More people are converting to Linux platform and it seems that they are not regretting the conversion.

French software vendor created world’s first sub-$100 3G Linux mobile phone

PDFTron Systems Inc., a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and other graphics technologies, today announced the release of a new major version (v.4) of PDFNet SDK, an advanced and comprehensive PDF library for high-quality PDF creation, content extraction, editing, viewing and printing.

Linux Gold Corp. (OTCBB:LNXGF) has stepped up to the plate as it further expands its presence in Alaska’s historic gold camps.

The reason for the excitement at Linux Gold is apparent. The Ester Lode property is in the middle of the Fairbanks Gold District, one of the more prolific gold areas in North America. Over 10 million ounces of gold have been recovered from placer mining alone since 1902.

Novell announced the availability of openSUSE® 10.3, the newest version of the award-winning community Linux distribution. Available for free download or in a convenient packaged retail edition, openSUSE 10.3 provides everything a user needs to get started with Linux.

Intel Corporation today announced the launch of an open source community project designed to meet the growing demands for increased energy efficiency across the computing spectrum spanning servers in data centers to personal mobile devices.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced a definitive agreement pursuant to which Sun will acquire the majority of Cluster File Systems, Inc.'s intellectual property and business assets, including the Lustre File System.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a major strategic initiative to support the Open Source development community for ATI Radeon™ graphics processors. The week of September 10th, AMD plans to provide an open source information and development package supporting the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series as well as ATI Radeon™ X1000 series of graphics processing units (GPU) on Linux desktops.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced plans to extend its leadership position in Graphics software with major enhancements to performance and compatibility for ATI Radeon™ graphics for consumer Linux users.

Microsoft Corp. today released to the Web (RTW) Silverlight™ 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell Inc. to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com.

According to DesktopLinux.com's just completed survey, the number of Desktop Linux users has more than doubled in the past year, and Ubuntu remains their Linux distribution of choice.