Kernel release: 2.6.16.54, Oct 06, 2007

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

Files added: 49
Files changed: 754
Files removed: 4

The head of the Open Invention Network (OIN) has dismissed Microsoft's claims that Linux violates over 200 of its patents.

Fedora has fixed a 'highly critical' flaw in the OpenOffice suite of products more than two weeks after it was first discovered.

Novell filed a motion yesterday in SCO's bankruptcy case in Delaware asking for the automatic stay on litigation to be lifted so that the SCO v. Novell lawsuit can go to trial in Utah Federal District Court.

The Linux-based eX2 in-flight entertainment system (IFE) from Panasonic Avionics was the big winner at this year's Avion Awards, sponsored by an IFE trade group. The Best Overall IFE awards went to Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways, all running variants of eX2.

Microsoft is regretting the way it handled the patent protection deal with Novell and other Linux vendors, according to open-source advocates.

Booting Linux from an external drive with the applications and settings of your choice has never been easier after this week's release of Puppy Linux 3.0.

If there's a better system repair kit than the Gentoo-based SystemRescueCD Linux distribution, we haven't seen it yet.

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