KDE to become default desktop environment on OpenSUSE
OpenSUSE Linux distribution developers have said that they have decided to make KDE their default choice for the desktop environment over Gnome.
This is more of a formality considering OpenSUSE users have generally preferred KDE as their desktop.
Incidentally, SUSE’s parent company Novell ships the SUSE Linux Enterprise [...]
Beta version of Moonlight coming up
Microsoft and Novell are all set to announce the beta version of Moonlight.
Moonlight is the Linux’s implementation of Microsoft Silverlight technology.
The two companies are also going to announce the general release of Advanced Management Pack for SuSe Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.
Microsoft and Novell announced [...]
Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 released
Microsoft has released the second version of their Silverlight technology which competes with Adobe Flash for interactive components on the web.
The company said that the second version of Silverlight is designed to further enhance the usability of this browser plug-in.
Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 comes with improved support for web video in addition [...]
- Developers can now run .NET applications on Linux, Solaris, Unix & Mac platforms
Bangalore, India — Oct.8, 2008 — The Mono(R) project, an open source initiative sponsored by Novell, today announced the availability of Mono 2.0, an open source, cross-platform .NET development framework. Mono 2.0 provides all the necessary software to develop and run [...]
Mono 2.0 on Linux released
The developers behind the Mono project have released Mono 2.0.
Mono 2.0 would enable the users on Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX platforms to run .Net-based applications.
The developers said that this second edition of the software leverages Microsoft’s .Net Framework 2.0 programming model.
Miguel de Icaza, vice president of developer platforms [...]
SCO Group told to pay Novell royalties for Unix
U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has now ordered SCO Group to pay Novell more than $2.5 million in royalties.
These royalties are to be paid for disputes related to the UNIX OS.
This is however much lower than the figure of around $20 million which Novell had initially demanded.
SCO [...]
Microsoft Novell expand their partnership to china
Microsoft and Novell have announced that they are now expanding their collaboration to include the Chinese market.
The two companies said that they need to cooperate in this market which is growing and is heavily dependent upon Windows and Linux technologies.
Ya-Qin Zang, chairman of Microsoft China added: “We recognize that [...]
openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1 announced
The developers behind the openSuse Linux distribution have announced the availability of the openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1.
This edition ships with libzypp, KDE 3.5.9 and 4.0.3, GNOME 2.22.1, a beautiful new installer, installable live CDs and much more.
Some of the new features as per the release notes:
KDE 4 and KDE 3.5: The [...]
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 announced
Linux company Novell has now announced SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.
However, this release is still long time away though they have now specified the major changes and updates in this edition of SUSE Linux.
Justin Steinman, director of product marketing for Novell’s Linux & Open Platform Solutions said that this release would [...]
PlateSpin acquired by Linux Company Novell
Novell has announced the acquisition of PlateSpin which is based in Toronto.
PlateSpin specializes in providing technologies which targets the disaster recovery potential of virtualization software.
The deal is worth around USD 205 million.
Stephen Pollack, founder and CEO of PlateSpin spoke about this acquisition deal: “We can work with XenSource, VMware and [...]
