Kernel release: 2.6.11.9, May 11, 2005

2.6.11.9 has been released today.
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Northern Territory's [Australia] department of corporate and information systems (DCIS) has issued a white paper requesting proposals for its second generation whole of government desktop outsourcing contract which includes provisions for an open source solution.

Novell has acquired Immunix, a small company that sells software designed to improve the security of programs running on Linux servers, Novell said Tuesday.

Cost, security and dissatisfaction with Microsoft will drive almost two-thirds of local authorities to increase their use of open source software over the next three years, according to new research.

What happens when a recalcitrant reporter becomes the story in the seemingly never-ending SCO-vs.-the-world saga?

Tarantella was originally known as the Santa Cruz Operation, which was focused on the Unix operating system developed by AT&T Corp. starting in the late 1960s. In 1995, it acquired the rights to Unix from Novell Inc., which had bought them from AT&T.

Intel has created a group to focus on Linux and other open-source software issues, the newest move to bring the open-source operating system closer to parity with competing products from Microsoft.

Microsoft is under attack by a bevy of competitors. But is the software giant really at its "most vulnerable moment in history"?

A division of NEC in Holland is shipping a POS (point-of-sales/service) terminal that can run embedded Linux. NEC Infrontia BV says the Twinpos Acton's ability to run Linux allows companies with custom applications to run them on a normal POS terminal, rather than on PC hardware.

Taiwan's Via Technologies plans to promote PCs that will sell for close to $250 this fall in an attempt to gain ground in the consumer market.

A vendor of multi-room stereo components based on embedded Linux will open a European sales office in Hilversum, Netherlands, and expects to enlist 500 retailers worldwide by year's end. Sonos says its Sonos Digital Music System is already available at 145 North American retailers.

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