Traditionally, it has produced Linux for servers. But cost and security issues with Microsoft's software, and the Mozilla browser's arrival, pique Red Hat's interest in the desktop. Stephen Shankland ...

Red Hat, the top seller of Linux, has hired a former Sun Microsystems executive to head its push to get the open-source operating system on desktop computers. Karen Tegan-Padir was the vice president ...

Red Hat Inc. today unveiled a new version of the Linux operating system software designed for the corporate desktop. The new software, called the Red Hat Desktop, will be a companion product to Red ...

Notable commercial companies in the Linux desktop space--including Ximian, Xandros, CodeWeavers, MandrakeSoft and SuSE Linux AG--announced on Wednesday the creation of the Desktop Linux Consortium.

Red Hat will try to reach closer toward mainstream computer users with its next version of Linux, Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said Tuesday. The coming version 8 of Red Hat's software, expected to ...