Oracle Has Ported and Extended Yast
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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
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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.
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