Nvidia has turned down requests for an Open Source graphics driver.

Hardware manufacturer HP has released the source code for its Advanced File System (AdvFS), which it uses for the Tru64 Unix OS under the GPL, along with a Linux reference implementation.

Kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has invited other kernel developers to sign a petition against closed source kernel modules.

If you can't make it to USENIX next week, you can still participate online. Linux New Media will be broadcasting all talks of the "Invited Talks" track on USENIX '08 via live streaming from June 25 to June 27.

The second major release since SUSE became a community project is looking good. We took openSUSE 11.0 for a test ride.

If you can't make it to USENIX next week, you can still participate online. Linux New Media will be broadcasting all talks of the "Invited Talks" track on USENIX '08 via live streaming from June 25 to June 27.

A world record attempt has been launched today: starting at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the new Firefox 3 browser became available for downloading. And that's not all: the makers of Firefox are seeking to make their way into the Guinness Book of Records.

Michael Ogawa from the University of California has devised a technique for visualizing the historic development of software projects with his Code Swarm experiment.

Linux New Media, the world's leading Linux content provider, has announced the purchase of assets related to InfoStrada's Linux Magazine.

Java Caps 6, the Composite Application Platform Suite, is based on Open ESB and has the latest versions of the Glassfish Server and the Netbeans integrated developer environment on board.