The hype that spawned several Linux start-ups has vanished, but MontaVista Software still has faith that Linux is the foundation for success. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Having recently completed the second issue of Hackett and Bankwell, I have been taking inventory of my accomplishments and lessons learned. Two years ago, I was working two jobs, writing Web software ...

As the Linux operating system grows in strength and popularity given its open-source nature and customizable features, Pittsburgh, Pa.-based embedded Linux service provider TimeSys Corp. is forging ...

A Linux start-up on the path to profits newsmaker Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth is ready for Ubuntu to make the leap from the desktop to the server room.

A secretive Manila start-up is developing software that, it claims, will allow virtually any Windows application to run on the Linux operating system. While fuzzy on details, the company, called ...

Virtual Iron Software, a small start-up, will formally debut its virtual computing environment that enables administrators in a corporate IT shop to link Linux-based servers into a network and allow ...

I'm trying to get a Puppy Linux 2.17 setup to work for a car PC that'll be booting off a CF card. So far everything works, with the FS only syncing to the CF card when told to, or when the system is ...

In another indication of the momentum behind the idea of Linux on mobile phones but also of the fragmentation that plagues the segment, a startup company on Monday announced an open Linux mobile ...

Cybersecurity firm Sophos Group plc announced today it has acquired Linux attack protection startup Capsule8 Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2016, Capsule8 offers an attack detection ...

Start-up SWsoft has created a working prototype of a Windows version of its software that makes a single operating system appear to be several. SWsoft, based in South San Francisco, Calif., currently ...