The Participatory Culture Foundation today launches Miro 4, the next iteration of its open-source desktop media player that will allow users to manage music including iTunes® libraries, videos, playlists and apps in one place and to sync these digital libraries with Android™ devices.

The choices just got even better for users of the free and open source Linux operating system.

Mannheim, Germany, says its switch to Linux apps won’t be fast or cheap–but that’s just fine.

Nokialess mobile Linux rages on MeeGo , the Linux-based open source operating system born from the February 2010 shotgun marriage of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin and left at the altar when Nokia hooked up with Windows Phone 7 , is an “unstoppable force” that speeds device-developers’ time-to-market, and it stands for “love, courage, and [...]

Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work.

Looking to woo application companies, Ingres is creating a combo of its open-source database and Linux operating system.

More businesses are becoming more confident about picking open source software over products from vendors of proprietary licensed applications, according to a new report.

More businesses are becoming more confident about picking open source software over products from vendors of proprietary licensed applications, according to a new report.