SuSE Linux to Use Linux 2.4.0, Jan 25, 2001

On February 8th, SuSE Linux will be one of the first companies to put the new 2.4.0 Linux kernel to use. Version 7.1 of SuSE Linux brings the new kernel along with glibc 2.2 and KDE 2.0.1 to add features and options never available before.

The tightly locked doors of the auto industry opened a crack in recent weeks, as automakers and their suppliers began examining the possibility of using open-source software.

VA Linux Systems has introduced two new slim servers, which will compete against new models from Sun Microsystems, Dell Computer and others.

Hewlett-Packard will bring one of its Unix software packages to Linux to make the comparatively new operating system more useful on high-end servers, the company will announce next week at the LinuxWorld trade show.

HP will show ProcessControl Manager at the show and release a Linux version in the third quarter, said Mike Balma, marketing director for HP's newly formed Linux Systems Operation. The software assigns priorities for different jobs as they run simultaneously on the same server, an important feature for multiprocessor systems handling tasks such as housing large databases.

UK Linux users fed up of waiting for Alcatel to get its act together and ship drivers that will let the open source OS talk to the SpeedTouch USB modem BT bundles with its home ADSL offering will soon have some alternatives to choose from.

Linux development received a boost Wednesday with the opening of the industry's first independent, non-profit developer's lab. The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), an 11,000-square-foot complex in Portland, Ore., is backed by more than $24 million in funding from industry sponsors including Intel, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and NEC.

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