Everex launches $198 Ubuntu Linux gPC at Wal-Mart.
Everex, a longtime personal computer vendor, has unveiled its latest PC featuring Ubuntu Linux-based open-source productivity software and Google-based Web 2.0 applications, for a mere $198. more... and $200 Ubuntu Linux PC Now Available at Wal-Mart and Almost the Google PC: Everex gPC available at Wal-Mart and Interview with gOS Founder: “Linux For Human Beings (Who Shop At WAL*MART)” and gOS: The Conceptual Google Operating System.

The year of the Linux desktop has finally arrived.
While Windows advocates may smirk and say here we go again, as 2007 draws to a close I get the strong feeling that we may look back upon this year and recognize it with hindsight as the year that the Linux desktop finally arrived. more... and gOS and gOS Screen shots and Everex.

Linux-powered Asus Eee PC mini-laptop arrives.
The Xandros Linux-powered "ultra-mobile PC" (UMPC) has finally arrived. One of the most eagerly awaited laptops in some time, the tiny Asus Eee PC 4G, is now available from online retailers that include Newegg and Directon. more... and ASUS Eee PC: Exclusive Inside Look! and Game-changer: Asus Eee PC a win for Intel and Linux, at Microsoft's expense and Review: Asus Eee PC 701 4G and Adding a Start Menu plus Customizing It and Video on Installing 3rd Party Apps. and more...

Ubuntu Developer Summit lays out vision for strong Hardy Heron release.
The primary goal for the Hardy development cycle is to make existing features more usable and robust rather than adding a lot of new functionality. Stability and resilience are important for Hardy Heron because it is a long-term support release and will be supported on the desktop for three years. more... and Ubuntu to get visual refresh with Hardy Heron.

OpenSolaris Project Indiana.
With much anticipation by the OpenSolaris community, last night Sun had released their first developer preview for the binary desktop distribution that we have known over the past couple of months as Project Indiana. more...

Google announces open-source mobile phone OS, Android.
The Google Phone has arrived, sort of, but not in the long-rumored embodiment that many had expected. Google announced this morning that it has developed a new mobile OS called "Android"—a result of its acquisition of a mobile software company of the same name in 2005 more... and more...

Tux-shaped computer runs Linux.
Acme Systems is shipping a Penguin-shaped case for a tiny SBC (single-board computer) powered by an innovative MCM (multi-chip module) that runs Linux. The 6.7-inch tall, 30-Euro "Tux Case" houses the company's "Acme Fox," a 2.6 x 2.8-inch, 100-Euro, RISC-based board with Ethernet and dual-USB interfaces, and surface-mount connectors for other I/O. more...

Anatomy of the Linux file system.
When it comes to file systems, Linux® is the Swiss Army knife of operating systems. Linux supports a large number of file systems, from journaling to clustering to cryptographic. Linux is a wonderful platform for using standard and more exotic file systems and also for developing file systems. more...

Magazine.
Linux Gazette November 2007 (#144).
Compiz Fusion Community News for November 3, 2007.

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