Version 1.0 of Nexenta, a free operating system with an OpenSolaris kernel and all other software from Debian/Ubuntu, has just been released.

Linus Torvalds has announced the first release candidate of the new 2.6.25 kernel, codenamed "Bloody Large".

Wind River is the first commercial vendor to conform with the Linux Foundation’s CGL 4.0 specification

Hewlett-Packard is now accepting Linux Professional Institute (LPI) level 2 qualifications as entry-level credits for training to HP's Accredited System Engineer standard.

The Mozilla Foundation has removed at least ten vulnerabilities from its browser, three of which were classified as critical by the developers.

Businessman and Lisp enthusiast Paul Graham presented the initial version of the Arc programming language. Graham points in particular to the brevity of Arc source code and has launched a programming language competition.

An update for the proprietary Skype VoIP client resolves video image display issues among other problems.

Thanks to an agreement with the Ubuntu company, Canonical, Parallels can now distribute its commercial virtualization product, Parallels Workstation, via the Ubuntu package management system.

Navicron from Finland has just announced its Fusion developer platform which gives enterprises the ability to build wireless mobile and embedded devices.

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in two major media players for Linux. A Xine-Lib vulnerability also affects Mplayer.