Kernel release: 2.6.16.9, Apr 19, 2006

2.6.16.9 has been released today.
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Claiming a 'triple boot,' the open-source project that first claimed the ability to boot OS X and Windows in the same machine has now added Linux to the mix.

The Linux market in China continues to grow, according to a new research report from IDC. And it is apparently growing partially at the expense of Linux nemesis SCO.

The Chinese Government ban on the sale of naked computers (computers without pre-installed software) may open the way for Linux distributions loaded with open source applications to increase its penetration of the massive Chinese market.

Last November, Linspire issued a press release announcing that Micro Center would be devoting floor space and staff to desktop Linux. I decided to take a trip to my local Micro Center this week to see how that initiative was going. Unfortunately, the answer is not so well.

A Linux-based handheld gaming platform that runs native and emulated games is shipping in the US. Gamepark's GP2X is powered by a pair of ARM9 processors, has an "open-source" API and development tools, and can run thousands of classic console video games, online retailer Dynamism says.

Hoping to counter the public perception that the open-source Apache Web server is losing ground to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Information Server (IIS), Linux advocate Bruce Perens has launched a free domain-parking service.

A US judge quashed the firm's demands that rival Novell hand over documents it presented to the European Commission for use in an anti-trust case.

2.6.17-rc2 has been released today.
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