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News from Aug 30, 2006

Indian State to Bypass Microsoft ‘Monopoly’, Aug 30, 2006

In a new attack on multinational corporations, the Communist government in India’s southern state of Kerala is campaigning to eliminate Microsoft from use in public institutions, just weeks after it imposed a ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi

Fedora Goes Live, Aug 30, 2006

Ever wanted to run Fedora Core Linux as a Live CD? Well now you can.

Novell says key Linux products boost Q3 numbers, Aug 30, 2006

Novell Inc. on Tuesday reported increased profits for its third quarter, with earnings from its key Linux products jumping 30 percent since this time last year.

Red Hat's Fleury: 'Oracle Linux' unlikely, Aug 30, 2006

Fresh off an investor tour, Marc Fleury, the general manager of Red Hat's JBoss division, argued that talk of Oracle offering its own Linux distribution is more speculation than reality.

Find out what doesn't work with Linux, Aug 30, 2006

Broader support these days by major PC hardware and peripheral manufactures has made the Linux hardware compatibility more widespread, but no one's claming "mission accomplished" on this yet

Linspire frees "Click 'N Run" software service, Aug 30, 2006

In a surprise move, Linspire is now offering its CNR ("Click 'N Run") software service at no charge to its Linspire and Freespire Linux distribution customers. In addition, the company will soon be open-sourcing the CNR Client.

Businesses Don't Need Microsoft Software, Aug 30, 2006

Alternatives to Microsoft business software are available, including operating systems, CRM, e-mail, and even word processors. Google's new Web-based business software provides even more options.

OSS group claims Microsoft patent victory, Aug 30, 2006

The New Zealand Open Source Society(NZOSS) has claimed a moral victory in the patent office after Microsoft amended its patent on XML schema. NZOSS president Peter Harrison says the changes made to the patent were such that the organisation was no longer concerned about the threat posed by the patent.

Interview with Mike Melanson, lead engineer on the Linux Flash Player team, Aug 30, 2006

Mike Melanson, the lead engineer on Adobe's Flash Player team, and one of the talented people behind the Linux Flash Player agreed to do an email interview with me about Linux and Flash.

Results from the 2006 Desktop Linux Survey - Part 1, Aug 30, 2006

The results of DesktopLinux.com's 2006 Desktop Linux Market survey are in, and the votes are all tallied. This first article of a series offers a perspective on how the various desktop Linux distributions fared, and why.

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