Dell to sell PCs with Novell SLED 10 Linux
Dell is already selling some machines with Ubuntu preinstalled on them in the United States.
The company has now announced a deal with Novell and they would now begin selling Dell OptiPlex 330 and 755 desktops preloaded with Novell’s SLED 10 in Chinese market.
Lenovo is another PC [...]
Red Hat and Novell sued for patent infringement
Linux companies Red Hat and Novell have been sued for patent infringement. These lawsuits have been filed by a “portfolio licensing” company named IP Innovation.
These lawsuits are related to patents which were once owned by Xerox. IP Innovation is claiming in their lawsuit that both the companies are [...]
Novell OpenSUSE 10.3 released
Linux company Novell has announced that OpenSUSE Project has now released the latest updated version of OpenSUSE operating system. The latest version is now OpenSUSE 10.3.
OpenSUSE project director Andreas Jaeger spoke about this release: “The OpenSUSE community continues to deliver innovations and has created a new version of OpenSUSE that will [...]
The SCO Group gets to stay on NASDAQ for the time being
The SCO Group has been given sometime by the NASDAQ stock exchange to get things in order.
The company was otherwise expected to be delisted from the NASDAQ earlier this week.
They had received the delisting notice by the stock exchange earlier this month.
The [...]
LessWatts.org initiative from Intel
World’s leading microprocessor company Intel is scheduled to announced an open-source project they have named LessWatts.org.
The project has been started to improve the power consumption of Linux OS and its applications.
It is expected to be officially launched by Renee James, corporate vice president of Intel’s Software and Solutions Group at the [...]
Novell reveals details about their deal with Microsoft
Linux major Novell has now released more details on their recently signed deal with the software giant Microsoft which has become a major topic of controversies amongst the open source community.
Novell has now published redacted versions of the three agreements it signed with Microsoft in its annual 10K [...]
Dell clarifies stand on Linux loaded computers
Dell recently launched an IdeaStorm web service asking web users and customers to submit their suggestions. One of the top demands made on this service was that the company starts offering Linux loaded machines.
There were reports in the media that Dell has indeed decided to launch Linux-equipped Dell laptop [...]
Dell to start offering certified, Linux-loaded desktop and laptop PCs
PC manufacturing giant Dell seems to have accepted the fact that their customers want them to sell Linux loaded machines.
The company has announced their plans to unveil a new line of certified, Linux-loaded desktop and laptop PCs.
Dell recently launched an online initiative named IdeaStorm where they [...]
Free Software Foundation reviewing Novell’s right to sell Linux operating system
The Free Software Foundation has said that they are currently reviewing software company Novell’s right to sell new versions of the Linux operating system software. The foundation is responsible for controlling the intellectual property to key parts of the open-source Linux operating system.
Novell has been [...]
PSA Peugeot Citroën to deploy SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
European car manufacturing giant PSA Peugeot Citroën has said that they are now going to deploy SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on up to 20,000 computers in addition to 2,500 servers.
This could be the continent’s one of the largest ever such deployment of Linux based machines.
Interestingly, the deal [...]
