OpenSUSE 10.2 beta 1 has improvements, bugs, Oct 27, 2006

With all the big news about new Linux releases -- Fedora Core 6 and Ubuntu 6.10 -- the release of the first beta of OpenSUSE 10.2 might easily be missed. The latest beta of this popular community-based Linux distro emerged Oct. 26.

Red Hat Inc. lost nearly a quarter of its market capitalization on Thursday after software giant Oracle Corp. offered half-price technical support to lure away the smaller company's customers.

Linux developer and Red Hat veteran Alan Cox urges caution to those who think Linux security is foolproof

Red Hat executives are putting on a brave face and looking at Oracle's Unbreakable Linux announcement as a positive for them, saying it is an acknowledgement that the future of software is open source and that its Enterprise Linux software is the gold standard.

The capital of Bavaria plans to complete its current migration of more than 80 percent of its desktop systems by 2008 and says that the first users of open software in the city's administration are pleased with the initial results.

It's here! Ubuntu 6.10, aka Edgy Eft, is now available for download by worldwide fans of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu Linux. Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu's commercial half, announced the release of both the desktop and server versions on Oct. 26.

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