Shuttleworth Calls for Screenshots From the Community
Dec 22, 2008Mark Shuttleworth is appealing to community members to send him screenshots of their standard 1024x768 desktops. His aim is to collect ideas that will improve the desktop experience.
more »Splashtop Insyde BIOS
Dec 18, 2008Splashtop manufacturer DeviceVM and the Taiwanese Firmware and BIOS producer Insyde have entered into a joint developer partnership.
more »openSUSE 11.1 with vast improvements to KDE4
Dec 18, 2008The openSUSE Project has released version 11.1 of its Community Linux today. Besides undergoing comprehensive maintenance, the release brings vast improvements to the KDE 4 Desktop.
more »VirtualBox Introduces New Features, Some Experimental
Dec 18, 2008The free virtualization product VirtualBox has released a new version 2.1 that not only supports 3D graphics, but the full VMDK and VHD formats from VMware and Microsoft.
more »Firefox 3.0.5 and 2.0.0.19 Tackle Security Problems
Dec 18, 2008The Mozilla project has moved both branches of its Firefox browser to versions 2.0.0.19 and 3.0.5. The updates deal primarily with security issues.
more »Debian Developers to Determine Lenny's Fate
Dec 17, 2008Free Linux distro Debian has been working steadily on its next version 5.0 of the OS, known as Lenny. Now developers have been called in for a vote to determine the course of its general release.
more »Gnash Flow: LinuxFund.org Supports RTMP for Gnash
Dec 15, 2008The nonprofit LinuxFund.org is providing financial support for Gnash, the Flash alternative, to accelerate development of the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP).
more »HP Launches Joint Desktop Ventures with Novell and Mozilla
Dec 12, 2008Hewlett-Packard has partnered with Novell in developing a new, secure Linux desktop product. At the same time, HP has joined up with Mozilla to promote a desktop virtualization project for small business customers.
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