“With its acquisition of SUSE Linux still in progress, Novell is
already at work on a product suite that will support distros of
both SUSE and Red Hat built on the upcoming Linux 2.6 kernel.“Novell is targeting availability of the 2.6-compliant suite for
2004, some time after delivery of its first bundle of NetWare and
SUSE products earlier next year, according to Novell Security Tzar
Ed Reed.“During a talk at last week’s InfoSecurity show in New York
City, Reed hinted strongly that he expects the much-anticipated 2.6
kernel will be ready next month. The Novell security tzar noted
that the last two Linux kernels have been released during the month
of January, after a final code review by Linus Torvalds during the
December holidays…”