Linux and The Indianapolis 500, May 08, 2007

The idea to have the Open Source community sponsor a car in the Indianapolis 500 put forth recently has more than just the Open Source Press taking notice

Impi Linux 7.05, a South Africa-developed version of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system was released today.

Dell has revealed the reasons behind its decision to delay the availability of Linux sold outside the US.

Linux and possible channel model are the latest significant moves by the beleaguered OEM.

At the root of the May Day Digg riot is Linux, the open-source operating system beloved by geeks — the same geeks whose mind-set is steeped in those 1960s values and who hold dear to the culture of free. Linux is where it all comes together.

Bob Brewin, software CTO at Sun Microsystems, said the company will discuss the state of its open-source plans for Java and present the first CommunityOne day for open source and Web developers at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week.

The Bangalore-based EI Labs India has just released ``LinSeed version 1,'' a single chip embedded Linux computer that original equipment-makers can use to create a host of handy devices, including wirelessly connected pocket computers.

Sun Microsystems has assigned company developers to work on a Mac OS X version of the open-source OpenOffice.org productivity suite.

Ubuntu 7.04—also known as Feisty Fawn—shines for its excellent software management tools and large catalog of ready-to-install free software applications.

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