Linux is ready to take on a more serious role in enterprises, a senior Hewlett-Packard executive has said. Randy Hergett, HP's director of engineering for open-source and Linux organization, said at ...

Collaboration between Linux computer and software firm System76 and HP is pushing for greater commercial adoption of open-source software and hardware optimized for Linux. System76 and HP on Thursday ...

The company plans to announce Wednesday that it will indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal actions by SCO Group. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, ...

HP last week sent a message to the Linux community that may be interpreted a number of ways. HP announced that it would protect any of its Linux customers from any potential future lawsuits that might ...

Hewlett-Packard and Red Flag, a China-based firm, have teamed to develop and market Linux software to companies in China, and later, globally. Linux distributor Red Flag and HP announced the alliance ...

Hewlett-Packard Co.’s decision last month to sell desktop PCs with Linux installed on them in Australia is giving hope to Linux advocates at the Encompass HP user group that a similar system may be on ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. has a new vice president for open source and Linux—Christine Martino—a longtime company employee who most recently headed up HPs carrier-grade server division. Martino takes over ...

"We are involved in a number of massive deals for Linux desktops, and those are the kinds of things that are indicators of critical mass. So we are really looking at it very hard," said Doug Small, ...

Hewlett-Packard, the world's Number 1 PC maker, will try selling pre-loaded Linux on PCs in several countries as it expands a test program -- evaluating a market that some competitors have already ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Linux clustering software vendor Linux NetworX Inc. are joining their efforts to offer powerful HP server clusters linked together with specialized management applications. In ...

Hewlett-Packard plans on Tuesday to unveil a new laptop that comes preloaded with SuSE Linux, making it the first major laptop manufacturer to put forth such an offer. The HP Compaq Business Notebook ...