Promotional Filmmakers for Linux Sought
Dec 22, 2008The Linux Foundation is sponsoring an official contest for an inspirational Linux commercial. The winner will get fame and fortune and a trip to the Linux Symposium in Tokyo.
more »Shuttleworth Calls for Screenshots From the Community
Dec 22, 2008Mark Shuttleworth is appealing to community members to send him screenshots of their standard 1024x768 desktops. His aim is to collect ideas that will improve the desktop experience.
more »Splashtop Insyde BIOS
Dec 18, 2008Splashtop manufacturer DeviceVM and the Taiwanese Firmware and BIOS producer Insyde have entered into a joint developer partnership.
more »openSUSE 11.1 with vast improvements to KDE4
Dec 18, 2008The openSUSE Project has released version 11.1 of its Community Linux today. Besides undergoing comprehensive maintenance, the release brings vast improvements to the KDE 4 Desktop.
more »VirtualBox Introduces New Features, Some Experimental
Dec 18, 2008The free virtualization product VirtualBox has released a new version 2.1 that not only supports 3D graphics, but the full VMDK and VHD formats from VMware and Microsoft.
more »Firefox 3.0.5 and 2.0.0.19 Tackle Security Problems
Dec 18, 2008The Mozilla project has moved both branches of its Firefox browser to versions 2.0.0.19 and 3.0.5. The updates deal primarily with security issues.
more »Debian Developers to Determine Lenny's Fate
Dec 17, 2008Free Linux distro Debian has been working steadily on its next version 5.0 of the OS, known as Lenny. Now developers have been called in for a vote to determine the course of its general release.
more »Gnash Flow: LinuxFund.org Supports RTMP for Gnash
Dec 15, 2008The nonprofit LinuxFund.org is providing financial support for Gnash, the Flash alternative, to accelerate development of the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP).
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PwnEscape Poses VM Vulnerability
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DigitalOcean Ends Open Source Credits Program
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Office 365 Available for Testing on Linux via Bottles
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Dutch Government Turns to Open Source for Digital Sovereignty
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