SGI exits bankruptcy protection, Oct 19, 2006

Silicon Graphics exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday with a new board of directors and new funding to try to restore its faltering high-end computer business.

Repeat after me: "There is no Oracle Linux." I don't care how many times you hear stock analysts say that Oracle is about to launch its own Linux. It's just not going to happen.

Just got word from Mike that the Flash Player 9 beta is now available on Adobe Labs.

Exploit code has been published for a security flaw in Nvidia's Linux graphics driver that could let a remote intruder take over a system.

As a programmer, Reiser is known for developing a computer file system, Reiserfs, that is included in the widely-used Linux operating system, an alternative to Microsoft Windows.

Neither Mozilla Firefox nor Mozilla Thunderbird are likely to be in the next Debian GNU/Linux release. Mozilla is still hoping that it can come to an agreement with Debian but at this point it seems likely that Debian users will see IceWeasel (for Firefox) and IceDove (for Thunderbird).

Let's say you own a small to medium sized business, and you want to use Linux, but you're not crazy about the idea of mixing and matching software and servers. If that's you, Novell and IBM want to talk to you about their new Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise.

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