Gnome Desktop Version 2.24 Released

Sep 26, 2008

Gnome has a new update: Version 2.24 of the free desktop comes with improvements for the user, new communications systems and for the first time, will also serve as a basis for Gnome Mobile, a desktop variation for mobile devices.

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Gentoo Project Under Stress

Sep 24, 2008

Developers of the Gentoo distribution have cancelled the release of Gentoo 2008.1.

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Second Release Candidate for Open Office 3.0

Sep 23, 2008

The OpenOffice project has taken the next step toward version 3.0 of its free office package by publishing release candidate 2 (RC 2)

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Gnome’s New F-Spot 0.5.0

Sep 22, 2008

Photo viewer F-Spot is now available in the version 0.5.0. with ‘‘a countless amount of enhancements, polish and bugfixes.’’ Says Ruben Vermeersch in his blog.

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Kroah-Hartman Attacks Canonical

Sep 19, 2008

Greg Kroah-Hartman's keynote address at the Linux Plumbers Convention 2008 was officially about the Linux Ecosystem, but started as a direct attack on Ubuntu developer Canonical. He claims that the company contributes next to nothing to kernel development.

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OpenSuse Calls for Board Election

Sep 19, 2008

In October the free Linux project from Novell will for the first time elect its own board members. Deadline for applications to vote or stand is September 24th.

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Mozilla Asks for License Integration into Ubuntu

Sep 15, 2008

Before Ubuntu users can run the Firefox open source browser, they will henceforth need to accept extensive licensing terms. According to Mark Shuttleworth, the terms were imposed by Mozilla Corporation.

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Kenai: Sun sets up its own community website

Sep 14, 2008

The Sun enterprise established a website, Kenai, which will host its own Open Source project code.

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