The countdown for Debian Lenny has begun with the project team putting the code in deep freeze. The release of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is expected mid-February.

A quicker boot sequence, a revamped installer and improved hardware management: the new version of the Turkish Linux distro has arrived.

The French international competition Trophees du Libre is again offering cash prizes for the most innovative open source solution for 2009, and the smaller the project, the better the chances of winning.

Klaus Knopper lives up to his reputation as a resourceful tinkerer with the new Knoppix 6.0, a live CD that brings with it a few enhancements, including the ADRIANE talking menu system and an optimized boot process.

Since the release of KDE 4 a year ago, the KDE Project has suffered a lot of criticism for previous 4.0 versions. With KDE 4.2, codenamed "The Answer", KDE developers hope to silence the critics.

With a bug fix release the OpenOffice team has enhanced its free open application suite and added a few features in the mix.

After the OLPC project announced it would cut financial support for Sugar, developers have taken the future of the learning platform into their own hands.