Via’s Netnotes to Operate with Linux
Sep 18, 2009The chip manufacturer Via Technologies has introduced a new notebook class intended to run via Linux OS. The Via chips-equipped Netnotes will initially only be available in China.
more »Faster, Stable Google Chrome 3
Sep 17, 2009After a year's development, a new, stable version 3.0 of Google's open source Chrome browser is now available. Developers promise "significant speed improvements," although current beneficiaries are Windows Vista and XP users only.
more »Android Internet Tablet from Archos
Sep 17, 2009Electronics manufacturer Archos has introduced its new ARM-based multimedia player including Linux platform Android in collaboration with Google. An additional DVR docking station allows the device to morph into a video recorder.
more »ARM Joins the Linux Foundation
Sep 16, 2009The Linux Foundation has reinforcements from the hardware camp. CPU manufacturer ARM joined the Foundation on Monday.
more »GNOME Foundation's First Quarterly Report
Sep 16, 2009The GNOME Foundation wants to issue regular quarterly reports to document the work on the free desktop. A Q2 2009 report is a good start.
more »Open PC: KDE Nettop with Amarok and Firefox
Sep 15, 2009The Open PC Project wants to construct a fair priced PC for Linux users. The results of a first survey have now been published.
more »FSF Publish New List Of Truly Free Linux Distributions
Sep 15, 2009Whoever thought that Debian, Ubuntu or Fedora consist solely of free software would be wrong. The new list compiled by the Free Software Foundation showing truly free distributions has a mere nine entries.
more »Mozilla Foundation Brings Updates for Firefox 3.5 and 3.0
Sep 11, 2009Up-to-date Linux users will probably have the latest Firefox versions via package manager already installed on their PCs: 3.0.14 and 3.5.3 fix security vulnerability and scrutinize Flash plug-ins.
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Three Lines of Code Improve Linux Storage Performance
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Linux Foundation Report Indicates AI Driving Tech Hiring
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United Nations Open Source Portal Goes Live
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KDE Linux Drops AUR
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