Kernel release: 2.6.16.33, Nov 22, 2006

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

Files added: 0
Files changed: 363
Files removed: 4

If you're one of the fortunate few to have scooped up a Sony PlayStation 3 (and not gotten mugged in the process), and you're looking for a tax break, I have some good news: You might be able to count your new "toy" as a business expense.

Just about everyone has expressed an opinion on the Novell/Microsoft patent agreement -- except, that is, for the 800-pound gorilla of Linux: IBM. Today, Scott Handy, IBM's VP of Worldwide Linux and Open Source, decided that enough was enough and it was time to state IBM's position.

Red Hat has laid out more plans on how it will use its JBoss acquisition as a jemmy to compete with enterprise stack providers such as IBM, Oracle and Microsoft.

It seems like a great idea: making a computer that's somewhere between the size of a cell phone and a laptop, for people to carry around and surf the Web.

Linspire Inc. has signed up a company headed by a former Microsoft Corp. executive to distribute its desktop Linux operating system in the Middle East and Africa.

There are a lot of great new programs and innovations expected in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Novell-led Mono project isn't one of them.

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