TurboLinux Delivers First IA64 Port of Helix Code GNOME; Latest TurboLinux IA64 Developer's Release Delivers Professional Desktop and Other Enhancements.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 TurboLinux, Inc., the high-performance Linux company, today announced availability of the fifth upgrade of its IA-64 Linux distribution that includes the world's first IA-64 port of Helixcode's GNOME gnome (nōm), in folklore, tiny subterranean creature associated with mines and quarries. Usually represented as misshapen, frequently as hunchbacked, gnomes are said to be guardians of hidden treasures. desktop and other enhancements to optimize performance on Intel(R) Itanium(TM) processor-based server and workstation systems. TurboLinux, which was the first company to make a complete IA-64 Linux distribution available to developers last March, code named its most recent release "Firecracker" and includes the Helix Code GNOME desktop, the 2.4..0-test1 + 0621 patch kernel for Linux, updated kernel RPMs, Netscape installation by default, early support for kernel modules and popular developer programs such as gnapster and xmms. "At Helix Code we are committed to deploying our desktop onto every possible computer, and we go to extreme lengths to make Helix GNOME as portable and universal as possible," said Helix Code co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Miguel de Icaza Miguel de Icaza (born c. 1972) is a Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects. Miguel de Icaza was born in Mexico City and studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) but never received a degree. . "TurboLinux's choice of Helix GNOME as their desktop means that they recognize the quality of our product and our on-going work. And our partnership with them means that we can work together to bring Linux to the newest workstations, including those using the IA64 architecture." "TurboLinux has taken a leadership role in optimizing Linux for Intel's forthcoming IA-64 platform," said Ly Pham, executive vice president of worldwide development for TurboLinux. "We're pleased to also be the first to make Helix Code's GNOME desktop available to our growing ranks of independent software vendors porting their applications to Linux for IA-64." The "Firecracker" release of TurboLinux for IA-64 is available at ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/ia64. Guidelines and resources for developers working on TurboLinux for IA-64 are available at http://frontier.turbolinux.com/ia64. The TurboLinux release is based on the kernel and tools developed by the IA-64 Linux Project, formerly known as the Trillian project, a group of companies that include TurboLinux, Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. , CERN CERN or European Organization for Nuclear Research, nuclear and particle physics research center straddling the French-Swiss border W of Geneva, Switzerland. , Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Red Hat, SuSE, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. and VA Linux. The commercial release of TurboLinux's IA-64 Linux offerings will coincide with Intel's general release of IA-64 Itanium processor based platforms. About TurboLinux, Inc. Founded in 1992, TurboLinux is a market leader in Linux software clustering solutions and Linux internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation , with investment backing from more than 20 global computer companies, including Compaq, Dell, Intel, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Novell, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform and Oracle. Headquartered near San Francisco with offices around the world, TurboLinux solutions are supported globally by Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. The company's home page is located on the Internet at www.turbolinux.com, in Japanese at www.turbolinux.co.jp. and in Chinese at www.turbolinux.com.cn. Note to Editors: TurboLinux is a registered trademark of TurboLinux, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other registered trademarks belong to their respective holders. |
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