DistroWatch reports - The third beta of SUSE Linux 10.0 has been released: "SUSE Linux 10.0 Beta3 Codename 'Bangalore' is ready for testing. Highlights: A PowerPC version has been also uploaded. It might not have the same quality as the i386 or x86_64 version, but it is save to install if you read this description from our PPC team. Lots of the most annoying bugs have been fixed. The FTP tree contains yum meta data. This can be used with YaST or any other installer using yum repositories.

OSDir has some sweet screenshots OpenSUSE Linux 10.0 OSS Beta 3 including multiple window managers.

As Novell released their third beta of openSUSE (SUSE Linux 10.0 Beta 3) today I was anxious to get my hands on it. I'm always excited to see what's new in SUSE's world as this distro has been on my personal top 10 list for quite some time.

When SUSE was absorbed by Novell many people were amazed and excited, yet a little concerned about the unknown. What would this giant do to SUSE? It seems like it worked out well for the duo as Novell is now frequently talked about as the number two (enterprise) distro, right behind Red Hat. SUSE has definitely not suffered from this merge although the benefits which they have received are not very obvious (besides the bling).

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The buzz with end users this week is that the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) chose wisely when it rejected an allegedly independent comparison of Linux and Windows.

Once upon a time, reviews related to GNU/Linux and free software in open source community publications and Web sites were candy-coated. We were amazed that things actually worked, even if making it work required hacking makefiles and configuration files, compiling from source, and getting your hands dirty in other ways, and gave everything glowing reviews.

The Asianux 2.0 Linux distribution hit the streets of China and Korea today, signaling the further rise of the joint Linux development effort against competing Linux distributors such as Novell, Red Hat and Sun Wah Linux.

Two serious security flaws have turned up in software widely distributed with Linux and Unix. The bugs affect Elm (Electronic Mail for Unix), a venerable e-mail client still used by many Linux and Unix sysadmins, and Mplayer, a cross-platform movie player that is one of the most popular of its kind on Linux.

SUSE Linux 10.0 Beta3 Codename "Bangalore" is ready for testing

Highlights:
- A PowerPC version has been also uploaded. It might not have the same
quality as the i386 or x86_64 version, but it is save to install if you
read this description from our ppc team before...

Kadischi is an application for Fedora-based Live CD generation. It is still in the early stage of development, but has basic functionality and can be run successfuly.

You can use a Pocket PC with Linux, but the integration of a device such as Hewlett-Packard's iPaq with Linux software such as Evolution requires add-on software. If you wish to use a Windows CE device with Linux you will need to install SynCE, a set of open source tools. You can download the software from SourceForge.net.

For a while it seemed as if the free software community was treading water by improving automatic configuration tools and device support, fighting ridiculous legal issues, and arguing over tools instead of concentrating on its original goal of providing free replacements for proprietary programs.

A particular headache for businesses stems from the proliferation of so-called vanity licenses. Rather than standardizing on any of the more than 50 licenses that the OSI has approved, many vendors insist on drafting their own license.

Not so long ago, the only way to see whether Linux would run on a particular PC was to install the OS on its hard drive. Times change. Nowadays, many so-called live CD versions of Linux boot and run solely from a CD-ROM. Ubuntu Linux, our 2005 World Class winner for Best Linux Distribution, has a live CD version available for download. You may be asking yourself, "How do I download a CD-ROM?"

According to unspecified Taiwan-based PC makers, Intel is currently working with software developers to design middleware application software for the Linux operating system (OS) for its Viiv (rhymes with five) consumer PC platform to reduce the cost and selling price of the PCs.

Developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, Linux is a free operating system which “belongs to the world� and today, it has millions of happy users worldwide. Its being free doesn’t mean its being meaner than other operating systems. On the contrary, the industry experts are most impressed by its power and richness and more and more users are embracing Linux.

"We will implement servers and work stations with Red Hat software, Novell applications such as network management and e-mail, clusters with Oracle's RAC technology, CRM provided by Humano2, Avira antivirus and others," said Carlos Munoz, the general manager of Linux Center Latin America.

Databases embedded in applications for mobile devices are based increasingly on non-relational, open source software, according to research sponsored by a company offering an object-oriented DBMS under dual licenses. Db4objects says its db4o Java/.NET database has become the "world's most popular object database" since it was released under the GPL eight months ago.

DistroWatch reports - The developers of Onebase Linux have announced the release of a new product - DevelopGo 1.0: The Onebase Linux Project is pleased to announce the availability of 'Live Development Platform' for programmers. DevelopGo is a special live CD that comes with over 11 languages, 5 popular integrated development environments, 4 GUI designers, 5 GUI tool kits, extensive language bindings, wide collection of offline documentation, and with core Onebase support - all in a single live CD.

OSDir has some nice screenshots of Onebase DevelopGo 1.0.

DistroWatch reports - The GoblinX project has released a new edition of its Linux distribution, a light-weight GoblinX Mini with the XFce desktop: Released: GoblinX Mini 1.2.0. GoblinX Mini edition is a son of GoblinX and contains only XFce as a window manager and GTK-based applications. The ISO image is about 150MB, but it contains an excellent collection of applications. The Mini edition is easier to download and remaster because modules are already prepared to allow a fast rebuild of the ISO file.

OSDir has some shots of GoblinX Mini 1.2.0.

DistroWatch reports - Freespire is a new Linux distribution, a free edition of Linspire with all proprietary components and trademarks removed. The distribution comes with a free repository of over 1,500 packages available via apt-get and Synaptic. This initial release functions as a live CD only and serves as a proof of concept. It certainly looks like an interesting idea: combining the benefits of Linspire's excellent usability and hardware auto-configuration with a free repository of Debian packages.

OSDir has the screenshots of Freespire 5.0.

Canonical is proud to announce the third Ubuntu conference! Most people who made it to Sydney and Matarò can vouch for the fact that it was an intense, productive and fun experience for everyone.

Distrowatch reports - The third beta of Mandriva Linux 2006 has been released for download and testing: Beta 3 is here! Release notes: 250 bugs fixed since 2006-0.2; 5621 packages rebuilt; fix a bug for configuring mouse; fix some modems firmware loading; enhance GRUB device.map parsing; removed stuff for automatic print queue setup when starting CUPS; Harddrake, use the new way to blacklist modules; packages installation, don't fork anymore to install RPMs during install, use 'nofsync' for RPM database; kernel 2.6.12.5; security hyper-threading enabled by default....

OSDir has some nice screenshots of Mandriva Linux 2006 Beta 3.

How much is this going to cost me? The question may be the lifeblood of business, but the answer is all too often an alchemy of knowns and unknowns, hard figures, and soft projections.

Start-up XenSource has succeeded in booting Microsoft Windows on top of Xen software, an important milestone in its effort to commercialize the virtual machine.

There is this delusion by some open-source opponents that open-source and free software is some kind of wild-eyed, long-haired socialist experiment by neo-hippies who don't bathe, don't have real jobs and sneer at the capitalist, work-a-day world.

Are you a businessperson or non-techie who wants to learn more about Linux and computers, but don't know where to start? One excellent place to start is a Linux user group (LUG).

Also known as 2.11.92, GNOME 2.11 RC is the release candidate intended for wide public scrutiny before the final release in September. It is packed full of tasty GNOME goodness, so if you're itching to find out what we've been doing, and can't wait to finish building it, take a look at Davyd's Prerelease Tour of this release:

Mandriva Linux 2006 Beta 3 was quietly released on Tuesday. No mention of the release is as of yet posted at mandrivalinux.com, but a 3 ISO set and a Mini CD are available for download.

I've been following these last 3 betas to see what Mandriva has got up their sleeve for their official Mandriva Linux 2006. The final release was expected to be available on September 15 but it looks to be delayed by at least a week, according to their release schedule which is now a week behind.

Before we get into the details of this release, here's the technical breakdown of this release from the Mandriva Linux 2006 DistroChangelog:

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When Mark Shuttleworth asked for help in putting together a list of Government Projects for the Go Open Source Task Team conference to be held on August 22 & 23 for South Africa, he faciliated an unique database of best practices and brought to light needs of developing countries.

The break continues to widen between the executives and developers of Mambo, a popular open-source content management system.

While browsing DistroWatch a week or so back I noticed that a fresh GoblinX release was available. I just had to grab their Live CD ISO and give it a whirl as I loved their super slick previous release 'GoblinX 1.1'.

From their site 'GoblinX is a Live-CD that is based on the excellent Slackware distribution. It is directed towards those users who appreciate quality applications and a workspace that is both practical and beautiful. GoblinX contains some of the most often used and praised applications for Linux. click on the ~Applications~ button to see which ones. A Live-CD is a completely operational Linux system contained on one CD-ROM and it runs from any CD-ROM drive, without requiring the installation on your hard drive.'

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