The new version of Linux is finally here, in beta form at least. A test version of the much-anticipated Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel Monday was released by Linux’s creator, Linus Torvalds. The ...

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The London Stock Exchange has completed the first “dress rehearsal”, a test with its customers online, of a new Linux-based system due to replace Microsoft-centric architecture. The Millennium ...

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