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IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- ATEN Technology, Inc., an innovator of high-quality KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) and remote connectivity products to centrally manage servers, network devices and IT infrastructure, today announced two new rack mount CAT5 KVM switches designed to eliminate traditional cable management problems and offer extended distance capabilities for up to 130 feet from the single-user KVM switch.

Welcome to our issue number 75 of Fedora Weekly News.

Vyatta's Dave Roberts went to Hawaii and all Richard Stallman got was this undressing ... which, depending on your view of Stallman, either reeks of unfairness or fits the man to a T (my vote).

[Finally, an honest, eloquent crticism of RMS without all the pinko-hippie-commie inflamatory drivel. This is something to which the community can respond. - dcparris]

Via e-mail, I've gotten some interesting, wide-ranging responses to Saturday's preview of Windows Vista's launch, "Rush for Windows Vista is more like a stroll."

Moodle stands for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. It is the word to describe the learning philosophy of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to learners to do them. This is an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity

Linux on the Playstation 3 (PS3)? IBM thinks so. A tutorial now available on IBM's developerWorks site provides the rundown on how to deploy Linux on the latest game station from Sony. But there's more than a Linux endorsement story at work here.

Take your Sideshow app and put it on a bagThe commuter sitting across from you with one hand in his pocket and an intent look on his face is probably just fiddling with a mobile phone or media player.

[Posted purely for it's geekiness - dcparris]

Part 2: Embedded Linux Commercial DistributionsThese are Embedded Linux distributions that are maintained and supported by companies as commercial products. They offer a wide range of capabililties and target a broad assortment of markets, from high-end telecommunications infrastructure, to handheld computers, to low-end embedded

In partnership with the Qt based VoIP free software OpenWengo and Mandriva, KDE-France is organising week of events in Paris from January 29th to February 2 about KDE 4. KDE will be present at the SolutionsLinux trade show, the annual French professional meeting for Open Source software.

Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the co-founder, president and CEO of the Open Voting Consortium, Alan Dechert will keynote at the third annual Red Hat Summit in San Diego, Calif. The Red Hat Summit will take place May 9-11, 2007 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.

'We should whack them'Microsoft executives - having been unceremoniously dressed down for, among other things, plotting to cut off rival Netscape's supply of life-giving air - discussed bludgeoning Dell over the true-blue ally's embrace of Linux.

The Linux Foundation faces challenges on the legal front, but also on nuts-and-bolts issues such as setting standards.

There is an interesting discussion triggered by Tim Bray's "ongoing · Life Is Complicated" blog piece:
HYPERLINK@www.tbray.org

San Francisco (dpa) - A week before the launch of Microsoft's new Vista operating system, its open-source competitor Linux received a giant boost Monday as prominent high-tech companies announced they were forming a consortium to promote the free challenger.

Company had not published all of the source code for the Linux-based phone.

Final preparations are being completed for the Fifth Annual SoCal Linux Expo (SCALE 5X), to be held Feb. 9-11 at the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel. All speaker slots are full, and all exhibitor booths have been filled, according to the event's organizers.

Final preparations are being completed for the Fifth Annual SoCal Linux Expo (SCALE 5X), to be held Feb. 9-11 at the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel. All speaker slots are full, and all exhibitor booths have been filled, according to the event's organizers.

[Nothing whatsoever to do with Linux, but who can resist a little info about penguins? And Gentoo fans will be delighted! - dcparris]

Microsoft is paying Rick Jelliffe to "correct errors" in Wikipedia's entry for OOXML

Great thoughts from an application-building perspective.

Lonesome dove makes an old friend

Sun Microsystems once again has eyes for Intel, and this time it's serious.