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MultiCore Plus SDK empowers users with programming ease and maximizes application performance for Cell BE processor-based solutions from Mercury and IBM

[Supported on GNU/Linux, but appears non-libre - dcparris]

Users and analysts alike responded positively today as Red Hat Inc. delivered the fruits of its JBoss acquisition with an announcement that the Red Hat Application Stack subscription is now available.

This article is not meant for highly technical people so we may bend historical facts here to make life simple. Please do email us if you feel strongly about anything in this article though, we love to hear from our readers!

[Article is still bent toward Mac & Windows, but actually does say that "Linux usage by the mainstream is growing rapidly". - dcparris]

We knew him as lilo. He was the founder of the Freenode IRC network, a place where many open source projects established a real-time meeting ground. Freenode is where we work, play, and share. It is where many a small idea has grown into a large project. It is where we are all enriched by the experience and diversity of a group of people from many cultures who all have in common a love of open source.

NCR data warehousing division Teradata has shipped an enhanced version of the Teradata database running on the 64-bit version of SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell. It is available globally for enterprise-class data warehouses.

Virtual Machine Migration, GUI Enhancements And Additional Linux Distro Support Among New Features

The open source software movement has come a long way. A decade ago, nobody but the actual participants in open source projects and other IT enthusiasts gave the movement much chance of succeeding, but today, it's tough to deny the success of open source products. However, when it comes to security tools and antivirus software--the thin blue line separating our computers from certain infection on the Internet--there is less agreement that open source can secure as well as traditionally developed, closed-source products.

[Interestingly, numerous companies are offering ClamAV-based solutions that apparently protect their clients quite well. As always, watch for the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. - dcparris]

A 28-page book chapter about loadable Linux kernel modules and device drivers is available for free download. Entitled "Kernel Modules and Device Drivers," the chapter is excerpted from the second edition of Doug Abbott's book, Linux for Embedded and Real-Time Applications.

It looks like Motorola is making another non-RAZR, which in itself is exciting news. The E690 is a PDA/phone that runs on Linux, yes, Linux.

NEC will join IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony as an investor and licensee in Open Invention Network (OIN), an intellectual property company formed to further the Linux environment by acquiring patents and ensuring their availability.

Programmable logic supplier Lattice Semiconductor Corp. Monday introduced a 32-bit soft microprocessor optimized for Lattice FPGAs.

Here are some of the most significant bugs from the past week in the BugBlog:

Robin Miller recently published a story on Newsforge about "Stan"[1], as an example of a situation that demonstrates proprietary software is a danger to business continuity. I found this story interesting since I think Mr. Miller came close to correctly identifying a core issue, which is that the proprietary software business model as it exists today both facilitates and encourages vendors to act in bad faith. However, it did not need to have been this way, and really comes down to misuse of licensing along with some deliberate abuse and exploitation of existing commercial law.

Tollef Fog Heen of the Ubuntu development team on Sept. 16 announced the third alpha release (codenamed "Knot CD") of Ubuntu 6.10. The new Ubuntu version features a 2.6.17 Linux kernel and comes with the GNOME desktop environment.

Sonos and Atheros Collaborate to Deliver Wireless Multi-Room Audio Throughout the Home

Red Hat Application Stack, available online, includes Linux and open-source middleware for building new applications.

LynuxWorks' BlueCat Linux 5.4 Supports Newer Linux Kernel and GNU Toolchain

Increasingly popular web browser Mozilla Firefox has released its latest version, which corrects seven security bugs, including four critical vulnerabilities.

Actel has introduced SoftConsole, a free software development environment for Actel's CoreMP7, a soft 32-bit ARM7 microprocessor core for FPGAs. Based on the widely-used, open-source Eclipse integrated design environment (IDE) and ARM7 GNU compiler and debugger, Actel says that SoftConsole provides a cost-effective, reliable way to write and debug software programs for CoreMP7. The free tool enables designers to quickly and easily develop embedded system applications based on Actel's single-chip, flash-based FPGAs.

Although it’s been around for a while, the genetic library and its associated kernel plugins by Jake Moilanen have again surfaced in some of the more recent cutting-edge kernels.