The newest version 3.01-4 of x2go first of all provides a client for Microsoft's recent Windows 7 operating system.

The FreeBSD project has released its 8.0 version of the free UNIX operating system, thereby starting a new stable branch.

Red Hat and Microsoft have deepened their partnership even further in the virtualization realm under the concept of "interoperabiity." Cross-certification should lead to more satisfied customers.

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The Open vSwitch open source project has announced development of a sofware switch for virtual environments.

Microsoft caused a sensation with its release of its Hyper-V virtualization driver -- now its inclusion in the Linux kernel could be in doubt.

Announced at the Red Hat Summit in Chicago, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 update intends to set the groundwork for future virtualization products and cloud computing.

Market researcher IDC predicts that Linux will continue steady growth over the next five years, reaching into the billions of dollars in 2012.