Sony pays out in PS3 Linux fiasco
Ends six years of litigation
After six years of litigation, Sony is now agreeing to pay the price for its 2010 firmware update that removed support for the Linux operating system in the PlayStation 3.
Debian dumps 586-class and hybrid 586/686 chips
Jessie will complete of a modernisation
The Debian project is continuing its cull of older processors and getting rid of support for 586-class and hybrid 586/686 chips.
Linux will eventually be desktop king
Even if it takes another 25 years
Linux inventor Linus Torvalds has told the world that he has not given up on replacing Windows on the desktop with his glorious creation.
Microsoft puts Ubuntu on Windows
Hell has frozen over
Microsoft has announced a partnership with Canonical which means it is possible to install Canonical's Ubuntu on Windows 10.
Valve’s Steam Hardware Survey claims Linux gamers declining
But things are not what they seem
Valve’s Steam Hardware Survey appears to show Linux use declining and its survey has raised a few eyebrows in the Linux community.
Nvidia apparently working on Linux distribution
NLinux is similar to Valve's OS
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Nvidia is working on its own Linux OS for gamers.
Ubuntu gives up on AMD’s Catalyst Linux driver
Fglrx is not for us
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and its newer incarnations will not support AMD's widely-used Catalyst Linux (fglrx) driver.
PS4 gets Linux
We bet Sony is unhappy
A hacking group fail0verflow has worked out a way of getting the Linux kernel-based operating system on the PS4.
Microsoft ports SQL Server to Linux
Who would have thought that a few years ago?
Microsoft is going to bring its SQL Server to Linux, in a move which would have been unthinkable a few years ago when Redmond dubbed the open source operating system "cancer."
Intel shows Android smartphone running a Linux desktop
"Big Screen Experience"
One of the things we spotted at the Mobile World Congress 2016 was a demo run by Intel of an Android phone running a Linux desktop when plugged into an external display.