Novell announced that the Novell® Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition is now available to customers worldwide. A Linux-based desktop-to-server solution tailored to meet the needs of small businesses, the Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition combines the flexibility and cost efficiency of open source software with the support of an established enterprise software vendor.

Trolltech®, the company that makes software faster to build and easier to use, today announced that all LinuxWorld attendees will have the opportunity to vote for the Best of LinuxWorld Qtopia® Greenphone™ Application.

In one of the most significant transformations of its worldwide data centers in a generation, IBM today announced that it will consolidate about 3,900 computer servers onto about 30 System z mainframes running the Linux operating system.