HP announced the release of AdvFS under the GPL. The code will be contributed as a reference implementation for the Linux kernel, and will also provide documentation. AdvFS has its roots at Digital Equipment Corporation, as the file system of Tru64, the unix operating system running on the now defunct Alpha architecture. The technology arrived at HP through Compaq.

AdvFS joins the ranks of numerous Linux file systems, such as XFS coming from Silicon Graphics, JFS coming form IBM, Ext3, ResiserFS and others

When using a Free or Open Source project in a professional environment, you'd better check you understand and respect the license. But a project can be dependent of other projects, with each using a different license. You also have file-based licenses. Dealing with licenses is one problem that Fossology.org software wants to ease solving. Once installed, you can upload a package to it, and it will analyse the package and give you access to lots of data it found, notably the licenses used in the software. As shown in the demos, it lets you identify the file subject to a specific license, or list all licenses used for files in a specific directory.

The Fossology software is available for download under the GPLv2 license

Citrix has inked a deal with Dell and HP for the distribution of Xen on these companies' servers, respectively Dell Poweredge and HP ProLiant and BladeSystem. After the acquisition of Xen Source by Citrix, the latter seems hard at work and announced plans for desktop virtualisation.