Novell beat Wall Street's estimates with a solid third quarter, but the real story is in its continued Linux growth. Net revenue rose to $245 million from $237 million in 2007, but Novell's third-quarter loss quadrupled to $15.1 million from $3.7 million in 2007. The company reported its annual adjusted operating margin to be between 8 percent and 10 percent, up from an earlier expected 7 percent to 9 percent.