Linux Online - News from May 18, 2008

News from May 18, 2008

Nokia says no plan to switch phones to Linux, May 18, 2008

Despite reports to the contrary, Nokia is not embracing Linux as a platform for its mobile phones. The Finnish giant insists that comments reported by Reuters and others were quoted out of context and that nothing has changed.

Red Hat updates enterprise Linux platform, May 18, 2008

Red Hat is announcing availability Wednesday of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, with enhancements in virtualization, clustering, and hardware support.

Microsoft Joins Linux on OLPC, May 18, 2008

Microsoft on Thursday struck a deal to make its Windows operating system available on OLPC’s low-cost XO laptops, intended to bring technology to the world’s poor.

Asus aims to deliver all their motherboards with Linux onboard, May 18, 2008

Hardware manufacturer Asus has announced that they eventually plan to ship all their motherboard models with Splashtop.

Novell Readies Silverlight Clone for Linux, May 18, 2008

Users hungry to try out Novell's Silverlight clone for Linux and Unix can start kicking the tires on the rich media technology. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3747361/Novell+Readies+Silverlight+Clone+for+Linux.htm

Linux wins big in financial trading, May 18, 2008

Red Hat announced that announced that a European branch of the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has implemented its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat Network. NYSE Euronext is using RHEL for key components of its "mission-critical," high-speed financial trading environments, Red Hat said.

Flash Player 10: Dazzling Effects, Better Performance, Runs on Linux, May 18, 2008

Once piece of welcome news is that Adobe is releasing the Flash Player 10 beta for all major platforms — Windows, Mac and Linux. Adobe has even upped the Linux ante with a new installer specially tailored for Ubuntu users.

Microsoft’s plan to block Linux on laptops, May 18, 2008

Details of Microsoft’s recently announced plan to extend the life of Windows XP for ultra low-cost PCs are trickling out. IDG News got its hands on what it says are Microsoft documents outlining the program for PC manufacturers.

Synchronise Linux releases, says Ubuntu head, May 18, 2008

Canonical head and Ubuntu founder, Mark Shuttleworth, says that he would be prepared to adjust the release dates of Ubuntu if it meant they would match those of other major Linux distributions.

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