Ubuntu 7.10 has Reached End of Life
Apr 17, 2009Those who operate systems with Ubuntu 7.10 should look into possible update options. As of Saturday, the support for the distribution is no more.
more »Amarok 2.1 Test Phase Begins
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more »License Discussion at Wikipedia
Apr 14, 2009The Wikipedia community is currently in the process of deciding whether the site’s contents should also be regulated under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike license.
more »Debian Updates Lenny
Apr 14, 2009An update for the new, stabler version of Debian 5.0 has appeared over Easter.
more »Steve McIntyre Re-Elected as Debian Project Leader
Apr 14, 2009Debian developers have decided: Steve McIntyre has been re-elected as Debian leader for the next legislative period.
more »We're Linux! Video Competition Winners Announced
Apr 09, 2009The Linux Foundation has announced the winners of its video competition. With more than one hundred entries, the competition with the sub-title, “We're Linux”, called for videos that showed what Linux actually means to its community.
more »KDE 4 for Netbooks: Work on Plasma Begins
Apr 09, 2009At the last KDE developer's Akademy conference, the Plasma team had assembled some ideas for KDE 4 on netbooks. These ideas will now become reality.
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