Canonical's Launchpad to be Open-Sourced

Jan 19, 2009

Canonical, the company behind the Linux distro Ubuntu, will open-source the software development platform Launchpad.

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Google Sets Jaiku Free

Jan 16, 2009

Google will close the microblog project Jaiku and publish the source code under an Apache license.

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OpenOffice Lives, More Involvement Needed

Jan 15, 2009

Free office solution OpenOffice.org is still in the best of shape, based on reactions from project members to Novell developer Michael Meeks's recent pessimistic view. The Linux Foundation is one of many who are concerned. All want one thing: more.

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New address for Fedora mailing lists

Jan 15, 2009

Fedora is to change the address of its mailing lists from fedora-*redhat.com to lists-*fedoraproject.org.

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Ubuntu 9.04 Supports Ext4

Jan 13, 2009

Since its addition to Kernel 2.6.28, the ext4 filesystem can be manually installed in the upcoming Ubuntu release.

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FreeSWITCH 1.0.2 with New Codecs and Fax for VoIP

Jan 09, 2009

Free VoIP platform software FreeSWITCH is now in version 1.0.2. Enhancements include a fax module and new codecs for higher sampling rates.

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Lean and Mean Bug Killer: Amarok 2.0.1

Jan 09, 2009

Amarok's version 2.0.1 kills 33 bugs and, thanks to numerous improvements, needs a lot less RAM.

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OLPC Cuts Staff by 50 Percent

Jan 08, 2009

Today the One Laptop per Child Project announced that they will be reducing their team by about 50 percent and the remaining 32 team members will have salary reductions.

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