A standard Linux distribution from the major Linux vendors. In 2002, Caldera, Connectiva, SuSE and Turbolinux announced their collaborative effort to produce a common Linux distribution that provides a single standard for industry compliance. See Linux.
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- Novell CEO Calls For New Linux Distro ISV Standard, Praises FSF
- Novell CEO Calls For New Linux Distro ISV Standard, Praises FSFWhat about this Ron !http://www.boycottnovell.com/You are doing everything you can to destroy Linux. Thanks!Enforcing order.de facto standards are influential. Red Hat controls the commercial Linux market so thoroughly that Oracle may have the right idea of how to create...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- SCO vs. IBM: clarity as push approaches shove
- SCO vs. IBM: clarity as push approaches shoveEstoppelMurph, you misunderstand the key point of the "statute of limitations" issue. If AT&T had, indeed, intended that the contract prohibited IBM from publicly disclosing its own inventions (e.g. RCU), then they had the opportunity fifteen years ago to tell IBM not...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Linux companies set to launch Asianux 2.0
- Linux companies set to launch Asianux 2.0Linux companies set to launch Asianux 2.0This is laughable. Remember the last time something like this happned and they called it UnitedLinux? Where are they now? Gone. Disappeared. Dissolved. So if we learn by history, these companies should be disbanding in...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-24
- Thoughts on OpenSUSE
- Thoughts on OpenSUSEPlease don't say DebianSuSE and Debian have very little in common. SuSE follows established UNIX naming and directory structures that Debian does not. Debian has its own software package DEB, while SuSE uses RPM. Debian users are hackers, while SuSE users just want something that works. OK, enough...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-05
- Ian Murdock on the Debian Core Consortium and Ubuntu Foundation
- Ian Murdock on the Debian Core Consortium and Ubuntu FoundationWith any luckDebian will be bought out by the Chinese government, and then SHUNNED by the world - thereby suffering a mortal wound. Since Debian is SO far out in left field, ANY thoughts of combining/merging with the mainstream should be...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-13
- Ian Murdock on the Debian Core Consortium and Ubuntu Foundation
- Yesterday, I promised a follow-up on the Ubuntu Foundation and comments from Debian Founder and Progeny Chairman and Chief Strategist Ian Murdock. One of the things that was up in the air yesterday was the possible creation of an "enterprise" Debian distribution. An eWeek story...
- Blog posts 2005-07-12
- Sun cools down Linux desktop plan
- Sun cools down Linux desktop planWhen are they going to understand ..... that Linux on the desktop is not a good idea. Yes, it can some cities like Munich adopting it, but that is not a big thing. Corel Linux did not catch up, neither JDS did, Lycoris failed and...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- The Linux Core Consortium: Second time is a charm?
- A few thoughts on the recently-announced Linux Core Consortium LCC. Providing that none of the members of the LCC go rabidly litigious and anti-Linux, as SCO did shortly after joining the UnitedLinux effort, the LCC has a fair shot at long-term influence. It's encouraging that the group includes vendors that...
- Blog posts 2004-11-18
- Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux
- Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinuxR.I.P.It had to be announced. Otherwise, who would have noticed?SCO was the "guest that wouldn't leave"SCO wouldn't get out, so they hosed it..!Surprise surpriseFunny, I recently emailed UnitedLinux about the situation with SCO and Ms. Hunter replied that SCO was still considered a...
- Discussion threads 2004-01-23
- Novell advocates open source
- Novell advocates open sourceSCO doesn't act like they dropped for United Linuxhttp://www.sco.com/unitedlinux/I wish the would take that down. Really an insult to die hard OpenSource fans.UnitedLinuxI checked on SCO's website, and they still claim to be partners in UnitedLinux (go to "Products & Services" | "Linux" | "UnitedLinux"). ...
- Discussion threads 2004-01-21
- VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux (SLES 8)
- IBM VisualAge C++ is part of a family of C and C++ compilers that supports all of IBM's major platforms. VisualAge C++ is available in versions to run on iSeries, pSeries, AS/400, and RS/6000 servers running AIX and selected Linux distributions. VisualAge C++ for Linux supports UnitedLinux V1.0 distributions, including...
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- XL Fortran V8.1 for Linux (RHEL 3)
- IBM XL Fortran Version 8.1 for Linux is fully compliant to Fortran 77, Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 standards. The compiler, based on the mature compiler technology of the IBM XL Fortran V8.1 for AIX compiler, now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 and UnitedLinux V1.0 distributions, including SuSE...
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