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Pingo Linux
Pingo Linux was a Slovenian Linux distribution based on Fedora Core. The distribution includes Slovenian editions of KDE, GNOME, OpenOffice.org, and Mozilla, an installation program fully translated into Slovenian, multimedia applications, and utilities for system administration.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2003-06-06 |
NEW • SCO Sues To Become Relevant |
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"The announcement by SCO last week that it intends to sue everyone who has ever uttered the word 'Linux' is the latest in a series of desperate measures by SCO to be noticed.", writes Humorix in SCO Sues To Become Relevant. "When Caldera discovered that its OpenServer line outsold its Linux line 3-2 (no, that's not a ratio, those are actual sales figures), they changed their name back to SCO. This brings us to the current situation. After the company's unsuccessful 'We're a player, dammit!' campaign caused 10% of their customer base to flee, SCO decided to resort to that time-honored American business tradition, litigation." Enjoy :-)
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| 2003-05-14 |
NEW • SCO Suspends Linux, DistroWatch Suspends SCO |
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This is from a letter sent to their customers by The SCO Group, formerly Caldera International: "We believe that Linux infringes on our UNIX intellectual property and other rights. We intend to aggressively protect and enforce these rights. Consistent with this effort, on March 7, we initiated legal action against IBM for alleged unfair competition and breach of contract with respect to our UNIX rights. This case is pending in Utah Federal District Court. ... For the reasons explained above, we have also announced the suspension of our own Linux-related activities until the issues surrounding Linux intellectual property and the attendant risks are better understood and properly resolved." And for the reasons stated above, some changes have been effected on this site. The SCO/Caldera Linux distribution has been moved onto the Discontinued Distributions page, removed from page hit ranking statistics and navigation bars. The SCO/Caldera page will remain intact for reference and historical purposes, but as far as DistroWatch is concerned, SCO/Caldera is no longer a Linux distribution.
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| 2003-03-07 |
NEW • SCO Sues IBM for One Billion Dollars |
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The SCO Group (formerly Caldera International) used to enter news headlines with great product releases and active Linux development, but sadly, those happy days are gone. As the news of SCO suing IBM emerges (see News.com and Forbes), it is clear that SCO is more interested in making money out of courtroom battles than from software development. Eric S. Raymond: "Make no mistake: this is a strike at the heart of our community. Conceivably we could live without IBM, but we can't live with the fear that any possible ally we might have in the future would get sued by whatever gang of desperate schlemiels holds the old paperwork from AT&T this week. Please support IBM in fighting off this lawsuit. It's important for the future." This is the rest of Eric S. Raymond's open letter to the Linux community. Other links of interest: Slashdot discussion, PCLinuxOnline calls for boycott of SCO, ZDNet and TheRegister reports. Interesting times ahead...
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| 2003-01-09 |
NEW • Review: SCO Linux 4 - Ready for the Big Time |
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This is a review of SCO Linux 4, published by Practical Technology: "Some things quickly became apparent. One is that SCO Linux 4 is easy -- I mean fall off a log easy -- to set up. With more than two decades of setting up server operating systems under my belt, I've never seen one this easy to set up before. In fact, I've found most desktop systems to be more difficult to install. In large part that was because SCO's Webmin and Usermin, web-based administration programs are very easy to use. We also found, though, that YaST, the UnitedLinux default administration suite, also worked well." The rest of the review can be accessed here. And just a small correction - the author claims that of the 4 members of the UnitedLinux consortium, only SCO and SuSE have released a product based on UnitedLinux 1.0. This is not true - Conectiva released Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition in November 2002 and Turbolinux released Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 one month later. Both products are available in their respective home markets.
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| 2003-01-06 |
NEW • SCO Linux 4 Is Rough Around the Edges but Shows Promise |
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eWeek takes a brief look at SCO Linux 4.0: "SCO Linux 4, the first distribution we've reviewed from the UnitedLinux project, offers companies a sensible path to bringing Linux to their enterprise servers. As part of the UnitedLinux group, SCO Linux should provide compatibility with a wide range of hardware and software, along with support from The SCO Group's reseller network." You can find the rest of the overview here.
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| 2002-11-24 |
NEW • Product News: SCO Linux 4.0 |
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SCO Linux 4.0, Caldera's new server distribution based on United Linux 1.0 was launched early this week, but how does one get hold of it? SCO's own web site is particularly secretive about it so here is some information as presented to OpenLinux mailing list subscribers: "SCO Linux is available through our channel partners only. To purchase a copy, use the partner locator at www.sco.com/partners/find to find a partner near you. As for downloads, the only provision the UnitedLinux LLC makes for royalty free copies of a "Powered by UnitedLinux" distribution is for developers. If you join SCO's (free) developer program you will be able to download the ISOs as soon as they are pushed to the site (with any luck some time early next week). I'll post to the list as soon as they are available." So that explains the distribution model for SCO Linux 4.0, while this is the place to join the SCO Developer Network and obtain a copy of United Linux 1.0, once available.
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| 2002-09-25 |
NEW • SCO Linux 4.0 Open Beta Now Open |
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Hot on the heels of United Linux 1.0 Beta 3 comes SCO Linux (formerly Caldera OpenLinux) 4.0 Beta, now available as a free download. The timing of the two releases opens up some speculative thoughts so I went to investigate. The result? The two products are identical. If you have already downloaded the United Linux 1.0 Beta 3 ISO images then there is no need to bother with SCO Linux 4.0 Beta. On the other hand, if you haven't had the necessary luck to get hold of the United Linux offering (the download sites have been extremely busy), then registering at SCO Linux for open beta testing would be a wise move as the download speeds are a lot better over there. Either way, this should be a very interesting product to test...
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| 2002-08-27 |
NEW • Caldera to Change Name to The SCO Group |
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The title says it all; here is a short excerpt from the official announcement: "The new name draws upon the company's significant brand recognition in its SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare product lines. In addition, the renaming enables solution providers to use the strength of the SCO brand when selling Linux solutions, including SCO Linux based product powered by UnitedLinux to be released later this year." As far as the Linux distribution is concerned, the name "Caldera OpenLinux" will no longer be used, instead the official name of the upcoming 4.0 release (currently in closed beta testing) will be "SCO Linux powered by UnitedLinux". For the sake of simplicity, DistroWatch will call it SCO Linux and all references to Caldera will be replaced with SCO within the next few days. What you see on the left is the new logo, which we will have to get used to - reluctantly, I might add, since I kind of liked the Caldera logo. Ah, those corporate decisions...
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| 2002-06-01 |
NEW • Distribution Review: Caldera 3.1.1 |
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ServerWatch has published a brief review of Caldera OpenLinux 3.1.1: "When Linux distributions are available for free over the Internet, and for US$10-US$100 from major companies such as Red Hat and SuSE, why should an organization pay US$599 for Caldera's OpenLinux Server 3.1.1? Because you get what you pay for. OpenLinux is not just a basic release of Linux with Apache server bundled in, it's a seven-disk set of CDs, with a highly secure version of Linux 2.4.2 that has all of the unnecessary ports disabled. " Caldera's products don't get reviewed very often these days, so here is your chance to find out more.
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| 2002-05-10 |
NEW • Distribution News: Caldera |
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Caldera in the news. Lots of Caldera news stories, here is the brief summary: Revenue shortfall, layoffs at Caldera: "The company, whose Caldera Open Linux distribution had achieved wide acceptance before it was withdrawn from the retail channel in 2000, reports that its second-quarter revenues will fall between 15 and 20 percent short of estimates, coming in at between $15.1 and $15.5 million." Caldera's cash woes continue, but Love says company is close to turning the corner: "Can price-cutting, self-made applications like the Volution line, customer and channel loyalty, and its combination of Unix and Linux offerings bring Caldera out of the woods?" Interview: Ransom Love on the present and future of Caldera: "I hate to take a negative and entirely make it into a positive, but in reality some of it is just the ongoing work of streamlining the business, and, frankly, we're making tremendous progress there."
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