Mandrake releases new Linux package, Apr 19, 2001

Mandrake has finished version 8 of its edition of Linux, the first from the company to incorporate the new 2.4 version of the kernel, or heart, of the operating system. Though the new version currently is available only for download, retail stores will begin selling it in mid-May, the company announced.

Linux Online reviewed Linux-Mandrake. Read about it here.

Red Hat, Inc. this week announced the release of Red Hat Linux 7.1, the latest update to the ever popular Linux distribution featuring Kernel version 2.4. Release 7.1 includes the Network Software Manager, a tool that notifies users of important package updates and errata.

Hitachi Ltd. has unveiled a new tablet-type Internet appliance based on Transmeta Corp.'s Crusoe microprocessor and the Linux operating system that also features support for wireless networking.

The company is on the ropes, running out of cash, and could go out of business within a month. But if Mountain View-based Eazel manages to regain its footing and find the new investors it's seeking, the little-known firm could play an enormous role in restoring growth to core technology markets, not just for a year or two, but for decades.

James Hibbits, the founder and chairman of computer-training company Linuxgruven.com, is no longer a wanted man.

But until Thursday evening, Hibbits was really wanted - for arrest on a felony charge of fraud. In an indictment filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court more than two years ago, he was accused of bilking an auto insurance customer out of $2,420.

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