British Local Authorities Hesitant on Open Source
Aug 11, 2009A new survey by the Public Sector Forums in the U.K. on public financing of IT costs was based on a sample of 168 local authorities.
more »VMware Acquires SpringSource
Aug 11, 2009Virtualization provider VMware has purchased open source firm SpringSource for $420 million.
more »Apache 2.2.13 with Overflow Protection
Aug 11, 2009With Apache 2.2.13, developers have closed security holes in the popular webserver.
more »Microsoft Contract for Samba Developer
Aug 10, 2009Samba Project developer Chris Hertel has clinched a contract with Microsoft to write protocol documentation.
more »BlazeBlogger 0.9.0: Command Line CMS
Aug 03, 2009BlazeBlogger is a command line tool that allows creating blogs and websites without server-side software. It is now available in version 0.9.0.
more »10th Annual Sys Admin Day - Admins, We Thank You!
Jul 31, 2009For the 10th time, this day is dedicated to those unsung heroes working in the background: System Administrators.
more »GNU Emacs 23.1 Provides Anti-Aliasing
Jul 30, 2009Emacs, the extensible editor of the GNU project, is available in version 23.1. The release adds countless modernizations to the traditional program, such as font anti-alising and support for D-Bus and zeroconf.
more »Spring Quarter Results: Sun Vague, Intel Pale
Jul 15, 2009Sun and Intel have presented their quarterly figures for the second three-month period of 2009.
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Chromium-Based Browsers Will Ignore Google’s Ad-Blocking Ban
Brave Opera and Vivaldi will not implement Google’s changes that will cripple ad-blockers.
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Zorin OS 15 Released
The new release is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
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Ubuntu to Package Proprietary Nvidia Driver
Canonical is making it easier for users to install proprietary Nvidia drivers.
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openSUSE Leap 15.1 Released
Better hardware support.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Available
An OS redesigned for the hybrid cloud era.
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Google Brings Linux to Chromebook
All new Chromebooks will be capable of running Linux.
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Fedora Project Announces Fedora 30
The latest version comes with new tools and a new alignment of the various Fedora editions.
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The Apache Software Foundation Completes Migration To GitHub
The foundation has decommissioned its own Git service.
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Canonical Combines its Services in a Single Package
Now customers can gain access to all of its services under Ubuntu Advantage offering.
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Black Hole Image Has an Open Source Connection
Two imaging libraries responsible for the image are fully open source.