Suse Linux 10.1 due end-April, Apr 06, 2006

Novell has released developer builds of the next iteration of Suse Linux, version 10.1. Developed in collaboration with the OpenSuse community, the new version will include the latest Firefox, OpenOffice.org 2.0 with support for Visual Basic macros, XGL, and an integrated desktop search engine when it is released near the end of the month.

The under-discussion GPL version 3 license is a bit of a hot potato. Some like it and others, such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds, do not.

Microsoft plans to launch a Web site to share the activities of its internal Linux laboratories, an effort to sample feedback from customers who combine Microsoft and open-source software.

Free software supporters are angry that Microsoft is putting pressure on PC vendors not to sell machines without an operating system installed

Oracle's Cluster File System is to become part of Linux kernel 2.6.16

Red Hat has dismantled the Fedora Foundation, an initiative conceived as an entity to provide intellectual-property protections to the open-source realm but whose mission grew impractically broad.

Novell's newly developed SuSE Linux client operating system has an improved user interface and features, but the high cost of migrating from Windows remains a major barrier to uptake, according to Gartner

Linux and open source is behind most of the special effects you see in the movies, software engineer Andre Pang, from Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), revealed at Linuxworld last week.

The paths for both Linux and virtualization, which have gained ground in the data center, are headed directly toward the client space, according to Dell's top technology executive.

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