Kernel release: 2.6.31-rc1, Jun 24, 2009

2.6.31-rc1 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.

Files added: 1467
Files changed: 7858
Files removed: 303

There has been a lot of talk about the success or failure of the Linux netbooks recently, to the point that it is now a very controversial topic.

For all the discussion of the importance of transparency and openness on the Web today, it's very telling that the world's fastest-growing mobile platform may also be the most proprietary. If openness matters so much, why is Apple doing so well with its uber-proprietary iPhone, just as Microsoft dominates the desktop with proprietary Windows?

The SCO Group, threatened with liquidation and still locked in a legal tangle with companies, including IBM, over alleged use of code from UNIX System V in Linux and with Novell over the copyright to UNIX, has published a list of FAQs on the takeover with which it hopes to avert liquidation, on its website.

Cisco has announced the launch of a new Linux powered Wireless-N broadband router with Storage Link and media sharing functionality, the Linksys WRT160NL.

As security threats escalate every year, even Linux servers and operating systems have become prime targets of malware attacks, revealed IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab as they release the beta version of their antivirus solution targeted at Linux-operated file systems.

Open-source software in schools isn't just a good idea, it's becoming a financial necessity if we're to keep enough teachers for our kids in classrooms. So, it's particular good timing that Sugar Labs and openSUSE have released free Linux distributions expressly designed for education.

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