First Opensuse 11 Alpha
Dec 10, 2007
Stephan Kulow has announced an initial alpha version of Opensuse 11 on the Opensuse Announce mailing list.
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OOoCon 2008: Open Office Looking for Venue
Dec 10, 2007
The Open Office project is looking for a venue for the OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) 2008. Local organizational teams can apply before the 31 January deadline.
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New ODF Plugins for Microsoft Office
Dec 07, 2007
Version 1.1 of Sun Microsystems' ODF Plugin for Microsoft’s Office suite now includes a multi-language package. A new version of the OpenXML-ODF Translator is now available for downloading from Sourceforge.
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Debian MIA: Raiders of the "Lost" Maintainer
Dec 07, 2007
Debian project maintainers who just stop maintaining their software packages and fail to respond to mail are a big problem for the free Linux distribution. Now, Debian is introducing new rules to resolve the issue.
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Miquel de Icaza: Moonlight Making Progress
Dec 06, 2007
Mono developer and Novell employee Miquel de Icaza reported on the progress being made by Moonlight at the XML 2007 Conference in Boston. Moonlight is the Linux variant of Microsoft’s Silverlight solution.
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Novell Postpones Quarterly Report and Yearly Financial Statements
Dec 06, 2007
Software giant Novell has postponed the publication of its figures for the fourth quarter, and for the whole financial year 2007.
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Ted Ts'o Joins Linux Foundation
Dec 05, 2007
US kernel developer Theodore Ts'o will be joining the Linux Foundation for the next two years as Chief Platform Strategist.
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Solar-Powered Mini PC with Puppy Linux
Dec 05, 2007
The Aleutia E1 is a Mini PC with Puppy Linux on board designed for deployment in areas far away from power sources.
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Open Office 2.3.1 Removes Bugs
Dec 05, 2007
The latest version of the office suite, version 2.3.1, removes bugs and closes vulnerabilities.
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New Flash Player for Linux Supports H.264
Dec 05, 2007
Adobe has released a new version of its Flash Player 9 Update 3, including the Linux version which thus leaves the beta stage. It now supports the H.264 video format and fullscreen operations with accelerated graphics.
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