MEPIS has announced the alpha1 release of SimplyMEPIS 6.0, which includes new features such as a modified panel and enhanced on-the-go reliability. The KControl system configuration shell has been replaced with the SystemSettings shell from the Ubuntu Project. MEPIS plans to breakout components in the MEPIS OSCenter into KParts …
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Capgemini UK plc has developed a nationwide seat reservation enquiry system for Great Britain based on MySQL Cluster and Dolphin Interconnect technology. The system can be accessed from sales points, call centers and Internet applications and is capable of performing in excess of the 600 transactions per second required. The …
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SYSGO AG, a leading European provider of embedded system software, teams up with its French partner AP Embedded Solutions to satisfy the requirements of the French and Southern Europe market. The acquisition is part of SYSGO's growth strategy for 2006. With the products PikeOS and ELinOS as well as consulting …
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MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, announced that tech industry leaders IBM and EMC have joined the MySQL Network Certified Partner Program.
The program enables ISV partners to certify that their software has been tested and is compatible with the MySQL certified database server and …
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The 2005 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards have been announced, with Ubuntu, Firefox, MySQL and OpenOffice.org among the winners. The awards allow members of the Linux community to choose their favorite products in categories such as Linux Distribution of the Year, Office Suite of the Year and Web Browser …
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The Desktop Linux Summit, an event exclusively focused on business and open source for desktop computing, has announced that Geoffrey A. Moore, author of 'Crossing the Chasm' and other classic business bestsellers, will keynote the fourth annual summit in San Diego. The two-day event features case studies, technical sessions, panel …
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Mandriva and The Kompany have announced a partnership to provide customers with built-in software to take advantage of legitimate digital content using Mandriva Linux 2006. Mindawn, an open platform for digital content, makes it easy and convenient for Linux users to access a growing library of diverse music. Mindawn works …
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SUNWAH LINUX has announced the beta release of its Debian-based Linux Operating System RAYS LX 1.5. The new version improves hardware drivers support for web cams, Wi-Fi, SATA & SCSI hardware and adopts GNOME 2.12. It also introduces latest versions of multi-media players and provides quicker system installation procedure …
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The 4th SoCal Linux Expo drew a record crowd in Los Angeles, with attendees and exhibitors from diverse locations across the US. The expo featured keynotes, sessions, and fun & games, including a trivia contest and a talk by Hans Reiser about the Reiser4 file system. Exhibit highlights included IBM's partitioned …
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SYSGO AG, a leading European provider of embedded system software, expects revenues to grow by 50 percent in 2006. The company's recent expansion into France confirms SYSGO's successful growth strategy and its European focus.
Revenue growth goes hand in hand with an increased headcount: To support its ambitious growth targets …
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Mandriva's EDGE-IT subsidiary has won a seat in the NEPOMUK Social Semantic Desktop project, which aims to develop a comprehensive solution for extending the personal desktop into a collaboration environment that supports both personal information management and sharing of information via social and organizational channels. The project is funded under …
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MySQL AB, the developer of the world's most popular open source database, has announced the completion of an $18.5 million Series C round of financing led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The corporate investors in the round were Intel Capital, Red Hat, SAP Ventures, and Presidio STX. MySQL AB …
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SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3 has been released by MEPIS LLC.
The new version includes over 900 preinstalled packages such as Xorg 6.8, KDE 3.4.3, OpenOffice 2.0.1, Firefox 1.5, and a 2.6.15 kernel. Hardware detection and configuration is now handled in the kernel with …
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Thanks to the hard work and great talent of the LinuxCOE developers, Instalinux now has another distribution to choose from - Kubuntu. Instalinux, built on LinuxCOE already let you choose from Ubuntu, Debian, SuSE and Fedora - now you have another choice - Kubuntu. Both i386 and x86_64 are supported. The interface remains …
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Terra Soft Solutions has announced the release of a mobile, pre-configured 8-node Xserve bioinformatics cluster. The Y-Bio Cluster is a natural follow-on offering to Y-Bio, Terra Soft's bioinformaticssolution that combines over 100 genomics sequencing applications into asingle, managed interface.
The Y-Bio Cluster enables bioinformaticsists to conduct research in the time …
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McObject has released Perst, an open source, object-oriented embedded database for Linux and Java. The database is known for its high performance, small footprint, and tight integration with Java, resulting in transparent persistence and ease of use. It is ideal for Java applications that require a modest footprint and fast …
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MySQL AB announced that KarstadtQuelle AG's e-commerce subsidiary neckermann.de has replaced its legacy database system with MySQL Cluster. The German e-retailer found what it was looking for in the combination of MySQL Cluster running on Linux and commodity Intel-based blade server hardware. When it came time to implement the …
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The Desktop Linux Summit is an event dedicated to Linux and open source software for the desktop. The summit will be held April 24-25, 2006 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. Novell and Red Hat are platinum sponsors of the event, which features a lineup of speakers …
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froglogic GmbH has pre-announced Squish/Web, a new edition of Squish that allows for testing interactive Web applications using the Squish test tool. Squish started out as a professional automated GUI test tool for applications based on Trolltech's Qt GUI toolkit and has since gained support for testing XView-based applications …
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Mandriva, a publisher of the popular Mandriva Linux operating system, announced its support for IBM's move to allow the open source industry and community to freely access a new version of its industry leading enterprise dataserver, DB2.
Mandriva considers IBM as one of the key builders of the momentum enjoyed …
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