The distribution Ark Linux has recently replaced its previous packet manager Apt-RPM with Zypper from OpenSuse.

The city of Madrid wants to spur small to medium size businesses. June 3 the city council opened a technology development and training center called Madrid on Rails to help SMEs find a market advantage through open source software.

The Wine-based commercial software Cedega offers with its new 7.3 release support for the latest version of Sims.

Thanks to the already implemented fastboot patches, the new Kernel 2.6.30 has the ability to recognize hard disks simultaneously and therefore significantly quicker. Ext 4 operates more securely, and Ext 3 increases performance.

Even though software installation under Linux has been among the best of things, Windows folks have had a hard time with it. Novell's new Apps Store should provide some long needed help.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat have been burdened with security problems. The Windows and Mac versions are now being patched. Linux users will have to wait.

With its Build Your Own Browser program, Mozilla wants to make it easy for enterprise customers to install personalized Firefoxes.

After numerous delays the Red Hat-financed open source project Fedora has released its Linux distro in version 11.

The 4th Open Source Monitoring Conference 2009 on Nagios has released its Call for Papers.

The ultra-minimalist Linux desktop is now available in version 2.0. Main develop Robert Shingledecker, already known for Damn Small Linux (DSL), has officially announced it.