Canonical's Launchpad to be Open-Sourced
Jan 19, 2009Canonical, the company behind the Linux distro Ubuntu, will open-source the software development platform Launchpad.
more »Google Sets Jaiku Free
Jan 16, 2009Google will close the microblog project Jaiku and publish the source code under an Apache license.
more »OpenOffice Lives, More Involvement Needed
Jan 15, 2009Free office solution OpenOffice.org is still in the best of shape, based on reactions from project members to Novell developer Michael Meeks's recent pessimistic view. The Linux Foundation is one of many who are concerned. All want one thing: more.
more »New address for Fedora mailing lists
Jan 15, 2009Fedora is to change the address of its mailing lists from fedora-*redhat.com to lists-*fedoraproject.org.
more »Ubuntu 9.04 Supports Ext4
Jan 13, 2009Since its addition to Kernel 2.6.28, the ext4 filesystem can be manually installed in the upcoming Ubuntu release.
more »FreeSWITCH 1.0.2 with New Codecs and Fax for VoIP
Jan 09, 2009Free VoIP platform software FreeSWITCH is now in version 1.0.2. Enhancements include a fax module and new codecs for higher sampling rates.
more »Lean and Mean Bug Killer: Amarok 2.0.1
Jan 09, 2009Amarok's version 2.0.1 kills 33 bugs and, thanks to numerous improvements, needs a lot less RAM.
more »OLPC Cuts Staff by 50 Percent
Jan 08, 2009Today the One Laptop per Child Project announced that they will be reducing their team by about 50 percent and the remaining 32 team members will have salary reductions.
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