2004 Linux Timeline: November [LWN.net]

Novell does not rule out general replacement of Windows and other proprietary operating systems with Novell Linux Desktop.

-- SUSE Linux Desktop 9 released too.

SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 is released (announcement).

SCO decides not to launch an anti-Groklaw site after all, at least not for now.

The Mozilla Foundation raises $250,000 in donations for its advertising campaign.

darcs 1.0 is released ("refreshing CVS alternative").

Xen 2.0 is released (announcement).

With Mozilla Firefox, at least I know where I stand. The code is open source, built from the ground up, clean--not recycled. No more hidden agendas. At least when there's a flaw in Firefox, this browser alerts me on its toolbar. It doesn't try to hide its mistakes, waiting until the second Tuesday of the month to offer me a patch for some flaw that's been out there for six months already.

-- Robert Vamosi, ZDNet

Firefox 1.0 is released (release notes).

Microsoft offers a license for standard TCP/IP protocols (royalty free!).

SCO settles the new deal with its lawyers (agreement).

freedesktop.org is compromised by a seemingly random attacker.

Slackware founder Patrick Volkerding discloses a chronic illness to his users and asks for help.

Debian appoints two more "release assistants" to try to push the sarge process forward (release update).

We're big enough not to need the US: instead, US software will labour under the extra inconvenience and cost of licensing agreements, while European software will be free to be developed and distributed as we see fit. If the US wants to give us a monopoly on free and open-source software, then we'll have to cope as best we can.

-- ZDNet UK

Poland withdraws its support for software patents in Europe, depriving the Council of a majority (announcement).

Conectiva, Mandrakesoft, Progeny, and Turbolinux form the Linux Core Consortium which will build a shared, LSB-compliant distribution (announcement).

The submission of hot-babe to the Debian Project starts a large debate on which (free) software is, and is not suitable for that distribution (coverage).

GNOME 2.8 is accepted into the Debian sarge release; KDE 3.3 remains out, however (release update).

I'm a sucker. Ask anybody. I'll accept the exact same patch that I rejected earlier if you just do it the right way. I'm convinced that some people actually do it on purpose just for the amusement value ("Look, he did it _again_. What a doofus!")

-- Linus Torvalds

Python 2.4 is released (announcement).

The (formerly) secret USL-University of California agreement is published by Groklaw (agreement).

SCO's motion to put the DaimlerChrysler case on hold is denied (Groklaw).

Mandrakesoft celebrates a profitable year (shareholder report).

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