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Aug. 21, 2006 The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project reportedly is close to solving one of its top challenges.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

The latest news & announcements about Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)
Aug. 19, 2006 PC silicon vendor Via Technologies is holding a contest that encourages “girls” of any age (over 18) to hone their gaming skills at a world-class gaming facility in Sweden, where they’ll be treated to some high-powered gaming training with Via’s “girlz 0f destruction” gaming ambassadors.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

Slackware 11.0-RC4 Released (OS News)
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Current Newswire: (Linux Today)
“Per discussion on the Fedora Advisory Board mailing list, openmotif currently does not meet Fedora’s licensing requirements. The openmotif developers have been contacted, but it appears openmotif’s licensing will not be changing soon.
Source: www.linuxtoday.com

The latest news & announcements about Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)
Aug. 21, 2006 Members of the Oregon State Linux Users Group must be big fans of the Firefox web browser. Why else would they go to the trouble of creating a 220-foot-wide crop circle in the form of the browser’s logo — and a very detailed one, at that?
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

Slackware Lives! Slackware 11 RC3 Released (ExtremeTech)
Slackware is also still improving and evolving. Its supporters hope, with some reason, that the forthcoming latest edition, Slackware 11 will gain this oldest of still going Linux distributions new fans.
Source: feeds.ziffdavis.com

Slackware 11.0 RC3 Released (eWeek)
One of the oldest Linux distributions readies its newest incarnation.
Source: feeds.ziffdavis.com

The latest news & announcements about Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)
Aug. 18, 2006 The KateOS project, which maintains a relatively new Linux distribution, announced the release of its v3.0 on Aug. 17. The Poland-based distro features a 2.6.17.6 kernel, the XFce desktop as default, and a good selection of applications to go with them.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

Another Quickie: ReactOS on VMware (OS News)
I downloaded a few VMware images for use in VMware player. The mouse (a PS/2 type) did not work either in ReactOS or in Syllable, but did work in PC-BSD (all in VMware Player).
Source: www.osnews.com

The latest news & announcements about Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)
Aug. 21, 2006 DesktopLinux.com launched its 2006 Desktop Linux survey on August 21, asking users of Linux desktops to identify what distributions they use, as well as their choice of windowing environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.), web browsers, email clients, and Windows-on-Linux solutions.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com