?

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make the primary operating system used in state schools free and open source.

Steve Ballmer's deal with the Catalonian government is seen as a leverage against their existing Open Source strategy.

I have been using KDE 4.2 on both my Gentoo systems (laptop and desktop) since about a week after it was released. I still run it now and plan on running it until the next big release of KDE.

I recently got a note out of the blue from another technology journalist. He wrote, "I know I'm often critical of Linux, but I'm SOOOOO GLAD I installed Ubuntu on my laptop. I installed some patches to Vista and now Vista won't boot, not even in Safe mode. Uggh!"

Do you still doubt the power of the emerging open source IT channel? Consider this: Axilom, a solutions provider based in France, has won a contract to deploy Compiere Inc.’s open source ERP (enterprise resource planning) system for La Poste, a global postal processing organization with 300,000 employees and 45 million customers. Here’s the scoop.