Security features prevent competition and limit innovation, vendor alleges.

Linux doesn't have to be a silent workhorse. Leigh Dyer examines the state of sound support in Linux

Leigh Dyer shows how virtualisation technologies could change the server market.

They will get past your security software. Know your enemy and protect yourself.

Microsoft vows to block shortcut.

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.

Version 2.6.23 hits the web.

Are you a Linux user longing for iTunes? A bit of time and a little custom software can bring music to your ears.

The Linux kernel provides the basic services and device drivers used by all other programs running o...

Month of Kernel Bugs highlights yet another Apple vulnerability.

Leigh Dyer infuses a cheap standalone router with the power of Linux.

Red Hat's latest offering is a finely tuned offensive into the lucrative corporate desktop market. With the Linux steamroller on a collision course for Redmond the last year has seen a number of major wins for the open source upstart with corporations such as IBM and governments that include Germany, France, China, Japan, Russia and Britain either already making the switch or considering it. And not just for servers, but on workstations too.

Recognising that the Linux desktop market is only going to grow, and that there's money to made in the corporate arena, Sun's Java Desktop 2003 is squarely aimed at companies looking for a cheap, easy, and compatible alternative to Microsoft's (often expensive) dominance.

With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

Will Redmond take over from SCO?.

A system optimization tool. Powertweak will tune your kernel and hardware configuration for optimal...

Linux is slowly becoming an acceptable choice as a mainstream desktop operating system but some users do not like the applications which are part of the system. The hunt has thus been on to find the best way of running Windows applications from within Linux.

Microsoft may have patent problems of its own, claims Linux kernel creator.

'Security people are insane', says Linux creator.

Rival security firm Sophos claims it is having no problems with PatchGuard.