Patent Dispute Forces Openmoko Housecleaning
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more »Debian: 14 Seconds to Boot
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more »Debian Lenny on Android Phones
Nov 12, 2008Thanks to a hack a few days ago, BusyBox has been running on the T-Mobile G1 mobile phones with Google's Android platform. Now Jay Freeman, alias saurik, goes a step further: in his blog he describes how to install Debian Lenny by way of root access on the device.
more »Fixstars Adopts Yellow Dog Linux
Nov 12, 2008Japanese company Fixstars Corporation, specializing in Cell/B.E. technology, has acquired Terra Software Solutions to add Yellow Dog Linux to its portfolio.
more »VMware Plans Virtualization for Mobile Phones
Nov 11, 2008The virtualization specialist adopted the know-how for the product through its acquisition of Trango Virtual Processors
more »Acrobatic Tumble: Serious Flaws in Adobe Reader 8.1.2
Nov 10, 2008Adobe cautions in an advisory against a whole series of flaws in Adobe Reader 8.1.2. Most of them also affect Linux.
more »Should YaST Become Independent?
Nov 10, 2008Californian Ben Kevan, server administrator for Linux and VMware, ponders the future of YaST in his blog.
more »Sun and IBM Initiate OpenDocument Project
Nov 06, 2008Sun Microsystems and IBM have kicked off an open source community project dealing with conversion of documents into OpenDocument Format (ODF).
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OpenMandriva Lx 24.07 Released
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Kernel 6.10 Available for General Usage
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Google Extends Support for Linux Kernels Used for Android
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Linux Mint 22 Stable Delayed
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Nitrux 3.5.1 Available for Install
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Debian 12.6 Released with Plenty of Bug Fixes and Updates
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Canonical Offers 12-Year LTS for Open Source Docker Images
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Plasma Desktop 6.1 Released with Several Enhancements
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