Bit of Dessert: Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE

May 02, 2009

Since the previous Sabayon version came out and included GNOME, the newest version finally includes a variant with the KDE 4 Desktop.

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OpenOffice Impress Design Proposals in Final Lap

May 01, 2009

Project Renaissance of OpenOffice.org opened up proposals for "Access Functionality" design changes for its office suite on April 20, 2009. The Impress presentation application was chosen as the Guinea pig. Deadline for submissions is just around the corner: May 4, 2009.

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2009 Linux New Media Awards

Apr 30, 2009

At CeBIT 2009, Linux New Media AG presented its annual awards for outstanding contributions to Linux and Open Source. The OpenStreetMap project took two of the six Linux New Media Awards.

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Free Software Projects An up-to-date overview of free software and its makers

Apr 30, 2009

Graphics can facilitate research into chemical compounds. The chemistry software, Avogadro, has no trouble handling the third dimension and has an intuitive interface that offers more than its share of functionality.

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Reiserfs Experiencing Turbulent Updates

Apr 30, 2009

When Jeff Mahoney sent in a bunch of patches for reiserfs, he assumed that the filesystem would be frozen in maintenance mode from that point on. Things turned out differently.

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Ubuntu 9.04: Fast Starter

Apr 24, 2009

Canonical has released its next Ubuntu offering in its typical half-year cycle. Fresh software and a faster startup characterize the new distro.

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Debian Kernel Has No Proprietary Firmware

Apr 23, 2009

Debian 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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Future of Btrfs Secured

Apr 22, 2009

Following 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.

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