Kernel release: 2.6.17.2, Jun 29, 2006

2.6.17.2 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.

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Yes, I know you're sick of hearing about Ubuntu. Ubuntu this, Ubuntu that, everyone must love Ubuntu or else. Don't run away screaming just yet, because there are good reasons for all the Ubuntu buzz.

It's gotten so that you need a serious 3D video card (with proprietary drivers) and a fairly fast computer just to keep up with desktop environments. Whatever happened to being productive and having fun?

Do you like Ubuntu? Do you like KDE? Would you like to have them both in one distribution, but with more than Kubuntu can give you? If that's you, then SimplyMEPIS 6.2 is your operating system.

... the school recently dismantled the already running Linux lab and told the teacher that he *must* only teach Microsoft software.

"Certainly if an individual was stopped and accused of shoplifting after walking out of Neiman Marcus, they would expect to be eventually told what they allegedly stole. It would be absurd for an officer to tell the accused that 'you know what you stole I'm not telling.' Or, to simply hand the accused individual a catalog of Neiman Marcus' entire inventory and say 'its in there somewhere, you figure it out.'"

A Linux Terminal Server offers any business an elegant and cost-effective way to integrate the power of open source. In this article, I review some basics of network topology and offer suggestions about how to install a prototype server. I top it off with some tips for business-specific installations and configuration guidance.

But lately, a new generation of low-cost Wi-Fi routers and access points from brands like Edimax, Ovislink or Zinwell have started to flood the market, specially down here in South America.

Red Hat Inc., the leading distributor of the open source Linux operating system, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose nearly 11 percent on higher revenue, but the results missed analysts' expectations.

The co-founder of one of the most popular mobile Linux platforms has predicted a "revolution" in the use of open-source software on phones and handheld devices.

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