Google Highly Open Participation Contest?

Very nice, Google announced a program to promote Open Source with secondary and high-school students.
Read more (TechCrunch)

Linux For Every Child

A new project was announced in Israel, “Linux For Every Child” or “LLI” (LLI is an abbreviation of the Hebrew name).
As part of the project, volunteers will be providing working computers installed with Linux to schools, clubs, hospitals, boarding schools and other organizations where computing services can be supplied to children.
Read more (in Hebrew).

Oracle VM

Oracle unveiled on Monday at the Oracle OpenWorld their Oracle VM, that is based on Xen.
Press Release.
Slashdot.

The Israeli 2007 Welcome to Linux Series

The Israeli open source community is proud to announce the beginning of the series of presentations for Linux beginners. The lectures will cover basic topics in Linux in order to provide Linux home-use beginners with the necessary background. This year the series will take place in four centers: the Haifa Linux Club at the […]

Novell has decided to close the Israeli branch

Novell is making some structural changes, including closing branches (Israel, Belgium, Turkey, and more).
Read more at Globes