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more »Certified Ubuntu on HP Server
Feb 19, 2009HP and Canonical are working together to get Ubuntu certified for HPs Proliant servers.
more »Arch Linux: Linux for Advanced Users
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more »Red Hat Enters Virtualization Support Agreement with Microsoft
Feb 17, 2009U.S. Linux vendor Red Hat has entered a cooperation agreement with Microsoft in technical support of server virtualization.
more »Xandros Unveils Linux for Freescale Netbooks
Feb 16, 2009Xandros has launched an ARM based Linux version for netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices at the Mobile World Congress in Spain's Barcelona.
more »Novell openSUSE: Development Ebbing?
Feb 16, 2009Last week Novell announced a layoff of almost 100 employees "in response to the global economic downturn," without any further details. New information now brings into question the software house's commitment to openSUSE.
more »Debian 5.0: Way to Go, Lenny!
Feb 16, 2009The deal is closed: Debian 5.0, code-named Lenny, is officially available.
more »FOSDEM Video: Micro Distro Summit
Feb 14, 2009Nils Magnus of Linux Magazine Online pulled together the heads of three Linux distros for an interview and put them in a video: openSUSE's Joe Brockmeier, Debian's Steve McIntyre and Red Hat's Max Spevack.
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XZ Gets the All-Clear
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Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
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Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
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