ZDNet have a report (confirmed on the Novell site) that Novell are to release a new version of their flagship server product SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.

This version will have the 2.6 kernel – the 2.6 kernel works better than previous versions on large multiprocessor systems, it is easier to manage, and it supports databases better.

Red Hat, Novell’s main competitor, is apparently not going to ship a version of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux based on the 2.6 kernel until early 2005.