Mandriva Linux 2008 Beta 1 Released
Aug 09, 2007Mandriva "Cassini" includes kernel 2.6.22 and new versions of various applications, and it supports a whole bunch of new hardware. Compiz Fusion replaces Beryl.
more »Linux for 30,000 PCs at Schools in India
Aug 08, 2007The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) will be installing Suse Linux Enterprise on 30,000 desktops and 1880 servers at schools in the southern Indian state.
more »Freespire 2.0 with Proprietary Components
Aug 08, 2007US distributor Linspire has finally released version 2.0 of its free Linux variant Freespire, three months behind schedule.
more »Palm to use Wind River Platform for Foleo
Aug 08, 2007In an announcement at Linuxworld in San Francisco, Palm stated that it will be using the Wind River Linux platform for development based on the recently launched Foleo Linux device.
more »IBM Package Aims to Facilitate Grid Computing
Aug 08, 2007IBM aims to lower the barriers for introducing grid computing-based information retrieval with an integrated hardware and software package combined with a financial deal.
more »Dell to sell Linux Computers in Europe
Aug 07, 2007Computer manufacturer Dell is extending its Linux offer to Germany, France and Great Britain with an Inspiron notebook and an Inspiron PC.
more »Fedora and Creative Commons release Creative CD
Aug 07, 2007The Fedora project has joined forces with Creative Commons. The results are a live CD with Fedora 7 and free software, along with various music, sound and image documents under the CC license.
more »Nokia Siemens joins Linux Foundation
Aug 07, 2007The Linux Foundation continues to grow. The latest member to join is the telecommunications supplier Nokia Siemens Networks.
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