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News from Aug 22, 2007

Kernel release: 2.6.22.5, Aug 22, 2007

2.6.22.5 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 138
Files removed: 1

Kernel release: 2.6.20.17-rc1, Aug 22, 2007

2.6.20.17-rc1 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 61
Files removed: 0

Microsoft vs. Google – the open source shame, Aug 22, 2007

Somebody toss me a Che Guevara T-shirt. Google and Microsoft have gone to war over open source software.

Asustek to start volume shipments of Eee PCs in September, Aug 22, 2007

Asustek Computer will begin shipping its ultra low-cost notebook, the Eee PC, simultaneously to clients in the US, Europe, China as well as Taiwan, in mid-September, with the first-round shipments targeting 20,000 units, according to sources at the company.

Linux smartphone offers Voice Call Continuity, Aug 22, 2007

Linux smartphone pioneer E28 says one of its handsets supports VCC 7.0 (voice call continuity) when used with infrastructure equipment from NewStep Networks. The Linux-based E2832 handset is said to have completed interoperability testing with NewStep's Converged Services Node (CSN) equipment for enterprise and carrier networks.

Who needs Windows Home Server with Linux around?, Aug 22, 2007

Is this a joke? I only recently started paying attention to Windows Home Server, since I tend to focus more on desktop operating systems and enterprise server systems. So I didn't realize until now that WHS is really just a vanilla file server.

Tilera Launches 64-Core, Linux-Based Mesh Processor, Aug 22, 2007

The Tile64 chip is not based on any existing processor cores and their associated instruction sets, but rather is a new core developed from the ground up to take advantage of mesh networking on each core to create a large pool of compute resources that can be dedicated to running a single instance of Linux and its applications or carved up on the fly into virtual Linux images, each isolated from other virtualized slices.

Technalign releases new community based distribution, Pioneer Linux, Aug 22, 2007

Technalign, developers of both the community and commercial Pioneer Linux operating systems, recently announced the release of Pioneer Explorer 1.0 and the Programs folder.

User-friendly Ark Linux 2007.1 sails out, Aug 22, 2007

The Ark Linux team have announced the release of Ark Linux 2007.1, the latest version of its multi-purpose desktop operating system.

OpenSUSE Turns Two, Novell Celebrates with 10.3 Beta, Aug 22, 2007

The open source openSUSE development project behind Novell's commercial SUSE Linux distributions has its second birthday this month, and Novell is celebrating by touting its improved build service for openSUSE and by shipping the first beta of openSUSE 10.3.

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