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Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year
News Because these could not be offered under the GNU General Public Licence, this stopped OpenJDK - used in the Fedora and Ubuntu Linux distributions - being fully compatible with Java. Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move... [28 Apr 2008]
Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards
News Apart from this, its main desktop focus will be its commercial, supported Enterprise Linux Desktop, as well as the free unsupported Fedora desktop. Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version of Linux to compete... [21 Apr 2008]
Red Hat gets real about KVM virtualisation
News Red Hat, the dominant Linux seller, will include KVM (kernel virtual machine) in the next version of its hobbyist Linux version - Fedora - according to chief technology officer Brian Stevens. We're packaging it for Fedora 7," Stevens said. [15 Feb 2007]
Red Hat's JBoss plan: Divide and conquer?
News Red Hat's strategy for Linux profits has been to offer a free, fast-changing version called Fedora and a supported, more stable version called Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Rhel). With JBoss, Peters said: "One thing we're trying to address is the... [17 Nov 2006]
One $100 laptop rolls off the production line
News The machine on display this week is running Fedora Core 5.0, Bender said. The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) crusade for low-cost PCs for developing nations is another step closer to the assembly line. The not-for-profit organisation this week is... [25 May 2006]
Red Hat: '$100 laptop will drive desktop Linux'
News According to Evans, the OLPC operating system could be based around a scaled-down version of Fedora - Red Hat's community distribution of Linux. Open source software company Red Hat believes that the $100 laptop initiative could inject momentum in... [31 Jan 2006]
Red Hat showing strong growth
News Red Hat sells annual support subscriptions for its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system product but it is also expanding into higher-level software and funds development of the free Fedora version for hobbyists. [29 Sep 2005]
Firefox flaw warning for Linux users
News The bug has been confirmed for Firefox 1.0.6 running on Fedora Core 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, although other browser versions and platforms may also be affected. Users running Firefox on Linux may be vulnerable to a security vulnerability... [22 Sep 2005]
Linux still not cracked the desktop
News The company also released its OpenSuse project, which Patrick says will differ from Red Hat's Fedora project in that it will let consumers help identify key open source projects before they are professionally developed. [10 Aug 2005]
P2P right for businesses?
News By contrast, the research said "BitTorrent technology could support highly resilient distribution of software (as for Red Hat's Fedora project), updates, media files, data sets and other applications where file sizes normally require the use of... [28 Jun 2005]
Red Hat doffs its cap at developers
News The company now is trying to rectify the situation with a more aggressive Fedora project that's designed to engage again with those customers and outside developers. Part of that effort was the first-ever Fedora User and Developer Conference... [22 Feb 2005]
'Free' Solaris set for release
News But in 2003, Red Hat split its product line into two halves: the free "Fedora Core" version that's unsupported, uncertified and fast-changing; and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux version that costs a minimum of $349 per server per year and comes with... [15 Nov 2004]
'Open Source Solaris' - coming soon, from Sun
News Sun will model its open source project on what Apple is doing with Darwin or Red Hat does with Fedora, said Glen Weinberg, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group. Sun Microsystems will create an open source project around its Solaris 10... [14 Sep 2004]
'Desktop Linux for developing nations' guide from UN debuts
News The manual explains how to use Fedora, the Red Hat-sponsored community Linux distribution, although Abraham admits that that some stakeholders had strong views on the subject. Our choice of Fedora was controversial. [24 Aug 2004]
Linux flaw exposes crash code threat
News On Monday, staffers associated with Red Hat's community-based distribution, Fedora, released an update to Fedora Core 2, to fix the latest problem. Linux users have been urged to fix a flaw in the core component of the open-source operating system... [17 Jun 2004]
