Xandros Unveils Linux for Freescale Netbooks
Feb 16, 2009Xandros has launched an ARM based Linux version for netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices at the Mobile World Congress in Spain's Barcelona.
more »New Wine with More Functions
Feb 16, 2009A new version of Wine, the program loader that lets Windows run on Linux, has been released.
more »KDevelop 4 Beta 1: Developing Software for KDE
Feb 07, 2009The KDevelop team released its first beta version of the development environment for KDE and Qt programs.
more »Growing Gnome
Feb 06, 2009This first Beta brings developers another step closer to the scheduled release of Gnome version 2.26 in March.
more »Less Update Stress with openSUSE Built Packages
Feb 06, 2009Debian, Mandriva and Fedora developers call them Sid, Cooker and Rawhide. OpenSUSE calls them Factory and they are ringing the changes for the Factory development.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- GNOME Gnome -- free desktop environment
Feb 05, 2009Gnome is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering free desktop environment of Linux and Linux-like systems that is especially focused on offering easy access.
more »Offline Access to Google Docs with Gears
Feb 05, 2009Gears is an open source application that allows users offline access to Google's documents and spreadsheets. But not entirely problem-free.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- KDE KDE -- graphical work environment and applications
Feb 05, 2009KDE is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering the graphical work environment and many applications for Linux users.
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