Global Linux Network of Seoul has signed a letter of intent with Sair Linux to become a master distributor of Sair Linux and GNU Certification training and testing materials for the Korean market, notes PRNewsWire.

The appointment of Malcolm Yates as UK Strategic Alliance Manager for SuSE Linux is helping to secure relationships with IBM and other leading hardware and software companies, according to a press release on LinuxPR.

Several media outlets are covering the support of the Gnome Foundation from several technology companies. From BBC Online: The Gnome Foundation will “put a common, friendlier face on all the varieties of the Linux and Unix operating systems.”
From InfoWorld: “(Gnome) unifies the existing Unix world,” said Marco Boerries, general manager for desktops at Sun Microsystems. “It’s great for developers and end users, and we need a user environment that’s easy to use, competitive, and gives us the foundation for more than just another desktop environment.”
More coverage from Inter@active Week.

The tour, sponsored by Vagrant Records and Napster, kicks off Aug. 23 in San Diego, according to Business Wire.

Wondering what happens at the Geek Bowl? The San Jose Mercury News features the LinuxWorld event.

RedHerring.com quoting Linus Torvalds in a LinuxWorld roundup: “I used
to worry about Linux becoming too commercial, but I don’t anymore. It
turns out that it’s been very important to see the old-fashioned Linux
community become augmented by the new people. I’d really hate to see
Linux turn into some self-centered, navel-contemplating kind of thing.”

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced expanded distribution for the Java 2 platform on the Linux operating system through agreements with SuSE and TurboLinux, reported M2 Communications.

NewsAlert reports, that SuSE Linux AG and Tech Soft America (TSA) have announced an agreement to freely distribute TSA’s HOOPS 3D Application Framework with SuSE’s Linux Operating System.

OpenSales, Inc. today announced that its software is now bundled with the packaged Linux-Mandrake 7.1 Complete operating system
from MandrakeSoft, the arrangement provides for the worldwide distribution of the two products, reports Business Wire.