OpenSUSE Calls Second Board Election
Oct 27, 2009OpenSUSE awards two old and one new executive board positions to two community members and a Novell employee.
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Oct 23, 2009The first and last release candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 is now available for download.
more »Free RHEL: CentOS 5.4 Ready
Oct 22, 2009The CentOS Project has released its Community Enterprise Linux in version 5.4, and for the first time, a Live CD for i386 is simultaneously available.
more »Eeebuntu changes to Debian Unstable
Oct 22, 2009Future development of the netbook distro Eeebuntu will be based on Debian Unstable instead of the Ubuntu core that has been used until now.
more »Nook: E-Book Reader from Barnes and Noble
Oct 21, 2009Book dealer Barnes and Noble (B&N) has announced its own e-book reader, named Nook, equipped with 3G wireless and two displays.
more »IBM Promotes Ubuntu-Based Cloud Solution in U.S.
Oct 21, 2009To coincide with the Windows 7 launch, IBM issued a press release yesterday promoting its Ubuntu-based IBM Client for Smart Work solution.
more »Happybuntu! 5 Years Ubuntu
Oct 20, 2009The Ubuntu community has a lot to celebrate this month: on October 16, 2004 the German ubuntuusers.de went online for the first time and October 20 of the same year saw the release of Ubuntu 4.10, alias Warty Warthog.
more »Couturier Merges PDF Files on GNOME Desktop
Oct 16, 2009The Couturier Mono program merges multiple PDFs into a single file. It follows the old UNIX policy: one program for one task.
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