Debian Kernel Has No Proprietary Firmware
Apr 23, 2009Debian developer Robert Millan is offering an alternative kernel for Debian's Lenny free Linux distro. Unlike the standard Lenny kernel, it contains no proprietary firmware.
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Apr 22, 2009Following the news of Oracle's purchase of Sun, we hear a lot about MySQL, OpenOffice and VirtualBox. But Btrfs vs. ZFS is yet another highlight of the takeover.
more »Open Business Intelligence from Infobright and Jaspersoft
Apr 21, 2009The Infobright and Jaspersoft firms have combined their open source software into an integrated data warehousing and business intelligence solution.
more »Easy Peasy 1.1: New Version of the Ubuntu Derivative for Netbooks
Apr 21, 2009The latest release of Easy Peasy comes with artwork updates and re-worked packages but few spectacular changes.
more »Milter Manager 1.0.0 Combines Anti-Spam Filters
Apr 17, 2009Milter Manager, a program for mail filter interfaces to mail servers, is now in its first stable version 1.0.0. It allows combining multiple mail filters.
more »NetworkManager 0.7.1 Power-Saving
Apr 17, 2009On the project mailing list, Dan Williams announced the new version 0.7.1 of NetworkManager that provides a bunch of enhancements.
more »Sciret 2.0.0: Knowledge Management
Apr 16, 2009The developers of Sciret have completely re-worked their free Knowledge Management system.
more »Untangle 6.1: Open Source Gateway with Cost-Based Extensions
Apr 15, 2009San Mateo CA company Untangle has released version 6.1 of its Untangle Gateway Linux distro. Its base package is open source, but its extension applications are commercially priced.
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