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Fans of the popular Linux software program have long fretted that software giant Microsoft will attack Linux by claiming the free program violates Microsoft's patents. So far nothing has happened. But in an interview with Forbes.com, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer wouldn't rule out such a showdown.

Last Friday, the MCT inaugurated a 3-day Latin American Free Software Installation Fair, promoting the use of the open-source Linux operating system and other non-proprietary programs that avoid dependence on Microsoft products.

TIRUVANAMALAI: Thousands of students from various engineering colleges and schools in and around Tiruvannamalai took part in the inauguration of the free and open source software exhibition, 'Fosse 06', at the Arunai Engineering College here on Sunday.

As promised at last month's Open Source Business Conference Sun Microsystems Tuesday made good on its plans to release the UltraSPARC T1 processor design under the GNU General Public License.

This Saturday (2006-03-25) between 13:00 - 21:00 UTC, the debian.org machines hosted by HP are going down due to maintenance in their cage on the power systems.

"A culture of entitlement is starting to damage the open source community," Theo de Raadt, the founder and lead developer of the OpenBSD open source operating system, declared this week.

Even five years back, the very thought of "browsing the net" gave us a visual of the Internet Explorer. The situation has changed recently with the replacement of the Internet Explorer (IE) by various browsers like Maxthon, Opera, Firefox and a number of others.

Venezuela's science and technology ministry on Friday began the Latin American Free Software Installation Fair, an event promoting the use of the open-source Linux operating system and other nonproprietary programs over Windows by Microsoft.

A codec specialist in Bangalore, India is shipping an IP videophone reference design based on Linux and a Texas Instruments Davinci TMS320DM6446 RISC/DSP SoC (system-on-chip). The IPVP6446 design targets home and enterprise video phones, media centers with videophone capabilities, and video conferencing equipment for SMBs (small- and medium-sized businesses).

SALT LAKE CITY -- Novell used its BrainShare conference to elaborate on its product migration path to Linux, which included an assurance to customers that it will support NetWare well into the next decade.

Novel says its new Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10--which includes virtualization software--is ready for mainstream use.

Where did they all go?

Leading Open Source Innovators and Executives Fill Program for April 24-25 Technology Conference in San Diego. [ED: I will be there reporting for LXer.com - SR]

Opinion: Why does Microsoft keep falling on its face when it comes to deadlines, while Linux and other open-source projects keep right on trucking? (Linux-Watch)

Do as I say, not as I do.

OpenOffice 2.0 has the chops to replace Microsoft Office in business offices, with a little help from StarOffice and better training vehicles from the open source community, says Robin "Roblimo" Miller

File and disk encryption needs to be simple and easy if it's going to be used. This article looks at Apple's FileVault and takes a sneak peak at what's coming in Windows Vista.

It's a little thing, but I've always found it annoying that when I go to Linux tradeshows and the like, I see many companies still running Windows and using Microsoft Office on their PCs.

The latest version of Red Hat's community Linux offers several new desktop apps, advances in security and tighter Java integration.

Electronic governance promises to cut corruption and improve transparency, and open source software offers a way to break the South's technological dependence on industrialized countries [ED: "The South" being South America. - SR]