Provo, Utah – Cluster Resources, Inc. and LinuxHPC.org announced today the release of ClusterBuilder.org version 1.3 featuring the new Clustering Encyclopedia – a specialized reference source of high-performance computing (HPC) technologies and products.

London, England, 11 September 2006, - Big Faceless Organization (BFO), provider of high quality Java software components, are pleased to announce the adoption of their PDF Library and Viewer software by Aftenposten, Norway’s leading English language newspaper.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico., Aug. 30th -The Gentoo Release Engineering team proudly announces the release of Gentoo Linux 2006.1, the second release of the year. It builds on the strength of previous releases with several improvements. Featuring all of Gentoo's well-documented advantages in flexibility, performance and portability, this release is now available on all supported architectures. It is a compelling choice for people desiring a flexible, powerful community-based Linux distribution.

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux® and open source software, and Xandros, the leading provider of easy-to-use Linux alternatives to Windows desktop and server products, today announced that Xandros is joining the Labs to help drive the adoption of desktop Linux. Xandros will participate in OSDL's Desktop Linux (DTL) working group with a specific focus on advancing standards-based usability and consistency.

Italian developer Fulvio Ricciardi has produced a GPL-licensed x86 Linux router distribution available as a live CD or bootable CompactFlash (512MB) image.

Panda DesktopSecure for Linux is the ideal solution for companies with Linux distributions installed on their workstations. It is designed to respond to the specific protection demands of desktop and laptop computers running this operating system.

The Debian project confirms December 2006 as the date for the next release of its distribution which will be named Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias 'etch'. This will be the first official release to include the AMD64 architecture. The distribution will be released synchronously for 11 architectures in total.

Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) today announced two new innovative programs for Linux training designed to promote education around open source. Novell unveiled its "Train the Teacher" series, the industry's first free week-long boot camp for Linux* educators. In addition, Novell is the first Linux vendor to partner with Thomson Course Technology, the world's leading technology education publishers, with the release of a series of new joint SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise courseware offerings. As a result, students and teachers interested in Linux have compelling new options for building their expertise on the increasingly popular open source platform.

Bringing five-nines fault-tolerant computing to more operating systems, more applications, and more levels of the IT infrastructure than ever before, Stratus Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability of 64-bit Red Hat® Linux® operating systems across six server models. The supported systems include a new family of servers for telecommunications, as well as the complete, continuously available enterprise Stratus® ftServer® line, which previously supported only Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.

Seattle and Oslo, Norway - June 20, 2006 Opera Software today released Opera 9, its newest Web browser for PCs. You can download it free in more than 25 languages for Windows, Mac, Linux and other platforms from www.opera.com. Opera 9 enhances the way you access, share and use online content by including innovative widgets - fun, small and useful Web programs - and support for BitTorrent(TM), the popular file distribution technology. Even while adding these improvements, Opera 9 maintains the security and speed millions of Opera fans have come to expect.

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