Kernel release: 2.6.25.16-rc1, Aug 18, 2008

2.6.25.16-rc1 has been released today.
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2.6.26.3-rc1 has been released today.
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I said I wouldn't post as much about technology unrelated to the Web, but I have noticed that Linux is a hot topic on Digg right now. The OS - and, let's face it, Linux is easier to define when we just view it as an OS - has been gaining momentum ever since Windows Vista turned into a nightmare for Microsoft.

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Canonical has become a member of the Foundation.

Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel.

While there is never any shortage of hope in the world of technology, perhaps the largest gusher in the last 20 years came from two words: open source, a term that is too large for one column (too big for most books, in fact).

I am going out on a limb here…really opening myself up for a flame-war. But you know - there are some defining moments that beg for such an action. That action? To question why anyone (when they KNOW the difference) would seriously choose a Windows operating system over Linux.

Buoyed by a court ruling and prospects for new mobile phone products, The SCO Group says it is on track for a Phoenix-like rebirth.

Sir Thomas More's description of Utopia as a place where "nobody owns anything, but everyone is rich" is not a bad way to describe the open source movement in which people around the world collaborate with each other to produce services that anyone can use - or improve on - for nothing.

Free software advocates are praising a federal appeals ruling on that allows greater protection for open-source software against copyright infringement.

Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, says he's fed up with what he sees as a "security circus" surrounding software vulnerabilities and how they're hyped by security people.

Despite being only 15 years old, Debian is more mature than any of the other operating systems. And it is available for free to download and use.

Dell, Intel and their partners announced last week new technologies that represent major leaps forward for mobility. The companies seem to have discovered the secret to making such bold leaps: Cut Microsoft out of the deal.

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