The openSUSE project and the Linux Foundation will be making the openSUSE Build Service available through the Linux Developer Network (LDN). Among other things, the Build Service will take advantage of the LDN's AppChecker.

Debian users can soon decide whether to install on Linux or FreeBSD kernels.

The Dutch software developer Ferry Boender has placed the first public version of his templating engine, Templum 0.1.0, online.

AsteriskNOW, a Linux distro for telephony setups that includes GPL-licensed Asterisk, is now available in version 1.5.

OpenSSL is approaching version 1.0: the first beta provides a few enhancements and the project is calling for tests.

The patent war between Microsoft and TomTom may be resolved in court, but it hasn't ended. At least that's what the lawyers at the Software Freedom Law Center think, and Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation is further considering the implications.

In August 2008, the Fedora team noticed irregularities on its server. Project leader Paul W. Frields has now released a detailed report of the break-in.

Linus Torvalds, Ted Ts'o, Alan Cox, Ingo Molnar, Andrew Morton and other Linux kernel developers are embroiled in a contentious discussion over the sense -- or nonsense -- of journaling and delayed allocation before a commit in the ext3 and ext4 filesystems. Heavy words are flying.