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    These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

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    The Mozilla Foundation is planning to use some of its millions of dollars in revenues to fund active members of its developer community, the organisation said on Tuesday.

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    The leader of the Debian Linux distribution has called for changes to be made to the open-source project's trademark policy, to ensure it has the appropriate level of protection against legal challenges.

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  • Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

    These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Linux: Who got it right, who got it very wrong?

    Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade.

  • Open-source bugs undermine digital signatures

    Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.

  • Migration news: Windows to Linux, and vice versa

    Why did national radio broadcaster Austereo Group and consultancy Coffey International drop Linux for Windows? And why did soon-to-be-listed Wotif.com abandon Microsoft technologies for Red Hat and Oracle?

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    The question of whether Linux's total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower than that of Windows or other operating systems continues to inspire fierce debates amongst IT professionals.

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  • Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

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  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

  • Ubuntu 7.04

    Ubuntu is very user-friendly but not right for everyone. Oddly, both casual and advanced users will find this operating system wonderful, while day-to-day users may rail against Ubuntu's incompatibility with certain popular software applications.

  • Can't decide on an OS? Run them all!

    IT administrators, try Linux or OS/2 without buying a whole new PC (or losing your current OS). System Commander 7.0 runs multiple OSes with ease.

  • Tech Guide: Test software virtually

    Short of setting up duplicate systems, testing new software can be a hairy exercise. Here's another way: use virtual OSes like VMWare and Virtual PC as your testing platform.

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