Kernel release: 2.6.16.2, Apr 07, 2006

2.6.16.2 has been released today.
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Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the One Laptop Per Child organization to bring inexpensive computers to children around the world, wants a version of Linux that's doesn't require fast new processors or large amounts of memory. Puppy Linux would like to help.

Open source users often encounter problems when installing new equipment, if hardware manufacturers haven't provided the necessary drivers

For years, Oracle and IBM have fought over bragging rights for the $8 billion database software market - a key technological battleground upon which sales of almost all other business software depend.

The biggest barrier to Linux business desktop adoption is Linux itself, as too many distributions make it harder for developers to port to or create applications for Linux, according to John Cherry, initiative manager for Desktop Linux (DTL) at Open Source Development Labs Inc. (OSDL)

Open source startups are changing the rules of the traditional enterprise software market

Linux users and movers and shakers at LinuxWorld in Boston were more bemused than anything else by Apple's surprise announcement that it will be supporting Windows XP on its Intel-based Macs, in addition to the Apple Mac OS X.

OpenOffice.org is working to iron out several performance bottlenecks following complaints that the application takes relatively long to start up, especially on Linux systems.

Quiet but key moves in the desktop, database and virtualization fields suggest that LinuxWorld has become, first and foremost, a business trade show.

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