Mandriva Linux 2007.1 review, Apr 28, 2007

Both the PowerPack Edition and Discovery/LX have slid so far back with version 2007.1 that I have serious doubts as to the future of Mandriva's viability as a commercial desktop operating system.

The administration behind the Bundestag has reacted to criticism from the Linux Association concerning the call for tenders for an IT project.

The Race to Linux contest, in which developers try to convert programs from other operating systems to Linux as fast as possible, drew six times the entrants as last year, an estimated 600.

The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface.

The federal government backed IPv6 for e-Business project has yielded an Ubuntu-based IPv6 router that is now being trialled in business.

Nasdaq, as expected, has sent SCO a letter, which it has filed in an 8K with the SEC.

Ubuntu has decided to address possible trademark issues by creating its own trademark policy.

... the best argument can be made: "when Person on the Street can use Linux out of the box, then Linux will be mainstream."

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