KNOPPIX 6.0 Boots Twice as Fast
Jan 29, 2009Klaus Knopper lives up to his reputation as a resourceful tinkerer with the new Knoppix 6.0, a live CD that brings with it a few enhancements, including the ADRIANE talking menu system and an optimized boot process.
more »Debian Founder Murdock Now Sun's Cloud Strategist
Jan 28, 2009Debian Linux founder and former OpenSolaris chief Ian Murdock is taking over the role of chief strategist for cloud computing at Sun Microsystems.
more »Sugar Defies OLPC Cutbacks
Jan 26, 2009After the OLPC project announced it would cut financial support for Sugar, developers have taken the future of the learning platform into their own hands.
more »Venice Region Migrates to Open Source
Jan 26, 2009In an effort to reduce costs, municipal authorities in the Veneto region around the Italian city of Venice, will change to open source.
more »Hildon vs. QT: Developers at Ubuntu Mobile consider Change to KDE
Jan 22, 2009Since November 2008 it's been popular knowledge that Ubuntu has been working on a version of its operating system for the mobile ARMv7 architecture, especially for Cortex A8/A9 processors. Now it seems that Ubuntu mobile might drop Gnome Mobile Hildon framework in favor of Qt.
more »RHEL 5.3 Brings Nehalem Support and OpenJDK
Jan 21, 2009Red Hat has released its version 5.3 of Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Among its new features are support for Intel's Microarchitecture (Nehalem) processor and for larger systems. It also includes the Java SE6-compliant OpenJDK.
more »OpenSUSE Seeks Successor for ATI Driver Script Maintenance
Jan 21, 2009Developer Stefan Dirsch is responsible for maintaining the openSUSE build scripts of the fglrx driver. In a message on the openSUSE developer mailing list, he appeals for a successor to take over the maintenance.
more »License to Spy: Ubuntu Developer Week
Jan 21, 2009The Ubuntu Developer Week, which began yesterday and runs until Friday, is a perfect opportunity to look over the shoulders of the Ubuntu developers.
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XZ Gets the All-Clear
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Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
This new joint effort is geared toward bringing Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm-powered devices.
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Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released
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Linux Usage Increases in Two Key Areas
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Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
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Fedora 40 Beta Released Soon
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New Pentesting Distribution to Compete with Kali Linux
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Juno Computers Launches Another Linux Laptop
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