Kernel release: 2.6.30.1, Jul 02, 2009

2.6.30.1 has been released today.
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2.6.29.6 has been released today.
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2.6.27.26 has been released today.
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In 2007, Microsoft shook up the Linux community with claims that open source allegedly infringes on as many as 235 of Microsoft's patents. Until this year, Microsoft had not actually filed any kind of legal suits on those patents - which changed with the TomTom case.

While some organizations continue to hide their open-source adoption, NOiV (Nederland Open in Verbinding), has published a map of over 200 open-source products currently in use by the Dutch central government as of mid-2009.

2.6.27.26-rc2 has been released today.
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2.6.30.1-rc2 has been released today.
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Canonical and its partner in clouds, Eucalyptus, have been working to create a stack of software that runs atop the Ubuntu Linux distribution and allows companies to build their own internal compute clouds that are compatible with Amazon's EC2 cloud.

Red Hat (is trying to make it easier to run applications under Linux in the cloud. It's going to certify which partners are competent at building cloud workloads to run with its Enterprise Linux.

2.6.30.1-rc1 has been released today.
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2.6.29.6-rc1 has been released today.
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2.6.27.26-rc1 has been released today.
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Today, exactly one month since the release of KOffice 2.0.0, the KOffice team releases the first bugfix release in the 2.0 series.

Google's move to let software run natively on Android devices opens the door for a version of Firefox that can run on the operating system.

Is Microsoft behind a conspiracy to keep Linux-powered netbooks off the market?

What with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison showing a hefty appetite for enterprise software companies including those selling Open Source products (meaning, anyone can alter the source code), the blogs and analyst ranks are buzzing with rumors that RedHat will get bought by Oracle.

Tiny Core Linux 2.1, a very small Linux distribution that is only 11 MB in size has been released.

Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.

Linux distros that run on pen-drives are nothing new but this one's specially designed for the little ones.

The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename "lenny").

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