Free Software Projects An up-to-date look at free software and its makers
Jul 10, 2008In this month’s Projects on the Move, we observe the battle between man and (chess) machine and check out the free Colonization clone. Also in this issue, tools for Linux users who find themselves facing the Windows prompt.
more »Cabaret Stage Editing PDF documents with Cabaret Stage
Jul 09, 2008Linux has had the ability to display PDF documents for many years, but it lacked an editing tool until now: enter Cabaret Stage.
more »Books
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Workspace: Laptop Tools Must-have tools for the Linux laptop
May 31, 2008Pack your Linux laptop with the right set of tools. We take a closer look at Adblock Plus, woof, Conky, TrueCrypt, rsync, and Grsync.
more »WINE Code Freeze en Route to Version 1.0
May 07, 2008In preparation for the first stable version, the WINE project has now frozen the current state of development ("Code Freeze").
more »Summer Wine - Version 1.0 Announced for June
Mar 18, 2008Wine, the Windows API for Linux is moving towards the first stable version, 1.0, in its history of 15 years of development.
more »Linux Foundation Recommends Say "No" to OpenXML
Aug 30, 2007The Linux Foundation has taken a clear position on the acceptance of Microsoft's OpenXML format as an international ISO standard. The Foundation recommends that standardization committees in the countries involved in the process say "No" to the application.
more »Lean Wikis Lightweight wikis without databases
Nov 30, 2006If you are thinking about starting a wiki, and you don’t want the overhead of a full-scale, database-driven system, try these light and lean wiki wonders.
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KaOS 2025.05 Officially Qt5 Free
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Linux Kernel 6.15 Now Available
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Microsoft Makes Surprising WSL Announcement
In a move that might surprise some users, Microsoft has made Windows Subsystem for Linux open source.
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Red Hat Releases RHEL 10 Early
Red Hat quietly rolled out the official release of RHEL 10.0 a bit early.
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openSUSE Joins End of 10
openSUSE has decided to not only join the End of 10 movement but it also will no longer support the Deepin Desktop Environment.
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New Version of Flatpak Released
Flatpak 1.16.1 is now available as the latest, stable version with various improvements.
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IBM Announces Powerhouse Linux Server
IBM has unleashed a seriously powerful Linux server with the LinuxONE Emperor 5.
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Plasma Ends LTS Releases
The KDE Plasma development team is doing away with the LTS releases for a good reason.
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Arch Linux Available for Windows Subsystem for Linux
If you've ever wanted to use a rolling release distribution with WSL, now's your chance.
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System76 Releases COSMIC Alpha 7
With scores of bug fixes and a really cool workspaces feature, COSMIC is looking to soon migrate from alpha to beta.