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	30 Oct 2006: Welcome to Novell Linux News. This month you'll find out more about Novell's two new Linux offerings: SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time, and Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise. Also check out the new hardware news: four white-box PC manufacturers will begin offering PCs pre-loaded with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. This is a great step forward in offering customers real choice. (Which was, BTW, one of the top customer requests in a recent survey on Hardware Usage conducted by Novell.) Want to talk to a Sales Rep? Click here. heads up take a closer look training opportunities novell linux solutions at work blogs cool solutions especially for linux newbies downloads industry buzz heads up New Offering: Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise What is the fastest way to drive down your Windows infrastructure costs? Add Linux to your current systems. With the new Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise, jointly developed by IBM and Novell, you can bring the flexibility of Linux into your Windows environment-and quickly reduce costs. Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise is a solution bundled for File and Print server and Database and Application server for IBM System x and BladeCenter servers. During installation, a machine can also be setup for application development. In addition to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, the solution bundle includes IBM DB2 Express-C database and IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition at no license charge to support Database and Application Server workloads. The Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise also includes Centeris Likewise. Centeris Likewise allows SUSE Linux Enterprise-based servers to be seamlessly integrated into existing Microsoft Windows and Active Directory environments. New Offering: SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Novell has announced the availability of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Real Time, enabling customers to realize the benefits of Linux for real-time applications. SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time from Novell® adds real-time technology from Concurrent Computer Corporation to the flexible and scalable SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 platform. As a result, customers see lower costs with predictable performance in time-critical environments. Novell's Nat Friedman Named Technologist of the Year VARBusiness Magazine has named Nat Friedman, Novell's chief technology and strategy officer for open source, as its first ever Technologist of the Year. Friedman was honored for innovation in Novell's most recent desktop Linux offering, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, the first truly usable Linux desktop operating system for corporate environments. Shipped in August 2006 and named Best of Show at LinuxWorld San Francisco in September, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 provides customers a compelling alternative to Windows at a fraction of the price. VARBusiness, which covers the business of technology integration, honored Friedman at an awards ceremony held Oct. 23, 2006, in Huntington Beach, Calif. The Linux Desktop in Government: On-Demand Web Seminar Discover the benefits of Linux in Government computing. With our partner AMD, learn how Linux will improve worker productivity, bolster security and reliability, increase functionality, lower overall total cost of ownership, and enable today's Governments to move away from rigid proprietary solutions of the past. Whether it's driver's license records, defense systems, criminal justice information, Social Security data, tax documents or court records, SUSE Linux Enterprise offers a safer alternative to proprietary solutions. Government agencies can adopt SUSE Linux Enterprise with confidence, knowing that their mission-critical applications are backed by CAPP/EAL4+ certificati on. White-Box PC Makers Pre-Install Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Novell has announced it has signed agreements with four white-box PC manufacturers who will globally distribute PCs pre-loaded with SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell®. European manufacturers ETegro Technologies, MAXDATA and Transtec along with R Cubed Technologies in the United States will sell notebooks and/or desktop computers with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 already installed, giving customers around the world simplified access to a complete desktop computing solution that dramatically reduces costs, improves end-user security and increases workforce productivity. take a closer look Fast Track to Linux in the Data Center What’s the next challenge for your organization’s data center? Reduce operating costs? Improve reliability? Simplify management? Tighten security? Consolidate systems? Whatever challenge you face, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server can help you succeed. Fast Track to Linux* in the Data Center from Novell Consulting® accelerates your Linux deployment process, reduces risk and helps you meet your goals for the data center. SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time: When microseconds matter.. Sub-second delays hardly matter to most users when they send an e-mail, but a similar delay in time-critical systems could cost millions. Latency spikes and unpredictable performance wreak havoc in time-critical environments where the value of a microsecond is the difference between merely surviving and aggressively competing. SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time eliminates latency spikes and provides predictable response times. It delivers high-quality service, no matter the load, sharpening your competitive edge. So whenever deterministic timing or low latency matter, SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time is the right choice. When success depends on sub-second response times, every delay, no matter how small, is a t hreat to your bottom line. So maximize your edge by introducing consistent speed and performance from SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time. training opportunities Early bird discount for ATT Live 2006 Our 40+ sessions will cover content requested by Novell's Advanced Technical Training (ATT) Alumni not normally available through our public ATT schedule. Get trained today in Novell's only Advanced Technical Training Conference. Register now and save 10% off the already great conference price! Linux Technical Skills Assessment -- Free Offer Whether you are seeking Linux certification or want to accurately assess your skill level, our TSA will provide you with an easy method of evaluating the current level of knowledge you have. novell linux solutions at work Giant Retailer Chooses SUSE Linux Enterprise Platform to Run Desktops and Servers One of the largest home furnishings retailers in the United States is installing SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell® on all of its in-store sales terminals across more than 320 stores. W.S. Badcock Corporation, with stores in eight states in the southeastern U.S., also plans to use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 to run its extensive point-of-sale store management system, taking advantage of the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform to handle both front- and back-office systems. Hines Corporation uses SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Slashes Costs In the competitive manufacturing industry, companies are continually looking for ways to reduce overall costs. Hines Corporation modernized its IT infrastructure with SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server and consolidated its servers by 50 percent. Linux* also helped the company reduce its ERP implementation costs by an estimated 70 percent. KarstadtQuelle AG Chooses SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Europe's leading department store and mail order group, KarstadtQuelle AG, implemented a Linux solution for its entire department store infrastructure, from back-end servers to point-of-sale systems. The combined IBM, Novell and PCMS solution offers superb reliability and performance, with low cost of ownership and high flexibility for the future. "The performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is excellent, and the whole POS environment is stable and reliable," said Joachim Brands, Managing Director. "Being in direct contact with our customers, the POS terminals are perhaps the most important devices in the whole business. We have high confidence in Novell Linux Point of Service to support this m ission-critical service." blogs Getting open source management on the radar It’s getting clearer by the day that conversations around open source has moved beyond discussions of “what is it?” to “how do I leverage it?” Case in point: IBD Networks, a Silicon Valley based group focused on new trends in the industry, is putting on a Under the Radar event tonight in Mountain View on open source management companies. The event will showcase four young companies in the open source systems management market. They’ll demo their products to a panel of industry experts, along with an audience of early adopter technology insiders. Both audience and experts will get a chance to beta test and offer feedback based on favorite features and areas for improvement, as well as explore the ideal industry “ partner” match‑ ups for the companies. Martin Buckley, who heads up product management for systems and resource management at Novell, will be on the panel of experts. Martin has helped make Novell’s ZENworks product line one of the leading management tools for heterogeneous environments, including Linux. cool solutions Beige Paper: Implementing Oracle 11i Applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Novell recently completed its upgrade from Oracle 11.02 to Oracle 11i. As part of the process, many individual and independent systems became part of the upgraded Oracle system. We achieved the following objectives: * Moved all tiers of our Oracle E-Business Suite to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on commodity hardware * Improved availability and scalability with RAC * Provided database and application management and redundancy with PolyServe * Implemented user provisioning with Novell eDirectory and Novell Identity Manager * Provided single sign-on with Novell iChain * Implemented load balancing via L4 switches Here's how we did it. BrainStorm Cool Tip: Configuring Dual Monitors in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 supports dual monitors. To learn how to configure this multiple display and give yourself a little more room, check out this week's BrainStorm Cool Tip. Find out how many actual processors are on your server Saurabh Garg shares a tip that will help you find out many actual (physical) processors are on your server. How to Install and Setup Munin on SLES 10 David Mair explains how to install Munin on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. Munin is a Linux host monitoring application that lets you look inside your systems and see how they change over time. You can spot trends and hot-spots at a glance. New Cool Tool: AJAX Target Tracking and Animated Replay Open Source application for adding targets and tracking the history and size of target area. Setting Up Thin Clients (LTSP) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 James Tremblay explains how his school district cut costs on the desktop by using older PC's and\or purchasing lower cost thin-clients that can leverage the flexibility and usability of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop environment configured with LTSP. SLED10 Deployment Tips in the Wiki These guides provides various tips and tricks on how to easily deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on a network of computers. So far we have: * Producing a Solid SLED10 Installation * Customizing SLED10 Application Settings * Locking Down the GNOME Desktop * Quickly Deploy SLED10 Workstations Using Remote Console with SLED 10 When ConsoleOne 136e is installed on SLED 10 it doesn't include the Remote console utility as an option in the attributes menu of a server object. James Tremblay shares a tip on how to add it. especially for linux newbies BrainStorm Cool Tip: Suppressing the First Page Number in OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer Creating cover pages or other sections of your document that are not numbered or are numbered differently is easy in OpenOffice.org Writer. All you need to do is apply page styles. Here's a tip from BrainStorm, Inc. to show you how. downloads SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 provides market-leading usability, seamless interoperability and essential productivity applications. It is deployable as a general-purpose desktop or easily tailored for use in thin or thick client configurations. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, your business can dramatically reduce costs, improve security, and increase workforce productivity. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 VMWare Workstation Virtual Machine Run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server inside a VMware virtual appliance and see how to take advantage of virtualization technology, while recognizing the benefits of the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform. Try before you Buy What's the next generation of Linux all about? It's a killer desktop on a rock-solid server that leaves money in your budget. Take SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 for a test drive today. industry buzz LINUXWORLD - SUSE Linux ThinkPad targets chip designers Linux World AU Novell, IBM Counterpunch Red Hat's Application Stack IT Jungle IBM & Novell Move on Microsoft & Red Hat Enterprise Open Source OpenSUSE 10.1 gets package update makeover Desktop Linux CEO Vision of Linux Enterprise Open Source Novell's Ongoing Linux Makeover NetworkWorld SUSE 10 Tastes Sweet to SMBs InfoWorld CRN Interview: Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian, The First 100 Days CRN Linux more accessible TheAge Novell aims to test your Linux skill level LinuxWorld SUSE Linux 10: easy to use, cheaper to run Channel Line Novell, Intel target virtualisation market Tectonic Newsletter Information You are subscribed to linuxnews list with the email address boy.blogger@gmail.com. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-1443771-50512637A@list.novell.com. To subscribe to other email newsletters from Novell, click here. Copyright © 2006 Novell, Inc. 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