Expanding Linux adoption beyond key vertical markets is an important driver for Red Hat Inc.'s growth, which remains steady even as one of its strongest customer sectors -- financial services -- is getting hit hard by the U.S. crisis, the company's CEO, Jim Whitehurst, said Tuesday.

Many people are put off using Ubuntu because of installation issues. Not that installation is difficult, of course, but for the true non-technical user, it's equivalent to scaling Mount Everest.
This guide is for them.

Virtualization software can help you run programs that your native Linux distro wouldn't. While Linux users have many virtualization options, none comes close to the all-encompassing VMware Workstation 6.5.

Today CyberLink released what might be the most confusing press release I have ever tried to read. Unfortunately, the various news articles say little more.

No more discussion on the new wallpaper that is probably going to be ported with the next version of our favorite OS that is going to be released on 30th October, 2008.

FDupes uses md5sums and then a byte by byte comparison to find duplicate files within a set of directories. It has several useful options including recursion.

Whether you believe that punctuality is 'the politeness of kings'; or 'the art of guessing how late the other fellow is going to be' you can count on your Linux box for information about local times across the globe, so that you can plan a punctual VoIP call, stock transaction, or meeting. Here are some world clocks that work well on the desktop.