LSB 4.0 Beta for Review
Feb 11, 2009The Linux Standard Base (LSB) wants to strengthen the compatibility with various Linux systems. The new beta of the LSB 4.0 is now available for review with specifications and applications tools.
more »Red Hat CEO Whitehurst: Open Source Better, Faster
Feb 11, 2009After a year as its head, Jim Whitehurst has issued a financial assessment of the Red Hat Linux distro and spoke of its future plans. He sees the company braced for success, with an advantage over its proprietary competitors, thanks to Open Source.
more »Etch: Security Update No.7
Feb 11, 2009Corrections and security updates for the current stable Debian have been released.
more »SLACKWARE 12.2 /FEDORA 10 DVD INLAY
Feb 10, 2009This issue's DVD brings you two great distros on one disc.
more »Debian Seeks Hardware Sponsors
Feb 10, 2009An email appeal by Joey Schulze is calling for hardware donations to support two new Debian projects: snapshot and data archive.
more »FOSDEM: Enterprise Linux for all, thanks to Centos
Feb 09, 2009Dag Wieers of Project Centos made a passionate plea for more private users to turn to the free Red Hat Enterprise clone, and stressed that commercial companies with non-critical machines could also benefit from Centos.
more »FOSDEM: Pride and Success in 2009
Feb 09, 2009Over the weekend the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) took place in Brussels. In his keynote, Mozilla's Mark Surman hoped for Open Source's success and Debian key contributor Bdale Garbee supported its social contract. As an aside, Debian Lenny's target release date was reconfirmed.
more »Less Update Stress with openSUSE Built Packages
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
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