With the first release in 2004, Ubuntu established itself as one of the most user-friendly GNU/Linux distributions available. Since then, each release has reaffirmed this reputation, although recent versions have coasted a little.

The eternal battle for the Linux desktop: Which GUI reigns supreme, GNOME or KDE?

The Linux Foundation and Novell team up to deliver Build Service, which will aid in the creation of software packages for CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise and Ubuntu.

Desktop Linux apps abound, but Linux vendors and communities need to do more to make them accessible.

"It's out there now, or at least in the process of getting mirrored out", says Linus Torvalds, announcing -- in a typically low key fashion -- to the release of Linux kernel 2.6.29.

I find it hard to believe that there are still fools out there who don't think you can make money, serious as heart attack money, with Linux and open source. Let Red Hat spell it out for you.

Citigroup said Red Hat Inc, which posted strong quarterly results on Wednesday, is a potential takeover target as the Linux software maker's strategy attracts the attention of larger technology firms.

Reading today’s story about the chief exec of Red Hat admitting he was unsure if Linux had a future on the desktop reminded me of a conversation I had just two days ago, at the Samsung European Congress in Vienna.

When Microsoft sued TomTom for patent violations in its Linux-based navigators, it probably didn't figure what would happen next.

RED HAT supremo Jim Whitehurst thinks it jolly unlikely that Linux will ever get onto the desktop.

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