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News from Jun 22, 2006

Kernel release: 2.6.16.22, Jun 22, 2006

2.6.16.22 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 216
Files removed: 2

Novell ditches top execs, Jun 22, 2006

Jack Messman has been sacked as Novell chief executive, as the company looks to speed up its Linux strategy

HP To Certify Novell SUSE Linux For Some Systems, Jun 22, 2006

Hewlett-Packard has no plans to preload versions of the upcoming Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 on PCs but will certify the operating system.

SimplyMEPIS 6.0 RC2 ready for download, test, Jun 22, 2006

The MEPIS team released the second release candidate of SimplyMEPIS 6.0, on June 21. RC2 adds bug fixes, security updates, and screen resolution detection, founder and lead developer Warren Woodford said. The distribution now also includes monitor resolution autodetection.

Top 3 Linux distros you've never heard of, Jun 22, 2006

Are you ridiculously paranoid? Do you like to jam in your bedroom? Can you think of nothing better than digital image editing? Then a ridiculously niche Linux distribution is just what you need and only a download away. Welcome to the world of obscurity.

Next gen Linux tablets get Nokia thumbs-up, Jun 22, 2006

After the success of its original Linux tablet, the 770, Nokia is already looking at the next generation of internet-only devices.

Levanta: Rising From Its Past?, Jun 22, 2006

Levanta's resurrection is almost unbelievable to Arthur Tyde, Linuxcare's original CEO and founder. He had been pushed aside in the late '90s but returned to running the company after the market crashed, personally pink-slipping some 180 people, and overseeing Linuxcare's slow, gradual decline into obscurity. But unlike much of the disgraced class of 1999, Linuxcare never went under.

Opera making big profits from free software, Jun 22, 2006

Opera Software has launched version 9 of its browser, available simultaneously in 25 languages and for the three main platforms - Windows, OS X and Linux - plus other platforms. Despite the fact that it is free, the company is hugely profitable.

New Xandros Linux desktop arrives, Jun 22, 2006

Xandros 4.0, the first new version of Xandros Inc.'s desktop Linux distribution in a year and a half, arrived on June 20. Xandros 4 is based on Debian Sarge Linux, with LSB (Linux Standard Base) improvements courtesy of the DCC Alliance's Common Core.

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