Linux's big moment, May 09, 2007

If you're into Linux, Feisty Fawn is definitely worth trying; it's certainly the easiest to work with - and thus the most Windows-like - Linux distro I've ever tried.

Red Hat Inc. and IBM formed a partnership to develop, sell and support Red Hat's Linux software for IBM's mainframe computers, people familiar with the arrangement said on Tuesday.

The Zonbu Zonbox runs Gentoo Linux and two dozen open source applications on a Via C7 processor clocked at 1.2GHz.

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

Files added: 49
Files changed: 722
Files removed: 4

Scientific Linux, a project based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 source packages enhanced with a variety of additional applications, released its v5.0 i386 live DVD on May 7.

Red Hat Exchange (RHX) was a part of the hoopla surrounding Red Hat's release of its next-generation Linux platform.

Dell may have thrown open-source fans a bone when it started selling Ubuntu Linux PCs last week, but it already appears to have diluted that geek cred by signing up to the controversial relationship between Microsoft and Novell.

With one stroke, Microsoft has reasserted its number one position as deal maker and decision maker in the computer industry, reminding all wannabes that they are just that - wannabes.

A version of the increasingly popular Linux operating system Ubuntu will be developed for use on net-enabled phones and devices.

Not only does [Mandriva] Powerpack score over other multiple CD/DVD free-of-cost distros, it also makes competing non-free distros eat dust.

On May 4, Robert Love resigned as chief architect of Novell's Linux desktop efforts. He has since announced that he has accepted a position at Google.

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