With the release of Ubuntu 7.10 and Fedora 8, Phoronix did some performance testing of the two distros. Who won? See page 5 of the Phoronix article.

The Linux Driver Project, a group of developers (lead by Novell developers) working with companies to create drivers for Linux, has created a list of their current project for anyone interested to see.

LinuxWorld has a video of a Novell developer talking about the Linux Driver Project, a project that is making drivers for hardware makers that want to have Linux support for free, at FreedomHEC 07. The video is a little long and gets very technical near the end, but I recommend you watch the first part, if you are interested.

The 2.6.22.3 kernel was just released. You can see the announcement here. This is not a major release, but is supposed to provide some better laptop battery life, bugfixes, etc.

Let my know in the comments if you want to know about this sort of stuff or not.