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Novell Inc. investors may be cheering the Linux vendor's historic partnership with Microsoft Corp., but Linux advocates had an entirely different reaction Thursday, expressing concerns that the deal may hint at future patent lawsuits and possibly even violate Linux's software license.

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Last week at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, Novell Inc. released the latest version of its enterprise Linux product, SUSE Enterprise Linux 9, which now includes the 2.6 Linux kernel.

Upstart Linux vendor Xandros Inc. has made a free version of its Linux desktop distribution available to noncommercial users to encourage its proliferation on computers around the world.

Novell Inc. recently annouced it has penned deals with IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to distribute its SuSE Linux on servers and desktop computers.

The Philippine government is intensifying its efforts to promote the use of the open-source operating system Linux among its agencies, local government units (LGUs), academic institutions and small to medium businesses (SMBs).