Subversion Goes to Apache
Nov 06, 2009The Subversion version control system is now part of the Apache Software Foundation.
more »BSDanywhere 4.6: Live-CD with Desktop Lite
Nov 06, 2009BSDanywhere, a Live-CD based on OpenBSD, is now available in version 4.6.
more »Scientific Linux 5.4 with FUSE, Atheros and Lua
Nov 05, 2009The Scientific Linux distro, which derives from the freely licensed sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), is now available in version 5.4.
more »OpenSUSE Project Transfers Parts of Maintenance to Community
Nov 05, 2009OpenSUSE updates will, in future, be decided by a joint panel of Novell staff and community members. Only security updates will be decided by Novell alone.
more »Update: Security Hole in Kernel Allows Privilege Extensions
Nov 04, 2009A null-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel allows local users to assume root privileges. Brad Spengler, who claims first discovery, announced that he will present a corresponding exploit during the course of the day.
more »Tailbeep Talks to Festival
Nov 04, 2009Tailbeep is a simple administration tool that sends an audible beep when it finds a specified search string in a log file. Version 0.45 now includes an interface to the Festival speech synthesis framework.
more »Zenoss Core 2.5 with 40 New Zen Packs
Nov 03, 2009The Zenoss Core free monitoring suite is available in a new version 2.5.
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