Kernel release: 2.6.14-git2, Oct 30, 2005

2.6.14-git2 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.

Files added: 184
Files changed: 2022
Files removed: 18

Recently, I bought a Linksys Wireless - B PCI adapter for one of my Linux boxes after consulting a compatibility list. Linksys changed the WMP11 chip in this revision and it just didn't work with my system. I started searching around on Google and discovered that some people got it to work using ndiswrapper.

Wireless connectivity gets a boost in the 2.6.14 kernel, thanks to version 19 of the Wireless Extensions API, which has been merged into the kernel.

Last week the software company took part in its second multi-vendor roadshow this year to drive the Linux message, as it continues to boost the Linux capabilities of its product line-up.

IBM is linking up its OmniFind corporate search system with Google's free desktop search for business to make it easier for users to locate information throughout an organisation that is often locked up in many separate systems

A contest to create applications and find bugs in a mobile "Linux desktop server" is underway. Realm Systems will award $75,000 for the best entertainment, security, IT infrastructure, productivity, and "other" applications for its Black Dog Linux device, as well as for "most bug reports."

It is believed up to a fifth of Novell’s staff could be made redundant in a desperate attempt to improve the company’s financial performance.

SearchOpenSource.com's readers and site experts alike were recently invited to submit e-mails describing their favorite Linux books. Tastes ranged from the historical to the instructional. Here's what they had to say:

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