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News from Aug 08, 2007

Kernel release: 2.6.22.2-rc1, Aug 08, 2007

2.6.22.2-rc1 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 100
Files removed: 0

Oracle claims no Linux ulterior motive, Aug 08, 2007

Oracle is using LinuxWorld to try and calm concerns its Enterprise Linux and Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) will fork Red Hat and fragment the Linux market.

Andrew Morton calls for more kernel testing, Aug 08, 2007

During the opening keynote at this week's LinuxWorld Expo, kernel developer Andrew Morton called for more assistance in testing the Linux kernel from users, and predicted that virtualization would be the big thing for the next few years of kernel development.

Microsoft ‘monopoly’ comes under fire, Aug 08, 2007

Chinese academics and software developers gathered in Beijing yesterday to voice their opposition to Microsoft’s latest standard document format Office Open XML (OOXML).

Motorola ships a U.S. Linux mobile phone, Aug 08, 2007

It's finally happened. Motorola last month quietly shipped its first Linux-based mobile phone "bound for North America," in its words. Additionally, the world's third-largest handset vendor (Mot was passed up by Samsung this year) is offering new "MotoMAGX" tools supporting native Linux third-party apps.

SaaS rival to Microsoft Project goes open source, Aug 08, 2007

A young maker of Web-based project management software is jumping head first into the open-source world as a way to woo users from the dominant, but possibly vulnerable, Microsoft Project.

Are we finally seeing the year of the Linux desktop?, Aug 08, 2007

Is the year of the Linux desktop finally upon us or is this just another flare up generated by the Linuxworld conference in San Francisco?

Linspire Releases Freespire 2.0 Linux Operating System, Aug 08, 2007

Linspire, Inc., developer of the Linspire commercial and Freespire community desktop Linux operating systems and CNR.com, a free Linux software delivery service, today announced the immediate availability of Freespire 2.0, the latest version of the free desktop Linux operating system.

Indian agency to deploy Linux in schools, Aug 08, 2007

The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) is deploying Suse Linux Enterprise across 30,000 desktops and 1,880 servers in schools in southern India.

Google Increases Linux Committment, Aug 08, 2007

Google has expanded its support for Linux by becoming Open Invention Network's first end-user licensee.

Dell's new PC to run Linux and Windows, Aug 08, 2007

Dell Inc is developing consumer PCs that can run multiple versions of Microsoft Corp's Windows and Linux software at the same time, the personal computer maker's chief technology officer, Kevin Kettler, told Reuters.

Dell expands Linux PC sales to Europe, China, Aug 08, 2007

Dell Inc said on Tuesday it has decided to expand sales of consumer personal computers loaded with the Linux operating system to the United Kingdom, France, Germany and China.

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