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Virtualization leader VMware is joining the Linux Foundation, which could prove to be a boon to both the virtualization and open-source hypervisor communities. VMware has had its share of problems with the open-source community, including charges that it violated open-source code standards. But VMware is now giving away its ESXi hypervisor for free and some believe VMware could open-source the hypervisor, despite statements to the contrary from VMware executives.
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Opengear's new uClinux-based console server lets enterprises get more use out of outdated rack-mounted Kernel-based Virtual Machine equipment.
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Xandros says it will move the Freespire Linux distribution that it acquired from Linspire to Debian's forthcoming Lenny release.
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The Lightweight X11 Desktops Environment project has designed a new version of GNOME that it says is compatible with the latest netbooks as well as with older computers.
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VersionOne and Danube roll out tools for agile software development. VersionOne is integrating its V1: Agile technology with Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008 and is supporting Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Danube unveiled ScrumCore, a new services unit devoted to agile development.
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The slow adoption of Vista is giving IBM and Linux distributors an opportunity to convince enterprises that there are good desktop software alternatives to Windows. IBM, Canonical, Novell and Red Hat will work with hardware makers to market custom-designed PCs preloaded with Linux and Lotus word processing and collaboration software.
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Startup Vyatta bundles its Linux and open-source software-based router and firewall software into an x86 appliance for the enterprise market. Vyatta will market its appliance to compete on cost-performance with Cisco, Nortel and Juniper Networks.
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VirtualBox is an able hypervisor for running guest OSes with a minimum of fuss and even less money.
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Mobile Linux will outsell Microsoft Windows Mobile and other rival OS makers in the mobile Internet device market by 2013, says ABI Research. Moblin, LiMo and Maemo will be the leading Linux mobile providers.
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The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 is the first low-cost notebook or netbook from the PC vendor and this new laptop offers an Intel Atom processor along with a $399 starting price. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 will compete against netbook offerings from HP, Asus and others.
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Mobile phone vendors Motorola, NEC and Panasonic unveil seven new Linux-based smart phones for the LiMo Foundation. Review a sneak peek of all seven LiMo Linux smart phones in this eWEEK slide show.
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The LiMo Foundation reveals the next swath of its Linux-based smart phones, which are designed to help users access the Internet from anywhere on the go. The new phones apply additional pressure on Google's mobile and wireless plans to bring phones based on its Android mobile operating system to the market.
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Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and maintainer of Ubuntu Linux, said blending agile development practices with open-source community development is a key to successful software projects in the new world.
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Ideally, the cloud versus on-premises debate should fade away. Can Microsoft's Exchange Online strategy fulfill cloud computing's platform-agnostic promise?
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Officials at Sun say the MySQL 5.1 open-source database will be generally available in the coming weeks. Sun had said MySQL 5.1 would be available earlier in 2008, but had to delay the release to allow developers to fix bugs.
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Ubuntu's deep software catalog, focus on usability and active community combine with long-term support to put desktop Linux's best face forward.
Review: Likewise Enterprise and its open-source sibling, Likewise Open, enable administrators to manage Linux, Macintosh and Unix machines through Microsoft's Active Directory and Group Policy.
Review: Firefox 3 should be welcome both for its many small usability improvements and for its under-the-covers Web rendering engine and security enhancements.
Review: OpenOffice.org 2.3 sports a nifty set of feature improvements, but the suite's sweetest features remain its low cost (free) and its strikingly broad platform support.
Review: The latest versions of fast-moving OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora make a strong case for Linux on the desktop, but there's lots of integration work to be done.
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