commercial linux

Linux Desktop Distro Shootout: Just Something I Can Live With

Topix - Linux  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 17:18

It seems to me that a lot of attention lately in the commercial Linux development area has concentrated on either large enterprise customers, or wooing the home user who can barely turn a computer on.


 

Red Hat tells Wall Street it wants Main Street

Topix - Unix  Tue, 10/07/2008 - 21:42

'Economic Meltdown, we embrace you' Posted in Software & Security , 8th October 2008 03:42A GMT Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat hosted its annual analyst day in New York today, and as Wall Street continues ...


 

Linux examined: Xandros Professional

Topix - Linux  Wed, 09/24/2008 - 18:35

Xandros, a commercial Linux distro, tries to be user-friendly, and for the most part, it succeeds.


 

Report: Open Source Developers Recommend Commercial Linux for Hi...

Topix - Linux  Wed, 09/17/2008 - 09:19

In response to the latest Evans Data Corporation's Open Source software and Linux survey, most open source developers recommend using commercial versions of Linux over non-commercial versions of Linux when ...


 

Businesses don't need to buy Linux

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 09/01/2008 - 16:02

It's great that Red Hat and Novell can make money from Linux, but you can run your business on Linux and not spend a dime on commercial Linux.


 

Analyst: Ubuntu, Community Distros Ready for the Enterprise

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 06:18

At the LinuxWorld expo in San Francisco, a 451 Group analyst said that companies are adopting free, community-driven Linux distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS.

We look at what this means for the commercial Linux landscape and the future of Ubuntu.


 

CG Linux supports multicore MIPS64

LinuxDevices.com  Mon, 08/04/2008 - 13:30

Montavista says its Linux distribution for Carrier Grade infrastructure systems now supports five MIPS64-based multicore system-on-chip processors from Cavium.

Specifically, MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 5.0 (CGE) now supports Cavium's CN5800, CN5600, CN5200, CN5000, and CN3800 processor families, the commercial Linux OS and tools provider said.


 

MontaVista Provides First No-Cost Evaluation of Commercial Linux...

Topix - Linux  Mon, 06/16/2008 - 06:43

P4080 multicore communications processor. The advanced Freescale processor is expected to be available in several months, but the MontaVista software is being demonstrated on a simulated P4080 processor today ...


 

Embedded Linux is doomed. DOOOMED!

LinuxDevices.com  Fri, 05/09/2008 - 11:00

In an opinion piece for Embedded.com, Green Hills Software CEO Dan O'Dowd has resumed his crusade against embedded Linux -- with a new twist.

O'Dowd argues that recent marketing by commercial Linux distro vendors MontaVista and Wind River prove that they agree that embedded Linux is "chaos."