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News from Nov 02, 2007

Kernel release: 2.6.22.12-rc1, Nov 02, 2007

2.6.22.12-rc1 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 14
Files removed: 0

Kernel release: 2.6.22.11, Nov 02, 2007

2.6.22.11 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 251
Files removed: 1

Some church officials keen about One Laptop Per Child, Nov 02, 2007

A plan to equip the world's poorest schoolchildren with a low-cost, rugged, portable, wireless laptop has found some enthusiastic support among the Jesuits and in the Vatican.

Interview With Pamela Jones, Editor of Groklaw, Nov 02, 2007

In this Q & A, she explains how Groklaw operates, what its purposes include, and where it is likely to head in the future.

No worries: head of MEPIS Linux is fine, Nov 02, 2007

Users of the popular Linux distribution MEPIS were getting worried about the distribution's leader, who had been rather quiet lately.

HP Backs Red Hat in Government Biz Bid, Nov 02, 2007

HP today released new Multi-Level Security (MLS) Services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in support of the open source OS vendor's government push.

Big win for open source in IT management, Nov 02, 2007

Notch it up as a victory for open source over enterprise software. Zenoss, a provider of open source IT management software, has beaten off competition from four leading commercial software providers to land a deal at global technology firm UTStarcom.

Myah OS 3.0 alpha live CD released, Nov 02, 2007

Myah OS creator Jeremiah Cheatham has issued the first preliminary release of Myah OS 3.0. The gaming- and multimedia-oriented live CD Linux offering is built with an "efficient" Xfce 4.4.1 desktop, and bundles Internet, office, graphics, development tools, and numerous other applications.

Microsoft told Nigeria to dump Linux for Windows, Nov 02, 2007

Nigerian schools bought thousands of PCs with Mandriva Linux pre-installed but after words from Microsoft, they switched to Windows.

Why Linux Will Succeed On The Desktop, Nov 02, 2007

Unfortunately for Microsoft, this isn't a mistake it can undo easily. Microsoft can't afford to give away a significant portion of its Office market share just to try to regain some loyalty for the Windows platform. Now that the damage is done, companies are more inclined to support platforms where the playing field is level, hence this opportunity for Linux and other desktop operating systems.

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