Linux Online - News from May 06, 2005

News from May 06, 2005

Open source groups ally to target schools, May 06, 2005

Free software could appear in more UK schools now that Schoolforge-UK and the Open Source Consortium have teamed up

Victorian government elects open source for e-democracy platform, May 06, 2005

An inquiry into the potential of e-democracy in Victoria has recommended Internet broadcasting for parliament, the use of videoconferencing for parliamentary committees and the use of open source code for electronic voting kiosks.

Debian 'Sarge' Frozen, May 06, 2005

According to Steve Langasek and Colin Watson, release managers for the Debian GNU/Linux project, the distribution's testing version, named 'Sarge', has been frozen.

Mandriva LE 2005 now free through FTP, May 06, 2005

When Mandriva released its transitional Mandriva Limited Edition 2005 last month, only contributors and Mandriva Club Members could download it for free. Now, as previously promised, Mandriva's LE 2005 is available via a number of FTP servers for free download by the general public.

Health care companies fill prescription for Linux, May 06, 2005

A migration to Linux by Priority Healthcare Corp. could signal that yet another industry is about to get on board with the open source operating system.

Qualcomm lines up with Linux, May 06, 2005

Cell phone chipmaker Qualcomm said Thursday that it will support Linux, marking another key company to back the open-source software on handsets.

Red Hat founder throws lifeline to Apple, May 06, 2005

[Red Hat founder Bob] Young has offered to license historical use of the word "tiger" to Apple free of charge. He claims his team went by the name "Tigers" 136 years ago. "If anyone owns the exclusive rights to the word 'tiger' with that much history and tradition, it's gotta be us."

Linux brings choice to business, says Novell, May 06, 2005

...Linux has emerged from the bedroom and there are growing signs that it is negotiating the rocky path to the boardroom. None more so that when mainstream IT firm Novell put Linux at the centre of its business strategy by acquiring the world’s second largest Linux vendor Suse Linux at the beginning of last year.

Sun to complete release of Solaris code within 45 days, May 06, 2005

Sun's release of Solaris as open-source software is an effort to expand the number of Solaris users and counter Linux and Windows growth in the data center.

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