Kernel release: 2.6.21.5-rc2, Jun 08, 2007

2.6.21.5-rc2 has been released today.
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2.6.20.14-rc2 has been released today.
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2.6.21.5-rc1 has been released today.
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2.6.20.14-rc1 has been released today.
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Phoenix Software and Nero have announced that Nero Linux 3 is now available in South Africa. Nero Linux 3 offers Blu-ray disc and HD DVD data burning support.

Apple's Apple-TV (A-TV) is based on a more-or-less standard Intel PC architecture, according to an in-depth "under-the-hood" analysis. Additionally, a community project has already reported success in getting a Linux kernel and various device drivers to operate on the platform.

A pioneer in the mobile Internet tablet market is offering support to other devicemakers developing Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) based on Linux. PepperPad producer Pepper Computing says it plans to ship its Pepper Linux implementation this fall to multiple adopters of Intel's MID hardware platforms.

Has anyone besides me noticed that Linux has become the oddest "flavor of the day product ever marketed to the computing community?

The US Navy has recently affirmed support for open source software, in pursuit of "an interoperable net-centric environment...which will improve the warfighter's effectiveness through seamless access to critical information".

Well what do you know? Microsoft seems to be gaining ground with their "patent protection" scheme. But what if they discover they've only bought a few bricks of fool's gold?

New York has become the latest U.S. state to ponder whether to use open standards for government document formats, though the move is not necessarily good news for proponents of the ISO standard ODF (Open Document Format).

Microsoft and LG Electronics sign cross-licensing patent agreement that covers Linux-based embedded devices.

2.6.21.4 has been released today.
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2.6.20.13 has been released today.
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