Calligra: The Other Office Suite Narrows the Gap
Apr 23, 2012On April 11, Calligra Suite announced its first release, version 2.4. This release takes Calligra several steps closer to being an alternative to LibreOffice, especially in its graphical applications.
more »TDF Announces LibreOffice 3.5
Feb 16, 2012The Document Foundation has announced LibreOffice 3.5, the third major release of what they call “the best free office suite ever.”
more »Workspace: BilboPlanet Manage RSS feeds with BilboPlanet
Jun 27, 2011On the web, a planet is a tool for collecting and displaying blog posts from members of an Internet community. We show how to do this using BilboPlanet.
more »Koha Library System Easy library administration with Koha
Jun 27, 2011Information technology plays a key role in modern library environments. We check out Koha, an open source integrated system that can help manage a library’s daily operations.
more »Perl: OpenOffice Label Merge Perl and OpenOffice for Lovely Labels
Jun 20, 2011OpenOffice offers a selection of preconfigured formats for users who need to print their own self-adhesive labels. Perl feeds the address data to the document.
more »WebODF: OpenDocument File Viewer for Android
Jun 01, 2011The WebODF project releases OpenDocument file viewer for Android.
more »Linux Mint 11 Fresh Release: Katya
May 26, 2011The Linux Mint team announces its cool new version 11, aka "Katya."
more »PHP Shell and Shell in a Box PHP Shell: Muscle Play
May 17, 2011Firewalls often block shell access for remote users on a corporate network or at an Internet cafe. Luckily, tools like PHP Shell and Shell in a Box put the shell in a browser window.
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Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project
Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
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Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux
Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.

