Dell's March To Linux PCs Won't Be A Walk In The Park, Apr 09, 2007

In preinstalling Linux on consumer PCs, Dell's biggest challenge will be finding a full set of open source drivers for the hardware that will run with the new machines, says Dell's software architect on the project.

The Ireland-based Linux Mint team yesterday made available the first release candidate of its next version, Linux Mint 2.2 KDE Edition Beta 020. Code-named "Bianca," it uses the KDE 3.5.6 desktop for the first time, running on a 2.6.17-10 kernel, the team said.

Intel's Classmate PCs currently shipping in Brazil and Mexico all run Windows despite buyers having the option of running Linux, according to an Intel spokeswoman.

The Debian GNU/Linux Project has a new leader. Sam Hocevar, a French developer, who has been with the project since 2000, was elected as leader for 2007-08 on Sunday.

SCO's latest legal filing reveals the evidence on which the company bases its allegations that IBM is colluding with Groklaw blogger Pamela Jones, a claim she vigorously denies.

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development.

For now, the most promising thing to report about the draft is that the leader of GPL 2's most prominent project doesn't hate it.

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