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KDE Launches Official Website for Konqueror

The KDE Team is pleased to announce the launch of Konqueror.org, a website devoted to Konqueror, KDE's next-generation, full-featured, powerful, flexible, modular and Internet-transparent file manager, web browser and universal document viewer. Konqueror has a component-based architecture which combines the features and functionality of Internet Explorer®/Netscape Communicator® and …

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Linux@work: A Free Conference & Exhibition for Businesses in London

LogOn is announcing "Linux@work" in London, a one-day conference and exhibition on Linux for business on May 17. The event is free and open to all IT professionals who want to evaluate or implement Linux in their businesses. The full conference program is available at http://www.ltt.de …

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Metrowerks Joins Embedded Linux Consortium

Metrowerks has announced that it is a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC), which aims to promote and implement the Linux operating system in embedded applications. As a charter member, Metrowerks will collaborate with other members on efforts to drive and accelerate the acceptance of embedded Linux. The …

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VistaSource Announces Largest Known Corporate Deployment of Linux on Desktop

VistaSource, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ:APLX), announced that the Good Samaritan Society (GSS) will deploy their Applixware Office for Linux v5.0 nationwide to 2,500 users across 240 sites. This is the largest known corporate deployment of Linux on the desktop and the first major …

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Join the Open Source Revolution with Xtops Laptops

Xtops is a German site that offers laptops with Debian/GNU Linux preinstalled. The laptops are based on the award-winning Debian GNU/Linux and have been enhanced with laptop-specific features. This makes it easy for new laptop users to join the open source revolution and start running the operating system …

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Lineo, Inc. Receives $37 Million in Investment Money for Embedded Linux Market

Lineo, Inc., a leading developer of embedded Linux system software, has received $37 million in investment money from strategic investors. The investment will be used to continue building the embedded Linux market. Lineo develops, markets and sells embedded Linux system software and applications that provide OEMs and consumers with simple …

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Pervasive Software Partners with Red Hat to Deliver E-Business Applications for Linux

Pervasive Software has partnered with Red Hat to deliver sophisticated e-business applications for the Linux operating system. The Tango 2000 Application Server and Pervasive.SQL Server are now shipping with an application CD included with Red Hat Linux 6.2. This partnership reflects Pervasive's commitment to Linux as a strategic …

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SuSE Linux Partners with Ingram Micro for Retail Distribution

SuSE Inc., a leading provider of Linux software products, has partnered with Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest wholesale provider of technology products and services, to deliver SuSE's line of Linux software products to top North American software retailers. The one-year renewable agreement includes SuSE Linux CD and DVD versions …

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Lazarus Releases Version 0.5 of its IDE

Lazarus, an open source answer to Borland Delphi, has released version 0.5 of its IDE. The LCL (Lazarus Class Libraries) is designed to be widget independent and can work on any platform where Free Pascal can be found. The IDE currently provides for editing and compiling programs using the …

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Linux NetworX Raises $5 Million in Equity Funding from Canopy Group

Linux NetworX, a provider of large-scale clustered computer solutions, has raised more than $5 million in equity funding from private investor Canopy Group. The company uses the Linux operating system to create reliable and cost-effective alternatives to supercomputers for organizations demanding high performance and extremely low failure rates. With this …

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Alpine Consolidated Partners with Linux NetworX to Establish Leadership in Clustered Computer Market

Alpine Consolidated will help Linux NetworX find additional funding sources and provide direction with its new business efforts and company strategy. The partnership aims to establish Linux NetworX as a leader in the clustered computer market and assist with consolidation transactions, private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions. Linux NetworX uses …

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MandrakeSoft and Enlighten Software Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership

MandrakeSoft customers will have an EnlightenDSMFree version for their Linux system able to select integrated User Management upon installation of the MandrakeSoft Operating System. This technology will add sophisticated systems management capability to Linux-Mandrake allowing all users in the MandrakeSoft Linux environment to simultaneously manage other systems on the network …

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Quadratec and MandrakeSoft Announce Partnership for Enterprise-Class Automated Backup Solutions for Linux

Quadratec and MandrakeSoft have announced a partnership to deliver automated backup solutions for Linux. As part of this partnership, Quadratec developed a Time Navigator version for Linux-Mandrake, bringing additional data security solutions to companies using Linux for their mission-critical applications. Time Navigator from Quadratec provides a fully integrated software suite …

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Open CASCADE 3.0 Stable Version Released with New Development Environment

The first certified version of Open CASCADE 3.0 is now available for downloading or purchase from www.opencascade.com. This version features the following toolkits: Foundation, Modeling data, Modeling algorithms, Visualization, Data Exchange, Open CASCADE Application Framework, and WOK, the Open CASCADE Development Environment. The CD-Rom includes automatic installation …

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Red Hat Ships Metro Link Motif 2.1 as Part of Linux Enterprise Edition

Red Hat is shipping Metro Link Motif 2.1 as part of their Linux Enterprise Edition, a collaborative effort with industry-leading application providers designed to deliver optimized solutions for corporations migrating to Linux. The Motif GUI has been widely used on many platforms for many years and is essential for …

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IBM Pre-loads Red Hat Linux 6.2 on Netfinity Servers

IBM has announced that it will pre-load Red Hat Linux 6.2 on its Netfinity Servers, which are tested, certified and supported to run Red Hat Linux. This OEM partnership reflects the growing momentum and widespread industry adoption of Red Hat Linux, allowing IBM the added flexibility to meet customer …

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VistaSource Inc.: A New Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Focusing on Linux Applications

Applix, Inc. has announced the separation of its Linux group into VistaSource, Inc., a new wholly-owned subsidiary that will focus on becoming the world's leading provider of Linux-based applications and technologies. The new subsidiary will have a $6 million investment from its parent company and will be led by an …

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VistaSource Launches New Line of Linux Office Products

VistaSource, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applix, Inc., has announced the official release of its three cornerstone products - Applixware Office for Linux v5.0, Words for Linux and Spreadsheets for Linux. The software solutions are specifically designed as a native application for Linux computers and offer a more advanced approach than …

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First Open Source Code for Diskless Devices Released by Axis Communications

Axis Communications has released the first open source code for the Journaled Flash File System (JFFS), a production-quality filesystem that allows Linux devices to store information on Flash-ROMs. The JFFS is designed to provide crash-safe memory and support fast system boot-up, making it ideal for embedded systems without hard drives …

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Linux Stock News Adds 01 Communique to Client List; Exclusive Interview with Linux Fund Founders; NASDAQ Crash Impacts Linux Stocks

Linux Stock News has announced the addition of 01 Communique, a leader in unified messaging software, to its client list. The company's products provide superior fax, contact management, telephony, Internet, text-to-speech and video capabilities within a single program interface, making it easy and intuitive for users to communicate and manage …

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