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At the Linux Foundation's second annual Collaboration Summit here, Reaves asked a panel of Linux kernel experts what he needed to do to get help from the kernel community to integrate code changes that would support Nortel's switches. Ford also took aim at Microsoft's past admission that it silently fixes vulnerabilities. Linux is more transparent, and this causes vulnerability data to be skewed, Ford argued. " I believe that vulnerability counting is inherently stacked against open source projects," he said. To some people, the increasing number of Linux distributions serves as a disadvante when it comes to attracting new users. To Christopher Smart, it's a plus point - the way he puts it, if he had not been able to roll his own, he never would have achieved the level of understanding of Linux he has today. During a keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, an Intel executive brandished a Netbook that looked Air-thin. Will inexpensive Linux Netbooks be a poor man's MacBook Air? Without exception, each user balked at the fact that they were beginning their Linux use without the benefit of anti-virus or anti-spyware applications. Not one of them could immediately grasp the concept that they were imune to windows viruses. To reduce redundancy and provide commonality, Fermilab and CERN have anointed a version of Linux as Scientific Linux. Now, though what with disasters like Vista, Windows Home Server and now only giving XP Home a new lease on life, I'd like to thank you for continuing to give Linux and Mac OS every possible chance to grab the desktop from you. Conclusion : Ubuntu 8.04 Beta promises a lot and is shaping up to be a interesting update .The most important change/addition in 8.04 is simplification of installation procedure with inclusion of tool like Wubi making installation of Ubuntu on Windows based systems really easy. The French-speaking Brussels Parliament (PFB) is considering to increase its use of Open Source, said Joël Tournemenne, director of the parliament's IT department, without giving more details. SCO Group Inc., the Utah County-based bankrupt software developer that claims to own copyrights to the Unix operating system, has scrapped a $100 million reorganization plan after its financial sponsor asked for a new deal.![[RSS]](/themes/LinuxElectrons/images/rss20.gif)
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