Is 2008 the "Year of Linux"? We probe new Linux Australia president Stewart Smith(not literally) about the future of the free OS.

While Microsoft basks in Windows 7 glory, Linux vendor Red Hat hit a milestone yesterday when its share price rose above Microsoft's.

Unix vs Linux continues

IT execs looking to open source options, says Novell.

Software engineers at Japan's embedded Linux software vendor Lineo announced technology last week that can boot a low-power computer system within 2.97 seconds, the company claims.

A Lenovo analyst has declared his disinterest in Linux, claiming that Microsoft is easier and better to use for the consumer and that Linux is too technical to ever take off. Agree?

Spiffy KDE 4.1, plus LXDE for netbooks

Linux is turning up in everything from netbooks to Dell PCs, but is it actually fit to replace Windows? Stuart Turton spends a week with Linux to find out.

Linux bosses have hinted that there will be a new netbook based on the Linux Moblin OS announced this week at the Intel Developer Forum

Leigh Dyer explains that Linux users can connect to Apple's new iPods, but it's getting more difficult.