Shuttleworth confirms 1 June for Dapper, Mar 22, 2006

In an e-mail to the Ubuntu community last night, Mark Shuttleworth confirmed the release date for Ubuntu Dapper Drake desktop and server editions as 1 June.

Linspire President Kevin Carmony doesn't want Dell selling and promoting Linux desktops -- at least not yet.

The Korean government plans to pick Kwangju this month as the nation's first ``Linux City,'' where open-source software will become the mainstream programs.

The latest version of SuSE Linux will include a series of graphic features built into the client version which have only been seen in high-end workstations.

Computerworld managed to grab a few minutes with [Bill] Hilf, the man who runs Microsoft's Linux and open source technology group to hear the proprietary software giant's views on open source, and what the Linux lab inside Microsoft gets up to.

Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes Oracle software for clustered databases and improves how the open-source operating system runs on multiprocessor systems.

Red Hat released its Fedora Core 5 version of Linux on Monday, giving enthusiasts new graphics and virtualization abilities, as well as some desktop utilities based on a software framework from Microsoft.

Novell is talking to a number of OEMs about getting its upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 preinstalled on the hardware systems they ship.

In an e-mail interview with Forbes, Stallman explains that because Torvalds controls only a small part of the GNU/Linux operating system--the Linux "kernel"--it doesn't really matter if he doesn't adopt the new license.

Microsoft has ceased its obsession with Linux. Someone finally convinced the boss that Linux poses little threat to Redmond. Someone came out of the Linux lab and said that It's about time that they starting focusing on their real threat: IBM.

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Web hosting and domain name provider GoDaddy is transitioning its approximately 4.5 million domains from a Linux platform to the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting.

MEPIS LLC, a long-time Debian Linux distributor, is switching from Debian to Ubuntu as the basis for its SimplyMEPIS Linux distribution.

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