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iTwire: Hubert Mantel, one of the quarter who started the SUSE Linux distribution, talks about its past, present and possible future.
Linux User & Developer: "LES 11 SP2 adds a new kernel, support for Btrfs and LXC, and Snapper to manage snapshots and rollbacks. Koen Vervloesem explains all..."
ServerWatch: Updates to enterprise Linux server releases don't typically include rebased Linux kernels.
The second service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, a commercial enterprise-class Linux distribution for desktops and servers, has been released: "SUSE today announced the general availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Notable features include an updated Linux kernel, enhanced file system support, and....
ITWorld: While Linux itself celebrated its twentieth anniversary in high style last year, 2012 will be the year of the lizard, as SUSE Linux steps up to celebrate two decades as the world's oldest commercial Linux entity.
InternetNews: From the 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow' files:
New submitter udas writes "Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel's stable branch, has left his job with SUSE Linux. He is now a fellow at the Linux Foundation. 'There were no direct conflicts working for SUSE, as the people there understand how important the individual developer, and their voice, is in the Linux community,' Kroah-Hartman told Ars this week in an e-mail interview. 'But, working in a vendor-neutral environment like the Linux Foundation allows me to spend a larger amount of time interacting with other companies and vendors, as well as helping Linux out in environments that were not necessarily the focus of my previous employer.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Oracle: How Dell planned and implemented the migration, including key conversion issues and an overview of their transition process.
The VAR Guy: "Keep a close eye on SUSE Studio, one of the best gifts Novell executives offered the Linux community before selling the company to Attachmate."
ServerWatch:Dell OEM Solutions is partnering with SUSE to deliver Linux for embedded and customized solutions. The partnership is the first by Dell that will bring a certified Linux solution to its OEM customers
ServerWatch: "Dell Cloud customers can now leverage SUSE's extensive application portfolio, and deliver mission-critical IT services."
The Var Guy:In an ideal world, Microsoft will add full Linux support to its Windows Azure cloud, helping customers to blend Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE, Canonical's Ubuntu and other Linux distributions with the Windows Azure platform.
ReadWriteWeb: It's been a long, strange trip for SUSE.
IT World: "Even as the Linux Foundation reports on Linux jobs in the U.S., the global picture seems to be even more encouraging."
ReadWriteWeb: This week, SUSE announced that it had joined OpenStack and today the company announced a development preview of SUSE Cloud which is powered by OpenStack.
InternetNews: You can add SUSE to the long list of vendors with an OpenStack solution.
FOSS Force: "I'm wondering why Attachmate is interested in MeeGo."
The VAR Guy: SUSE Linux, now owned by Attachmate, is preparing customer and partner surprises that will likely involve public cloud and private cloud initiatives.
ServerWatch: Chair of openSUSE foundation says things are going well but he wants more recognition for the good work that SUSE is doing.
LinuxPlanet: Few things are more controversial on the Linux Planet than patents and Microsoft.
FOSS Force: "Now that Microsoft and SUSE have announced they plan to continue sleeping together, I wonder if the folks at Techrights are rethinking their plans to pull the plug on Boycott Novell?"
InformationWeek: "Microsoft on Monday said it agreed to extend by four years a controversial deal under which it resells SUSE Linux services to business customers and pledges not to sue those customers, or SUSE, for patent infringement."
darthcamaro writes "No big surprise, but Microsoft has now officially extended their patent, interoperability and Linux resale deal with SUSE. This was the deal that Novell had originally signed. Now, with the Attachmate sale, Microsoft is bringing the deal back to SUSE. The deal is being extended until 2016 and Microsoft is set to invest another $100 million into SUSE Linux Enterprise Server certificates. This is on top of the $300-million-plus they've already brought since 2006." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
thinq_: "Thankfully, Attachmate isn't sore at Xamarin's founders for setting up the company, and Xamarin won't hold the lay offs against Attachmate."
InternetNews: Microsoft embraces SUSE as heir to Novell patent deal.
Datamation:First release under Attachmate ownership brings new focus to Linux appliance-making technology.
Datamation: Fork? What fork? SUSE backs ex-employees in their startup to support Mono.
OSTATIC: "The Document Foundation today announced new advisory board members saying it's a demonstration of wide corporate support."
SUSE: Looking for Linux appliances?