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Next major PC company to go Linux will be HP — Jul. 24, 2007 — Opinion -- People used to think the very idea that a major PC vendor would offer desktop Linux was beyond a joke. It was, as Vizzini from The Princess Bride would have said, "Inconceivable!" ...

Sabayon Linux v3.4 debuts with ext4 support — Jul. 24, 2007 —

Just days after announcing the first version of Sabayon tuned to business needs including servers, the Italy-based project team has released version 3.4 of its desktop-oriented distribution, claiming "four months of hard and deep development." ...

Getting to know the OLPC's 'XO' — Jul. 24, 2007 —

One Laptop Per Child's XO (commonly referred to as the $100 laptop) is designed to change the world by bringing computing resources to children in the developing world. But the many innovations in the XO may also end up changing the world of technology. ...

'Classmate PC' showcased running Mandriva Linux — Jul. 24, 2007 —

The Classmate PC, a low-cost notebook targeting emerging markets, was jointly demonstrated by Mandriva and Intel earlier this month at the KDE-sponsored aKademy 2007 conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Featuring an educational interface, Mandriva's Discovery 2007 Linux is based on an Intel Mobile Processor ULV900. ...

Debian Edu project releases Skolelinux 3.0 — Jul. 23, 2007 — Skolelinux version 3.0 (codenamed Terra) is now available for free download, the project's Oslo, Norway-based team announced on July 22. The distribution supports educational institutions in over 50 countries and has become part of the Debian project, where it is known as "Debian Edu." ...

Puppy Linux 'Dancer' debuts — Jul. 23, 2007 —

Following the progress of founder and chief maintainer Barry Kauler's Puppy Linux is like watching a litter of scampering frisky pups. A fast gestating two months after the prior release, newborn Puppy Linux Version 2.17 -- aka "Dancer" -- was pushed out late last week. ...

HP to buy Linux thin client desktop company — Jul. 23, 2007 — Hewlett-Packard announced on July 23 that it would be buying Neoware, a provider of Linux, Windows CE and Windows XPe OS thin client computing and virtualization solutions. ...

Canonical launches Web-based systems management for Ubuntu — Jul. 23, 2007 — Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced on July 22 at the Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, Ore., the availability of Landscape, its Web-based systems management program for Ubuntu servers and desktops.

Wal-Mart to offer low-cost Linux PC? — Jul. 20, 2007 —

Wal-Mart will sell a sub-$300 "back-to-school" PC this fall pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows Vista and OpenOffice.org productivity software. The Everex GC3502 PC, is based on a 1.7GHz Via C7-D processor, and will be available later this year preloaded with Ubuntu Linux. ...

Pyro delivers Web apps to the Linux desktop — Jul. 20, 2007 —

The Pyro project has launched its "Pyro Desktop," a new Linux application with the lofty goal of "true integration between the Web and modern desktop computing." Pyro offers an interesting new approach to deploying Web-based applications on the Linux desktop, reminiscent of Opera's and Vista's widgets. ...

Freespire, Linspire, and Microsoft patents — Jul. 20, 2007 —

On July 5, Microsoft quietly released a "Covenant to Customers" to clear up how it is handling its patent deal with Linux distributor Linspire. Instead, it did little but puzzle and annoy members of the Linux community. ...

Slackintosh puts Slackware on PPC Macs — Jul. 20, 2007 — Aptly-named Slackintosh version 12, just released, updates this unofficial version of Slackware Linux that targets PowerPC-based Macintosh computers, such as the iBook. Based on a 2.6.21.5 kernel, the distribution's brief release statement noted that version 12 includes KDE 3.5.7 and glibc 2.5. ...

March of the desktop penguins — Jul. 19, 2007 — Opinion -- When Microsoft's Windows XP went gold back in the fall of 2001, the platform was, practically speaking, the only desktop operating system game in town. But is this town now big enough for Windows and Linux? ...

Asus low-end laptops to run Xandros — Jul. 19, 2007 —

In early June, Asustek Computer and Intel announced at Computex Taipei that they would soon be releasing a low-end $199 subnotebook PC, the Asus Eee PC 701. It appears to be on schedule, ...

Open source conference seeks speakers, exhibitors, attendees — Jul. 19, 2007 — One Course Source has announced its first annual open source conference, set for Dec. 28-29 in San Diego, Calif. The organization says the "One Course Source - Open Source Conference" (OCS-OSC) aims to "[address] the growing demand for alternative technology solutions that cost-effectively support and sustain the corporate IT environment." ...

Top Linux and open source software recognized — Jul. 19, 2007 — Reader-submitted nominations were at the heart of the annual "Linux and Enterprise Open Source Readers' Choice awards," revealed at the recent Enterprise Open Source Conference & Expo 2007 in New York. Notable winners include Ubuntu (Linux distribution), Sendmail (email server), and Evolution (productivity tool), ...

Linspire preps impending software updates — Jul. 18, 2007 — It's a bit later than Linspire had planned, but the company's CEO Kevin Carmony told DesktopLinux that the new commercial version of its Linux distribution, Linspire 6.0, along with the free version, Freespire 2.0, and its revised CNR (click-and-run) software update system, should be out before August. ...

Newbie flunks firefox update — Jul. 18, 2007 —

A new Linux convert reading DesktopLinux.com ran smack into a wall attempting to update Firefox to v2.0.0.5 based on our recent story. Here's his eye-opening journal of frustration and failure. ...

Maddog mad about Linux thin clients — Jul. 18, 2007 —

Well-known Linux luminary Jon "maddog" Hall is CTO and "ambassador" of a startup selling Linux-based thin clients and network appliances. Koolu currently has two hardware offerings that run Ubuntu Linux, and work with Google Apps in energy- and pollution-sparing installations for business, government, and education. ...

Firefox 2.0.0.5 patches "critical" flaws — Jul. 18, 2007 —

Mozilla today released Firefox 2.0.0.5, the latest update to the group's flagship browser. The update patches eight security vulnerabilities, three of them "critical" and two "high," the group said. ...

Xandros acquires open-source e-mail vendor Scalix — Jul. 18, 2007 —

Analysis -- Xandros CEO Andy Typaldos told DesktopLinux.com that his Ottawa-based Linux desktop and server company has acquired privately owned open-source e-mail and calendaring provider Scalix under terms that were undisclosed. ...

Xandros bundles NoMachine thin-client server — Jul. 17, 2007 —

Linux distributor Xandros along with NoMachine, maker of NX virtualization desktop, remote access and server management software, will announce on July 18 that NoMachine's NX Enterprise Server will start shipping immediately with Xandros Server 2.0. ...

Sabayon Linux business desktop goes gold — Jul. 17, 2007 —

The Italy-based Sabayon Linux project has released version 1.0 of the new enterprise-oriented edition of its desktop operating system. Sabayon Business Edition Linux 1.0 features a 2.6.22 Linux kernel and both KDE and GNOME desktop environments, along with a comprehensive set of application software. ...

App restores Linux desktops to pristine state — Jul. 17, 2007 — Deep Freeze system consistency software, popular in Windows and Mac settings, is now available for Linux desktops. "Deep Freeze Linux" is said to reset a Linux workstation's boot process to a pristine state, enabling successive users to avoid misconfiguration by previous users of the computer. ...

BlueWhite64 Linux adds features and enhancements — Jul. 16, 2007 — BlueWhite64 Linux v12.0, featuring a 2.6.21.5 Linux kernel with IA32-emulation, has been released on live CD and DVD ISOs. The distribution is aimed at pure 64-bit AMD64 Athlon, Opteron, Sempron, Turion, and Intel EM64T processors in desktops and servers. ...

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