Plug and crunch. Nokia to adopt Linux for the Media Terminal . IBM's Linux initiative allows companies to retire their large server farms and use a single, smaller and more powerful zSeries system. Instead of a 40,000-foot data center, companies could replace those NT boxes with a single computer smaller than the company refrigerator. The company initially hoped to launch a consumer version of the Linux-based tablet but is instead pitching the machine at hospitals and other niche markets.
Cost is a big reason.
This story from Reuters looks at HP's middle of the road approach to Linux adoption . According to this ZDNet report, Opera is getting ready to make its Linux browser publicly available , ending the long beta cycle for this release. Oslo, Norway-based Opera has been testing its Linux release for more than a year. Von Tetzchner said Opera has tested the Linux version with as many Linux distributions as possible and is confident the browser will support all of the main distributions, including Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE and Mandrake. ZDNet looks at Uprizer , Freenet founder Ian Clarke's new venture.