Linux Mint 7 is Here
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more »Simply Simple: Homepages with Tilswiki
May 26, 2009Viennese developer Tilmann Singer has programmed a wiki that is in continual edit mode. The current Tilswiki 0.8 also provides versioning.
more »Nagios Founder Comments on Icinga Fork
May 18, 2009Nagios Enterprises founder and Nagios maintainer Ethan Galstad has admitted to development bottlenecks in his project and recognizes that Nagios developers want a stronger participation in the Icinga fork project. Nevertheless, he's disappointed that Icinga didn't engage with him before they struck off on their own.
more »Open Database Alliance to Save MySQL
May 16, 2009MySQL founder Monty Widenius and the Finnish MySQL services and support company Percona have joined forces to create the Open Database Alliance. The intention of the new consortium is to protect the open source status of essential MySQL components.
more »Ubuntu Karmic Koala in First Alpha
May 15, 2009The first alpha release of the successor to Ubuntu 9.04 is available for download. Ubuntu 9.10, code-named Karmic Koala, includes Kernel 2.6.30 and GNOME 2.27.1.
more »Breakthrough in Sync Support: SyncML Client Under GPL
May 14, 2009The Swiss company Synthesis AG, which specializes in synchronizing PCs and mobile Linux devices, has released its SyncML Client library source code to the community under GPL.
more »Linux.com Relaunched
May 13, 2009The Linux Foundation recreates Linux.com as a "site for the community."
more »Public Call for Tender Requested: Swiss Group Challenges Microsoft Contracts
May 13, 2009The Swiss Federal Office for Construction and Logistics (Bundesamt für Bauten und Logistik, or BBL) is reported as having purchased Microsoft licenses in the order of 42 million Swiss francs (about $38 million). Because no public bids were tendered, open source organizations are now requesting a review of the decision.
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