Big Button Game: Metacity Introduces Flexibility
Mar 25, 2010The current button arrangement redesign in Ubuntu causes numerous bugs in GNOME and Ubuntu. The Metacity team now wants to step in.
more »Rankings of the Most Influential Open Source Voices
Mar 25, 2010Mark Fidelman from the open source centered company Mindtouch, has devised a method of establishing who has the strongest influence in the open source community. The result is a list of the Most Powerful Voices (MPV) by rank.
more »Skipfish Security Scanner for Web Apps
Mar 24, 2010Google's online security teams has come out with a free security scanner for web apps, named Skipfish.
more »The Ubuntu One Music Store Now Online
Mar 23, 2010Just missing the beta deadline, Ubuntu has today placed the version 10.04 of the new Music Store online for testing.
more »Swiss Education IT Agency Campaigns Against Microsoft Live@edu
Mar 22, 2010The Swiss federal agency known as Schweizerische Fachstelle für Informationstechnologien (SFIB) or Centre suisse des technologies de l'information dans l'enseignement (CTIE) has studied the user licenses for Microsoft products in Swiss schools. The result is a warning against the licensing and a recommendation to use open source products.
more »5 Years of Google Code: Google Doubles Source Code Storage
Mar 19, 2010Five years ago, Google started placing internal projects under a free license and with Google Summer of Code, began its support of the open source scene.
more »Qt 4.7 Preview for N900
Mar 18, 2010Qt developers have packaged a preview for the upcoming version 4.7 of the toolkit for the Maemo N900 smartphone. The software packages are intended for developers.
more »Ubuntu One Music Store: Tops or Flop?
Mar 17, 2010Music seems to be a viable income stream also under Linux. After Amarok and Rhythmbox have earned at least a few hundred bucks with Magnatune, Ubuntu is now breaking into the market as well.
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Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.04
After a brief pause because of the XZ vulnerability, Ubuntu 24.04 is now available for install.
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Linux Servers Targeted by Akira Ransomware
A group of bad actors who have already extorted $42 million have their sights set on the Linux platform.
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TUXEDO Computers Unveils Linux Laptop Featuring AMD Ryzen CPU
This latest release is the first laptop to include the new CPU from Ryzen and Linux preinstalled.
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XZ Gets the All-Clear
The back door xz vulnerability has been officially reverted for Fedora 40 and versions 38 and 39 were never affected.
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Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
This new joint effort is geared toward bringing Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm-powered devices.
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Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released
After a year of development, the award-winning Kodi cross-platform, media center software is now available with many new additions and improvements.
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Linux Usage Increases in Two Key Areas
If market share is your thing, you'll be happy to know that Linux is on the rise in two areas that, if they keep climbing, could have serious meaning for Linux's future.
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Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
An urgent alert for Fedora 40 has been posted and users should pay attention.
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
If you're worried that your Ubuntu LTS release won't be supported long enough to last, Canonical has a surprise for you in the form of 12 years of security coverage.
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Fedora 40 Beta Released Soon
With the official release of Fedora 40 coming in April, it's almost time to download the beta and see what's new.