A Linux Success Story: Optelian Migrates to Linux
Jan 10, 2011The Linux Foundation announced that Optelian, a company that designs and manufactures optical transport systems that send data across optical fiber, successfully migrated to Linux.
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Jan 10, 2011The KDE Windows team continues their progress in bringing KDE applications to MS Windows.
more »Broadcom Becomes Linux Foundation Member
Jan 07, 2011"We applaud Broadcom for its recent move to work more closely with the Linux community; their membership in the Linux Foundation speaks volumes of their commitment,” says Amanda McPherson, Vice President of Marketing and Developer Programs at The Linux Foundation.
more »What is Upstart?
Jan 06, 2011Originally created for use in Ubuntu, Upstart is suitable for deployment in all Linux distributions as an alternative to the System-V init.
more »Xonotic 0.1 Release Preview Available
Dec 27, 2010A preview of Xonotic 0.1--a free, open source, licensed under GPL, first person shooter game--is now available.
more »Linux Mint Debian Edition Now Available
Dec 27, 2010The Debian based Linux Mint Edition (LMDE) is now available for download.
more »Avian 0.4 Virtual Machine Now Available
Dec 22, 2010Avian 0.4 is a portable virtual machine (VM) that utilizes subsets of Java's features.
more »libguestfs 1.8.0 Released--Debian, Ubuntu and ArchLinux Now Supported
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