A new look app menu, expanded search abilities in the file manager and a modern on-screen keyboard are among new features in ...

The open-source Avocado OS, an embedded Linux distribution from Peridio, provides a scalable and updateable platform which also offers the ease of use of a commercial desktop Linux distro Demo at ...

Acer will not release Linux-based laptops in the UK due to a lack of demand, despite launching an Ubuntu-based machine in Asia. The Acer Aspire 5710Z has gone on sale in Singapore pre-loaded with ...

Embedded Linux developer MontaVista Software has absorbed two UK affiliates, which it claims will help meet rising demand for commercial open-source products in Europe. MontaVista Limited, previously ...

Supporting Open Source projects is something that is surely close to all our hearts. What better way to support our cause than while buying all manner of gadgets and geekery? U.S.-based geeks have ...

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

Linux has hit the mainstream -- it's official. Dell has started selling selected UK computers with Ubuntu Desktop Edition instead of Windows, just like it's been doing in the US for the last few ...

MontaVista Software has opened a sales office in Bracknell as it builds on what it sees as growing interest in embedded Linux software design in the UK. The Linux software specialist said the ...

Before you take the plunge and devote time and hardware to experimenting with Linux, let's cover the basics of this free OS. Though its design varies substantially from what you are used to in the ...

UK government departments moved a step closer to using open-source operating systems such as Linux after a study found that they were "viable" products. The software could "generate significant ...