PC-BSD 8.0 with KDE 4.3.5
Feb 23, 2010PC-BSD, the FreeBSD-based free desktop platform, is available in version 8.0.
more »VP8 Codec: FSF Encourages Free Video Standard
Feb 22, 2010In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation suggested that the software giant freely release the VP8 HD video compression format after having acquired the On2 video technology firm.
more »Gitg 0.0.6 Supports Cherry-Picking
Feb 22, 2010Gitg, a GUI program that works with git repositories, is available for download in version 0.0.6.
more »Glsof-Queries Check Open Files
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more »Twitter and Co. to Protect Ubuntu Users with Update Alerts
Feb 19, 2010A new alert system should warn Ubuntu users via micro-blogging about potentially harmful updates.
more »BSD Router Project: New Kern, New Protocols
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more »Ssscrape 1.0 Collects Dynamic Web Data
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more »Qt 4.6.2 stable for Maemo 5 with first Mobile APIs
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