16 top crash bugs fixed, some minor changes to the modern theme and a few usability improvements make up the new release. Download now.

16 top crash bugs fixed, some minor changes to the modern theme and a few usability improvements make up the new release. Download now.

The Australian office has decided to hold off on plans to remove Linux as an option in the pre-installation stage. Rob Small, corporate communications director at Dell Computer Australia, explained the US move was merely a result of customer demand, and not part of a global move to remove Linux.

"Ximian is proud to announce the availability of the Beta 2 release of Ximian Evolution, the integrated personal information management solution for GNU/Linux and Unix desktops. This is the second of four milestones on the road to the 1.0 release this fall."

Turbolinux has announced the general availability of the first fully supported Linux distribution for IBM eServer iSeries. Turbolinux 6.5 features complete Linux server distributions that provide functionality previously unavailable to iSeries customers, including Linux's firewall and Web server, and Windows-compatible file, print and email services.

In 1998, the Mexican government embarked on an ambitious attempt to equip its vast and underfunded school system with computers running the free operating system GNU/Linux. But three years on, the program has largely failed to get GNU/Linux into more than a handful of Mexican schools. Finding enough capable programmers and system administrators proved to be the primary obstacle for the project.

Dell has quietly stopped offering the Linux operating system as an option on its desktop and laptop PCs, saying low demand forced the Linux-advocate to pull the software from its online stores.

"It has come to our attention that rumors are floating regarding the appearance of a Red Hat Linux beta release, named ROSWELL. We would like to reassure you that there is nothing of the sort."

The Debian Multimedia Distribution[1] (DeMuDi) project is an effort to build a Linux distribution for the purpose of multimedia work. The Debian GNU/Linux distribution already contains the tools for building and maintaining such a distribution and will serve as the basis for this distribution. Current Linux distributions either target Web applications and services or on desktop machines. Multimedia and

specifically multimedia production capabilities have only recently been well integrated into the Linux kernel.

PlayApp has announced today that they are offering their PlayApp Key technology as a free open-source alternative to Microsoft's Passport. PlayApp Keys, which are key-chain sized portable USB devices consumers give consumers complete control over many of their security needs. When used with the free PlayApp Player program, the keys allow consumers to instantly log-on to websites. Other uses include generating codes for encrypting/decrypting files and generating/using PGP passphrases for secure email/real-time communications.