Debian Seeking New Project Secretary
Dec 23, 2008Current balloting for Debian Lenny's future has led to strife in the organization. Secretary of the free project, Manoj Srivastava, has resigned his position. A possible consequence is that the next version will undergo further delay in its release.
more »Ubuntu 9.04: Second Alpha from Jaunty Jackalope
Dec 23, 2008The Ubuntu Community has laid its second alpha version of Ubuntu 9.04, alias Jaunty Jackalope, under the Christmas tree.
more »Red Hat Third Quarter Exceeds Expectations
Dec 23, 2008Linux undertaking Red Hat has recorded a 24.3 million dollar profit in the third quarter of 2008, bettering last year's numbers.
more »BBC iPlayer Desktop for Linux and Mac
Dec 19, 2008BBC News announced the release of iPlayer for Mac and Linux. The BBC worked with Adobe to develop the new version, BBC iPlayer Desktop.
more »Contrib for openSUSE
Dec 18, 2008Just in time for the launch of openSUSE 11.1, Novell developers have completed the new Contrib-Repository. The Contrib will act as a bridge between factory (packages officially supported by Novell) and third party packages.
more »Amarok 2 Makes Fresh Start for KDE4
Dec 11, 2008Two years ago the development team of the popular Amarok audio player for KDE put themselves to work. A few days ago they released version 2 to rock the world.
more »Can Replacing Linux with Windows Save Millions?
Dec 09, 2008A Microsoft study once more tries to prove that a company is clearly better off with Windows as its platform. Our colleagues at the Australian iTWire Magazine have reported back with an analysis to dispute that claim.
more »Linux as Trojan Horse? Forced Adoption of Red Flag Linux
Dec 09, 2008Good news is that China is increasingly shying away from Microsoft and adopting Linux in its Internet cafés. However, can we trust the Red Flag Linux they're using?
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