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IBM has announced another contribution to the open source community: software technology that supports the exchange of healthcare information. The move is “a major step in the drive toward a national electronic medical records system,” the company said.
Source: www.linuxinsider.com

Xandros Linux eyes unsupported Windows users 
In a clever move to try to capture some of the users left stranded by Microsoft dropping support for Windows 98, 98 SE and Me (see our coverage ), Xandros is offering a massive discount on its latest Xandros 4.0 Home Linux distributions.
Source: www.geek.com

The latest news & announcements about Linux on the desktop … 
Jul. 31, 2006 Xandros 4 Home Edition Premium has just been reviewed by ExtremeTech.com , and overall, reviewer Jim Lynch seems quite impressed. Lynch pronounces the new release “one of the easiest to use and flat out slickest Linux distributions available.”
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

The latest news & announcements about Linux on the desktop … 
Aug. 09, 2006 Desktop Linux specialist Xandros announced Aug. 8 that it is joining the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), and will participate in OSDL’s Desktop Linux working group.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

The latest news & announcements about Linux on the desktop … 
Jul. 10, 2006 Opinion — Lotus Notes is finally, and I mean finally, coming to the Linux desktop on July 24. While IBM has long shipped many of its server programs on Linux, this will actually mark the first time Big Blue has released a desktop Linux program.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

Debian Linux to Include OpenVZ Virtualization 
Virtualization continued to capture attention last week as open source system utilization software from OpenVZ won operating system-level support from Debian Linux. OpenVZ Project Manager Kir Kolyshkin told LinuxInsider the announcement was key for the open source project’s larger objective of incorporation into the Linux OS kernel.
Source: www.technewsworld.com