Sun Microsystems has lost a key individual responsible for getting its aspiring open-source software included in leading Linux distributions.

Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious; the likes of Slackware and Debian have been around since Linus was in short trousers. SUSE, Fedora, Mandriva and Ubuntu are similarly too significant to ignore. What about the others?

Rumours that HP may be developing its own Linux operating system have surfaced from anonymous sources in a recent news article.

The Communications Research Center Canada (CRC) has created a prototype handset that can receive datacasting signals. Its Linux-based "Openmokast" phone is built atop OpenMoko's open-source Neo FreeRunner phone platform, and along with typical smartphone functions, supports reception of live digital radio, video, and data broadcasts.

Unassuming Ubuntu has announced a new clever creature is coming to its alliterative aggregation of Linux distros.

It's hardly news these days when RHEL or Suse Linux boots Windows or Unix off a server. And we know that commercial software vendors are paying plenty of attention to commercial open source.

Dell’s new laptops sideline Windows with a fast-boot Linux OS and ARM processor to check email, browse the Web and even sync with Exchange.

IBM has launched its latest attack on Microsoft in the enterprise, forming an alliance with three top Linux distributors to promote Microsoft-free PCs around the world.

Unison Technologies and the Ubuntu Linux sponsor Canonical have teamed up to offer a complete unified communications suite for small to medium-sized businesses that run Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu is the latest Linux distro to fall under the loving gaze of systems giant IBM, in its endless march to unseat Microsoft from business desktops and servers.

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