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May 20, 2013News
- US gov embraces open data
- Apache Cdorked.A exploit discovered
- News Bites
New Intel CEO
- FSF scolds W3C
- Torvalds releases Kernel 3.9
- Xen new LF collaboration project
Operating Systems
- Debian 7.0“wheezy” debuts
- Windows XP most likely to be victim of attack.
FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
May 06, 2013Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
more »Doghouse – Device Drivers Teaching how to write device drivers
Apr 30, 2013maddog considers the benefits of teaching students how to write device drivers.
more »Tech Tools
Apr 30, 2013- RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
- HP Launches Moonshot Server
- Offensive Security Releases Kali Linux
- TeamViewer Version 8 for Linux Now Available
Linux News
Apr 30, 2013News
- Gnome 3.8 released
- Aereo wins battle to stream broadcast TV
openSUSE 12.3 Out
- New browser engine
- Pirates on the run
- Ubuntu reduces non‑LTS support
Projects
- OpenDaylight open source framework
- ASF promotes CloudStack
Lightweight KDE Desktop Project KDE Gets a Refit
Apr 19, 2013An openSUSE project called KLyDE plans to streamline the KDE desktop.
more »Doghouse – Migration Migrating from Windows to Linux
Mar 15, 2013maddog looks at the progress Linux has made in the past 12 years and considers what it would take to move Windows XP users to FOSS.
more »Interview – OpenDocument Documenting the OpenDocument Format
Mar 15, 2013We talk with Jean Hollis Weber, a volunteer with ODFAuthors, the LibreOffice Documentation team, and the Friends of OpenDocument Inc.
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EU Sovereign Tech Fund Gains Traction
OpenForum Europe recently released a report regarding a sovereign tech fund with backing from several significant entities.
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FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer
FreeBSD has lacked an option to include a full desktop environment during installation.
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Linux Hits an Important Milestone
If you pay attention to the news in the Linux-sphere, you've probably heard that the open source operating system recently crashed through a ceiling no one thought possible.
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Plasma Bigscreen Returns
A developer discovered that the Plasma Bigscreen feature had been sitting untouched, so he decided to do something about it.
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CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell
Imagine getting the opportunity to select which shell you want during the installation of your favorite Linux distribution. That's now a thing.
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Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features
Wayland continues to move forward, while X11 slowly vanishes into the shadows, and the latest release includes plenty of improvements.
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Bugs Found in sudo
Two critical flaws allow users to gain access to root privileges.
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Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
In a move that should come as a relief to some portions of the Linux community, Fedora will continue supporting 32-bit architecture.
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Linux Kernel 6.17 Drops bcachefs
After a clash over some late fixes and disagreements between bcachefs's lead developer and Linus Torvalds, bachefs is out.
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ONLYOFFICE v9 Embraces AI
Like nearly all office suites on the market (except LibreOffice), ONLYOFFICE has decided to go the AI route.