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News from Nov 26, 2007

Kernel release: 2.6.23.9, Nov 26, 2007

2.6.23.9 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 164
Files removed: 0

Is This The Greatest Laptop Ever Made?, Nov 26, 2007

It's not often I get so excited about a gadget delivery that I keep my eyes peeled for the postman.

Red Hat gets all charged up in Asia, Nov 26, 2007

In a role created for him in February this year, Red Hat's president for the Asia-Pacific region is vocal about the power of "talent attracting talent" which, he believes, is vital to growing the business.

Amazon Linux downloader taking forever, Nov 26, 2007

Two months ago we praised Amazon.com's DRM-free MP3 music store. However, while the company promised a Linux version of its "MP3 downloader" software strangely enforced to buy full albums, there is not even a public beta of it in sight.

From XP to Fedora 7 With Ease, Nov 26, 2007

I had a plan. I would install Fedora 7 on the machine and see what they thought. We were using Fedora 7 at work and the boss could use it.

Canonical launches Ubuntu Linux developers service, Nov 26, 2007

A new software development collaborative service for Ubuntu Linux is being launched today to give developers a consolidated arena to build code for Ubuntu on the desktop, server and for mobile applications.

Vista still struggling as Linux finds its feet, Nov 26, 2007

Almost a year on from the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista, only 13 percent of companies say they expect to move all desktops to the operating system, according to a survey released this week. Furthermore, adoption of Linux continues to gather pace, with a particular emphasis on the desktop emerging.

XO sales extended to end of year, Nov 26, 2007

The One Laptop Per Child foundation is to offer the XO PC for sale until the end of the year, because of unexpected demand.

Asus eeePC violates GPL say Linux stalwarts, Nov 26, 2007

Members of the Linux community have complained that the hot new sub-notebook from Asus, the eeePC, may have violated the spirit of the Linux General Public License (GPL)

Torvalds On Where Linux Is Headed In 2008, Nov 26, 2007

We really are pretty much all over the map. One of the fun things about Linux, and certainly the thing that has kept it interesting over almost two decades now, is how different people have different goals and the hardware keeps changing under us too.

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