Microsoft To Invest $100 Million More In SUSE Linux

Novell gets acquired by Attachemate Group Inc. And SUSE becomes an independent business unit of Attachemate. However, many things remain the same. For instance, the agreement struck by Microsoft and Novel Inc for broad collaboration on Windows and Linux interoperability and support.

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HP 2133 sub-notebook powered by Linux

When Asus rolled out the eeePC, it received rave reviews. Now it is the turn of HP to jump into the sub-notebook market. HP has unveiled a laptop with 8.9" high resolution WXGA display, 92% full size QWERTY keyboard and touch pad. It comes with an optional solid state drive, weighs just 1.19 KG and is just 1.05 inches thick.

HP 2133 Sub Notebook Specification

• VIA C7-M ULV processor
• 512 - 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• 120 - 160 GB SATA hard drive
• USB 2.0 ports - 2 Nos
• VGA External monitor port
• Audio in/ Microphone Jack
• Audio out/ Headphone Jack
• Express Card 54 Slot
• SD Card slot
• RJ-45 network jack
• 1 AC Power connector
• Kensington Lock slot
• VGA webcam (Optional)
• Stereo speakers and
• Stereo microphones and
• is wireless enabled
  

It's all aluminium case makes it sleek, sturdy and lightweight. HP has targeted this sub-notebook at the education segment namely the students and it will compete directly with other sub-notebooks such as Asus eeePC. The HP 2133's price starts at US $499.

A video of HP 2133 Sub-Notebook - Courtesy: Notebook.com

But the one thing which excites me the most is that HP sells this sub-notebook with SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 as an option.

Xavier has written an indepth review of this eye catching notebook with plenty of pictures to supplement his narration.

A great collection of repositories for Open SuSE Linux

When ever I try out a GNU/Linux distribution, the one thing which hound me atleast in the initial stages is the lack of awareness about additional repositories particularly the ones which contain software packages which are necessary to make working in Linux a complete experience. So the first time I tried Red Hat, I had to scrounge the Net to get the addresses of additional repositories because the servers which hosted the Red Hat official repositories were stretched to their limits and were dead slow and more over, they did not contain non-Free software.

When I tried Ubuntu, this travail was elevated to some extent partly due to the fact that the switches for enabling additional repositories which contained non-Free software was made available in the Linux distribution itself and also partly due to help from the strong active community revolving around it.

Now Vichar Bhatt, a staunch supporter of SuSE Linux - more so for its robustness and superior features, has compiled a collection of repositories which host packages meant for the SuSE Linux distribution though he is quick to point out that installing software from unverified repositories carry a slight security risk. Nevertheless his efforts are commendable. He has also provided a list of official SuSE repositories too which can be found here. Hopefully, the list will be updated as and when new repositories are made available.