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News from Jun 30, 2006

Kernel release: 2.6.16.23, Jun 30, 2006

2.6.16.23 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 215
Files removed: 2

Kernel release: 2.6.17.3, Jun 30, 2006

2.6.17.3 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 30
Files removed: 0

Mirus, Linspire and AOpen Introduce $399 Mini Linux PC, Jun 30, 2006

Linspire, Inc., developers of the leading consumer desktop Linux operating system, along with AOpen and Mirus Innovations, announce the availability of the Linspire Mini Koobox, the first small form-factor Linux machine on the market.

The end of the era at Microsoft can't come fast enough, Jun 30, 2006

Plainly, the real problem is that the old ideas just aren't working. Microsoft has been phenomenally successful as a software company, but as the years have gone by, it has increasingly struggled to adapt to change.

The City of Munich praises Linux at the workplace, Jun 30, 2006

The City of Munich's LiMux project center is rejecting charges by the Senate administration of Berlin that the migration to free software has gotten stuck before it ever got going.

Dirty Code, Licenses and Open Source, Jun 30, 2006

The intricacies of free and open-source software licenses require an honest conversation between you and your legal department.

Wall Street Optimistic On Red Hat Despite Q1 Miss, Jun 30, 2006

Shares of Red Hat fell 9% after the Linux software provider disappointed with below-consensus first-quarter earnings and a conservative outlook for 2007.

Drop Dead, Netware!, Jun 30, 2006

The cost of supporting Netware, Novell's old flagship OS, is keeping the company from wholeheartedly joining the exploding Linux market.

Open Source Smack-Down, Jun 30, 2006

Wednesday night, in a blistering 39-page ruling, Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells of the United States District Court in Utah tossed out two-thirds of SCO's claims against IBM.

One Cheap Desktop for All, Jun 30, 2006

YellowSheepRiver Municator is selling a new Linux-based desktop for about $150. Like Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop per Child project, makers of the Municator say they want to banish the digital divide.

Linux continues to rule supercomputers, Jun 30, 2006

Linux has once again dominated the list of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The 27th issue of the bi-annual Top500 list, released today, shows Linux accounting for 73.4% of the top 500 supercomputers, including the two fastest machines on the planet.

Bell Micro Inks Red Hat Distribution Deal, Jun 30, 2006

Bell Microproducts has signed a deal to become a certified distributor of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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