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CentOS replacement Rocky Linux 8.4 arrives, and proves instantly popular

Rocky Linux 8.4 is the first general availability release of the new enterprise Linux distribution.

Transmeta notebooks on fast track to U.S.

Notebooks with Transmeta's power-saving Crusoe processor will hit the United States this spring, including one that includes both Windows and Linux.

News to know: Yahoo layoffs, Motorola's Android, RIAA

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:Sam Diaz: No surprise.

Linux has become commonplace in the enterprise and increasingly takes market share from Unix in data centers. IBM has put a lot of energy into Linux and Red Hat has been a solid performer for years. Another Linux outfit worth watching: Canonical's Ubuntu.

Red Hat buys Qumranet, adds gasoline to the spreading VDI bonfire

VDI, somewhat ironically, may also work well for market mover Microsoft as it seeks to slow the momentum to outright web-based and OSS/LAMP-supported applications and services for large businesses. Microsoft must realize that enterprises have had it with the high cost of maintaining and managing the traditional Windows OS in all its client-side permutations.

Linux locks on to industrial security

Control-system specialist Verano unwraps a security-enhanced Linux-based package to help utility companies, manufacturers and others protect their key infrastructure.

Google throws in with Linux patent-sharing organization

It's good news for GNU/Linux fans as Google joins the Open Invention Network (OIN), a patent-sharing organization that creates a legally protected environment for anyone who works with Linux. All OIN licensees agree to cross-license any Linux-related patents they might have to the others free of charge. According to Chris DiBona, Google Open Source Programs Manager, "Patent issues therefore become a much smaller concern inside the community, and OIN members can focus their energy on writing and releasing software rather than vetting their code for intellectual property issues. It's the legal equivalent of taking a long, deep breath."

Week in review: SCO delivers a warning

SCO Group, claiming its Unix intellectual property, sent letters to about 1,500 of the world's largest corporations warning that they could be liable for using Linux.

News to know: Microsoft-Yahoo; Dell; National Broadband Plan; Apple; Backflip

The regulatory approval of the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal and Dell's earnings top today's headlines.

News to know: SAP; Facebook Mobile; Google ad; Kindle; Macworld 2010

SAP's new leadership and Google's Super Bowl commercial top today's headlinees.