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Notes and Excel Run Better with Wine 1.1.33

As WineHQ reports, the new version of the Windows compatibility product fixes a few bugs and improves interoperability with many applications and games.

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Simply the Best: Case Study for Moodle at Open University

The British Open University took upon itself in 2005, together with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the task of bringing online learning into the future. Unusual is that it didn't decide on Moodle for merely financial reasons or that it didn't go for professional support.

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Google's Go Language: No Way, Right?

Google is just not getting enough. After its own browser and a Linux-based operating system, it's now coming up with its own programming language. Behind its development lurk some of the legends in UNIX history.

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Microsoft acknowledges own GPL infringement

Even Microsoft can’t resist new technology. In order to be up with the times, they have added a nice tool for download to create a USB version. Unfortunately this was done without paying attention to the GPLv2.

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Nokia Delivers Maemo Mobile Phone N900

Nokia has begun its delivery of the Linux-based N900 mobile phone. The devices with the Maemo 5 operating system will compete with the iPhone and Android.

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TeX Live 2009 Brings Font Updates and Windows TeXworks

TeX Live, a comprehensive collection of software surrounding the TeX/LaTex font systems, is available in the 2009 edition.

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Commercial Editor UltraEdit Now Also for Linux

The multi talented UltraEdit is now available as UEX in a commercial version for Linux. The editor is extremely popular, especially in the world of Windows.

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HookSafe Protects Kernel from Rootkits

A research group in the computer sciences faculty at North Carolina State University has written a prototype to prevent rootkits from manipulating kernel object hooks to do their damage.

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DEFT 5: Forensic Distro from Italy

DEFT Linux, a forensic distribution from Italy, is now available in version 5. Besides ISO images, developers are offering colorful pen drives.

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OpenSUSE 11.2 Arrives

The openSUSE project took an exceptionally long time to get its current version 11.2 to market. It's been almost a year since openSUSE 11.1.

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Issue #109 / Dec 2009

Cover Theme: ACCESS LINUX FROM A SMARTPHONE
DVD: Ultimate Distro Sampler

Highlights:

Portable and Mobile: Whether you tote a camera, a GPS device, a smartphone, or a netbook, you want to be functional outside the home and office. This month we study some Linux tools for portable a... more »

OSMC on Nagios -Now on Archive!

October 28-29, 2009

The OSMC | Open Source Monitoring Conference 2009 on Nagios (formerly Nagios Conference) offers you the opportunity to improve your knowledge of one of the world's most popular, free open source monitoring systems - Nagios.

New Blog Posts

- Extension Watch: Better Bookmarking in OpenOffice.org with VisibleBookmarks
- Shedding commercial attitudes towards documentation
- Confessions of a Public Fast-Talker
- Roll Out Your Own Dropbox Alternative
- Scribble Notes with SimpleText
- Manage Photos with Shotwell

Editor's Picks

Google Chrome in the News

- Just Today: Download of VMware Image of Google Chrome OS : Google has prepared its Chromium OS, alias Chromium, for download. Anyone hesitant to intall if from source code will find a functioning VMware image from Linux Magazine Online.
- With and Not Against: Canonical Collaborates on Chrome OS: The Chrome OS announcement caused speculation from many sides as to what effect the Google platform would have on other Linux distros. At least Canonical could benefit from it.
- Chrome OS: Google's Chromium Arrives (Gallery): The source code for Chrome OS, alias Chromium, the Linux-based operating system developed by Google, is now ready for download.

 

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