SuSE Linux 7.3 is Again Available for Resale, Jan 10, 2002

The temporary injunction issued by the regional court in Munich, Germany against SuSE Linux, has become obsolete with immediate effect. Consequently, SuSE can continue to distribute its operating system SuSE Linux 7.3.

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After surrendering a quick out-of-court settlement to the extortionist, which did not include license fees, SuSE is now permitted to distribute its software unimpeded.

The plaintiff, Crayon Vertriebs, claimed that a defunct KDE app called Krayon, listed in the start menu but no longer supplied, was diluting its brand.

Linux vendor Red Hat has released the latest version of its Linux operating system for two 64-bit platforms: Compaq's Alpha and Intel's Itanium. The move brings version 7.2 of the most popular Linux distribution to a wider range of hardware.

Invair Technologies (Stuttgart, Germany) unveiled a new Linux-based PDA this week at CeBIT 2002 in Hannover, Germany. According to Adrian Steinmann of Invair, the device, called the Filewalker, was designed to be able to be operated with one hand, weighs a mere 0.2 lbs, and is quite small (though somewhat thick), at 3.4 x 2.2 x .74 in

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