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Loaded with open source software that includes the Mozilla Firefox browser, MPlayer voice, Helix streaming media applications, FreeType font and Cairo graphics libraries, the latest Pepper Pad runs Linux for the operating system's stability and resistance to viruses and other malicious software, Pepper spokesperson Mark Metzger told LinuxInsider. "It was a very conscious decision not to use Windows," he said.

Is it possible that, for all our talk about The Commons, the Net doesn't have one yet? Or at least not a complete one?

OMC Denmark ApS being a Danish cutting edge software and technology development company have after several years of development launched its Open Source adaptor, (BRUTUS) for Microsoft Exchange servers.

To many commentators, the newly released Limited Test version of Google Spreadsheets is the first move by a major company to challenge Microsoft's domination of the office suite. The functional reality, however, is less dramatic. From a user's perspective, Google Spreadsheets suffers the same limitations as Writely, Ajax13, ThinkFree Online, and half a dozen other online applications. Its lack of printing options and narrow selection of format, sorting, and formula tools makes it such a lightweight application that using it for anything except the simplest of projects is impossible. In fact, now that online applications are no longer a novelty, its main interest is as an illustration of how little developers assume that users actually need in an office application.

Gerald Combs, founder of the Ethereal project -- billed as the world's most popular network protocol analyzer -- caused a flurry of excitement among users and developers yesterday when he announced on the Ethereal developers mailing list yesterday that he was changing jobs, moving to a new location, and taking the project and its core developers with him as he leaves.

FSMLabs has announced immediate availability of a complete 64-bit Carrier Grade Linux distribution qualified under the recently published OSDL Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 3.2 specification.

Wyse Technology announces the availability of Wyse Linux 6.3, the latest release of the Wyse Linux V6 products. The product will be offered as a free software upgrade for current Wyse customers of the S50, V50, and 5150 SE thin clients.

Developer Thomas Zander of the KDE team, in a brief article in KDE News, writes that the team is now busy working "on its future" --- KDE 4.0 – and that many of the ideas they want to incorporate into the future version of KOffice are already being developed.

IT is a high-risk profession, yet some organizations are reluctant to assume reasonable levels of IT risk. When an organization is too cautious in dealing with the issue of risk, it may fail to gain all the potential benefits of information technology.

Although quickly convened, last month's first-time FreedomHEC event brought together hardware makers and driver developers in ways that could help boost device connectivity for Linux. Jacqueline Emigh gets a post-show debrief from conference organizer Don Marti.

An anti-Digital Rights Management (DRM) activist group plans this weekend to stage “flash mobs” to “warn Apple customers of the dangers of DRM in iTunes and Apple software” at Apple Store locations in six cities around the country.

ZDNet reports on a recent German Linux migration by the tax authority in Lower Saxony which has made the decision to migrate an impressive 12,000 desktops to SuSE Linux using KDE. The project, which is now in process converting 300 desktops daily, moves systems from Solaris x86 version 8, which the organisation has been running since 2002. The migrations are reported as going well thus far. KDE's Kiosk desktop customisation, source code access and licensing costs were cited as key reasons for the decision. Congratulations to all involved, and best of luck going forward with this effort!

Tax authority in Lower Saxony is jumping from Solaris to Suse Linux and the KDE desktop.

Oh didn't we mention that in the licence?

Microsoft has admitted that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) will phone Redmond every day - something it neglected to tell users before they installed it.

Many people in the Linux community know that its an operating system built to handle the most mission-critical of jobs. In fact, Linux is so stable, it can handle the most mission-critical job of all: managing the human heart. Rob Reilly reports.

Open-source OS now accounts for a quarter of Dell's enterprise business and is growing fast, the company says.

With the right mix of open-source software on Windows or Linux, Australian open-source business, Cybersource Pty., claims that white-box vendors can drastically increase their profits. (Linux-Watch)

Companies that now sell proprietary software will eventually be forced to give their software away – but the smart ones will stay in business, selling services, support and content.

International News: Dutch/English

EnGarde Secure Linux is een Linux-distributie die gericht is op het bedienen van servers voorzien een hoog beveiligingsniveau. Het bevat een aantal standaard applicaties waarmee verschillende server-taken zonder problemen uit te voeren zijn, zoals het serveren van dynamische websites, mail en het uitvoeren van network intrusion detection. Voor meer informatie verwijzen we jullie door naar deze pagina. Versie 3.0.7 is sinds kort beschikbaar en voorzien van de volgende aankondiging:

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.7 (Version 3.0, Release 7). This release includes several bug fixes and feature enhancements to the Guardian Digital WebTool and the SELinux policy, several updated packages, and several new packages available for installation. [LXer appreciates feedback on the inclusion of international news sources. Some 40% of our readers come from outside the US. - dcparris]

Linux down time may be due to missing documentation or changing the kernel, according to a new report by the Yankee Group.