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News from Jun 20, 2008

Kernel release: 2.6.26-rc7, Jun 20, 2008

2.6.26-rc7 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 937
Files changed: 8570
Files removed: 493

IBM supercomputer dual-boots Windows and Linux, Jun 20, 2008

IBM has demonstrated one of the highest profile supercomputers yet to run Windows as well as Linux - the Akka system, installed at the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) in northern Sweden.

Novell: openSUSE for All Linux Users, Jun 20, 2008

Today Novell makes a play for Linux users new and old with the release of its openSUSE 11 distribution.

First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on Linux, Jun 20, 2008

The makers of Wine claim that version 1.0 is the first such "stable" release and have said that although compatibility is not perfect, thousands of applications are reported to "work very well."

New Eee PC arrives, Linux same price as Windows, Jun 20, 2008

ASUS has announced the release of the new Eee PC 901 and the reduced prices of the previous 701 and 900 models.

Novell, VMware Collaborate On Linux Virtual Machines, Jun 20, 2008

VMware is collaborating with Novell to improve Linux performance in VMware virtualized environments. Novell has added support for VMware's Virtual Machine Interface into the SUSE Linux Kernel.

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