Digikam 1.0 on Time for Christmas
Dec 22, 2009DigiKam main developer Gilles Caulier has released version 1.0 of the KDE photo management software just in time for Christmas 2009.
more »Screensaver with Unicode
Dec 18, 2009Debian developer Joachim Breitner offers up a screensaver which displays random characters from a reserve supplied by Unicode.
more »Novell Reorganizes
Dec 18, 2009In January 2010 Novell will consolidate four business units down to two and eventually say farewell to managers Jeff Jaffee and Roger Levy.
more »Novell Releases Mono 2.6 and MonoDevelop 2.2
Dec 17, 2009The Mono framework compatible with Microsoft's C# .NET is available in version 2.6. Developers also upgraded its associated MonoDevelop environment to version 2.2.
more »SysUsage 3.0 Perl Tool in Thorough Rework
Dec 16, 2009The SysUsage monitoring tool is available in a new version 3.0 and provides a completely reworked Web interface.
more »Amarok to Better Guard Against Potential Malware
Dec 16, 2009To program an effective virus for Linux is fairly difficult. It's much easier to provide malware disguised as an add-on, however. The Amarok project now wants to protect against that.
more »APT2 to Accelerate Debian Package Installation
Dec 15, 2009Debian and Ubuntu developer Julian Andres Klode has reported in his blog about the progress of his APT2 software, an alternative implementation of the Debian Advanced Packaging Tool (APT).
more »GNOME: Split from GNU Project?
Dec 14, 2009Richard Stallman's strong position against proprietary applications is butting heads with some members of the GNOME Foundation. A call to split with Stallman's GNU Project is being considered.
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