16 Years of Debian
Aug 17, 2009It was about 16 years ago that Ian Murdock came upon the idea to design a new Linux distro. He named it Debian after Debra and Ian.
more »openSUSE Cuts Maintenance Cycle to 18 Months
Aug 17, 2009Instead of 24 months and 3 versions, Novell will in future only supply 2 updates in 18 months for openSUSE.
more »Finnix 93.0 Fresh from Debian Testing
Aug 13, 2009Finnix, a LiveCD Linux distro for system administrators, is available in version 93.0.
more »Novell: More Support for openSUSE
Aug 12, 2009Linux distributor Novell is reorganizing: from now on, one developer team will dedicate itself entirely to openSUSE.
more »Simple, Lightweight: Arch Linux 2009.08
Aug 11, 2009The new Arch Linux distro is available in version 2009.08 with updated software. A new installer is included.
more »Verona's University Migrates 4000 PCs to Linux
Aug 10, 2009Verona is about to become famous for more than just Romeo and Juliet and opera: the university of the romantic Italian city is migrating 4000 of its desktops to Linux and open source.
more »DebConf9: Satisfying Conclusion
Aug 07, 2009After almost two weeks in the Spanish province of Extremadura, the free project Debian appears satisfied with the outcome and promises the next release “Squeeze” will benefit from the meeting.
more »Classmate 8.9-Inch Netbook Convertible with Linux
Aug 07, 2009Intel announces the availability for use in schools of the Classmate PC Convertible.
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