Der fertige Linux-Kernel 2.6 steht im Dezember zur Verfügung, sagte Entwicklungsleiter Andrew Morton. Demnach folgt der zurzeit verfügbaren Variante "2.6.0-test10" keine weitere Testversion des 2.6er-Kernels. Im Vergleich zur Kernel-Version 2.4 bietet die neue Variante des Open-Source-Betriebssystems eine verbesserte Skalierbarkeit auf 32-Wege-Servern. Außerdem wurden die Ansteuerung der CPU, das Speicher-Management und das Dateisystem überarbeitet. Auf 32-Bit-Intel-Systemen unterstützt Linux 2.6 bis zu acht Gigabyte Speicher. Weitere Verbesserungen betreffen das Threading, Schnittstellentreiber und die Verwaltung logischer Datenträger.

The free FTP version of SuSE Linux 9.0 is now available: "SUSE LINUX 9.0 is secure and stable. In addition to a powerful operating system, SUSE LINUX 9.0 delivers all the applications you need for Internet, Office, Multimedia, and Home networking. Its installation routine is now almost fully automated, so you'll be up and running with little effort. And, of course, you are assured all the advantages of using Open Source software."

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Before Red Hat used the name "Fedora" for their new consumer Linux dist, the name was used by computer scientists at Cornell University who was working on a project named fedora "flexible extensible digital object repository architecture."
Red Hat has now filed trademarks on name and treating it as such on their site, ignoring protests from the scientists at Cornell University. The scientists hadn?t trademarked the name because they are a research project rather than a commercial project and never had interests in grabbing the name.
But now the researchers are facing many support requests from Linux people and they are considering what to do to oppose Red Hat.

Read on at Cnet

The first release candidate of White Box Enterprise Linux is now available as FTP download. This Linux based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 sources

"What is the goal for White Box Linux?

To provide an unencumbered RPM based Linux distribution that retains enough compatibility with Red Hat Linux to allow easy upgrades and to retain compatibility with their Errata srpms. Being based off of RHEL3 means that a machine should be able to avoid the upgrade treadmill until Oct 2008 since RHEL promises Errata availability for five years from date of initial release and RHEL3 shipped in Oct 2003.

Or more briefly, to fill the gap between Fedora and RHEL."

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Klaus Knopper has released a new build of Knoppix V3.3

* V3.3-2003-11-19 (Updates)
- vpnc (Open Source Cisco client)
- prelink
- qt3-designer
- lots of updated packages
- Removed, for space reasons: selfhtml, sodipodi, abiword, karbon

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IBM has released a presentation at Desktoplinux.com; discussing why they think Linux has a place in Desktop market and what they are planning to do about it. This is relatively humble news, humble enough to be ignored completely by the general Desktop user. But if you are old enough and remember the famous wars between MS and IBM and their debacle on DOS in 80's then you will really read this news with much more attention. I definately know someone in Redmond is seeing these slides carefully. To see the presentation straight-away click here.

A new build of Knoppix 3.3 has been released!

MandrakeSoft S.A. has released the public ISO images of Mandrake Linux 9.2

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This are new Updates for Fedora Core1 listed at Linuxcompatible.com. glibc-2.3.2-101.1 ethereal-0.9.16-1 redhat-config-packages-1.2.7-1 grep-2.5.1-17.1 gcc-3.3.2-2 PHP 4.3.4 (devel)

The following updates are now available for Fedora Core 1 (formerly Red Hat Linux 10)

Convert Fedora CD ISOs to DVD ISO script:
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nVidia drivers for Fedora Core 1:
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NTFS drivers for Fedora Core 1:
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Mplayer, XFce4 and other packages for Fedora Core 1:
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Apache 2.0.48 for Fedora Core 1:
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Fedora Core 1 (formerly Red Hat Linux 10) has been released. This release includes GNOME 2.4, KDE 3.1.4, OpenOffice 1.1, and Samba 3.0.

Thanks LinuxCompatible.org.

Novell has signed an agreement that delivers them one of the largest commercial Linux distributions - SuSE Linux. The price for SuSE: $210 million.
At the same time Novel, a longtime Microsoft competitor, had an investment of $50 million from IBM, who also is a known supporter of the OpenSource OS.

Read more at CNet.

According to the KDE website a beta of KDE 3.2 which improves on the GUI and icons has been released. Interested? Download it from KDE or visit the KDE website for more information. Being the third major release in the KDE3 series, version 3.2 delivers a more polished experience. Functionality that debuted in previous versions of KDE has been the focus of nearly 9 months of intense efforts by the KDE team of programmers, artists, writers and translators. This has led to a great number of improvements across the desktop.

Unofficial Mandrake Linux 9.2 ISOs (4 CDs) are now available for download.

"Warning: Mandrake92-update* files are unofficial. The files never be released officialy. May be it's impossible to install from this isos it never be tested. On other side, updates to 2003/10/23 && more languages are integrated. Using the files is your risk."

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Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 3 has been released to the public:

"Desktop/LX is an operating system designed with your ease of use in mind. Desktop/LX loads ready for Internet access, office productivity, multimedia, entertainment, and more."


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MandrakeSoft has released the third beta release of Mandrake Linux 9.2 for AMD64

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A big thanks to Tweak Hound for the info:

Mandrake Linux 9.2 (FiveStar) is available in four versions tailored for individual computer users and for small/medium-sized businesses including a new "Discovery" pack, an easy-to-use desktop product customized for first-time Linux users. The PowerPack is a comprehensive bundle for Linux power-users. Also available is the Mandrake Linux 9.2 ProSuite, a full-featured server product for businesses and enterprises. All Mandrake 9.2 products can be pre-ordered at MandrakeStore.com. A Download Edition is also available. An Athlon64® version will ship at the end of October

Savagenews.com reports that ATI has released an updated suite of drivers to make the use of their products on Linux easier, faster and problem free!

3dgamers.com reports that id Software has released an updated full Linux install for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, the multiplayer first-person shooter by Splash Damage, along with an updated patch. This version 2.56-2 release brings the full installer to last month's codebase (in sync with the v1.02 Win32 release) so that new users don't need to obtain two files anymore, and both installer and patch have been refurbished with a tweaked installer.

Nvidia has released a new set of Linux AMD64 Drivers version 1.0-4499! Here's what's new:

Now supports for all GeForce FX and Quadro FX products Support for Active Stereo + TwinView Initial support for APM power management Improved OpenGL performance when rendering to multiple buffers (such as when using a stereo visual and rendering to GL_LEFT_AND_RIGHT). Bug fixes since 1.0-4180 (See README for a full list)