Ubuntu 8.10 Release Imminent
Oct 24, 2008The pending release of Ubuntu 8.10 was announced by Steve Langasek last night. The Ubuntu team is confident the latest candidate, codenamed Intrepid Ibex, is stable enough to be used without risk.
more »Wind River Tinkers on Android for Kyocera
Oct 23, 2008Kyocera Wireless Corporation (KWC) uses Android software for its own mobile platform. The embedded Linux firm Wind River has engaged itself as an integrator.
more »EU Commission: Open Bids Favor Proprietary Software
Oct 22, 2008In a recent report of the European Union's IDABC agency, numerous software tenders in Europe run against regulations in that they favor proprietary software. If it were up to the IDABC, the tendering organizations would be liable for these practices.
more »iKit: Linux Netbook as Ultra-Mini
Oct 22, 2008After the glut of netbooks on the market, Imovio, an offshoot of U.S. company Comsciences, presents the iKit Multimedia Messenger, a palm-sized netbook with Linux.
more »Debian Lenny with Blu-Ray Images and Live CD
Oct 21, 2008The upcoming version 5.0 of Debian GNU/Linux, codenamed Lenny, provides for the first time not only image downloads for CD and DVD, but also for Blu-ray disks, along with live images.
more »Linux Carried Along on Netbooks Wave
Oct 20, 2008International Data Corporation (IDC) has analyzed PC sales figures for EMEA in the third quarter of 2008 and discovered that netbooks are responsible for more than half the nearly 30% sales growth. Linux is to ride along on the wave, which is to remain at its current level.
more »Fennec Fox Comes out of Hiding
Oct 20, 2008As a small creature living in the Sahara, the fennec fox (vulpus zerda) has to be satisfied with very little. This is equally true of Mozilla's own Fennec that is to feel at home with the scant resources of hardware on mobile devices.
more »Not All Browsers Are Evil: Dillo 2.0 Is Here
Oct 16, 2008The Dillo project yesterday released version 2.0 of the lean browser for download. It’s basically a rewrite of the user interface because Dillo has replaced the older GTK with the new FLTK2 toolkit.
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