Nouveau Driver Comes to Kernel 2.6.33
Dec 15, 2009Good news for anyone with a NVIDIA graphics card: the Nouveau driver goes into Kernel 2.6.33 and supports DRM.
more »Graphics Application Krita Gets Photoshop Import
Dec 03, 2009Following the release of KOffice 2.1, developers of the free office suite met last weekend in Norway's Oslo. Among them were the five strong team from Krita.
more »Books
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Kernel News
Nov 30, 2009more »
Inkscape 0.47 Makes Drawing Freely Easier
Nov 27, 2009The Inkscape team has come out after a year's time with a new release of their vector drawing program. It provides not only new features but countless detailed enhancements.
more »KOffice 2.1 Ready for Testing, Karbon Ready for Use
Nov 25, 2009About a half year after big technological changes, the KOffice project has released version 2.1 of its office suite, even if it's not quite ready for everyday use.
more »TeX Live 2009 Brings Font Updates and Windows TeXworks
Nov 13, 2009TeX Live, a comprehensive collection of software surrounding the TeX/LaTex font systems, is available in the 2009 edition.
more »AMD Catalyst Driver Supports Radeon 5800 and Ubuntu 9.10
Oct 26, 2009The version numbers couldn't have matched more perfectly: the AMD Catalyst Linux graphics driver 9.10 supports not only the newest ATI Radeon 5800 series but Ubuntu 9.10.
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Chromium-Based Browsers Will Ignore Google’s Ad-Blocking Ban
Brave Opera and Vivaldi will not implement Google’s changes that will cripple ad-blockers.
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Zorin OS 15 Released
The new release is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
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Ubuntu to Package Proprietary Nvidia Driver
Canonical is making it easier for users to install proprietary Nvidia drivers.
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openSUSE Leap 15.1 Released
Better hardware support.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Available
An OS redesigned for the hybrid cloud era.
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Google Brings Linux to Chromebook
All new Chromebooks will be capable of running Linux.
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Fedora Project Announces Fedora 30
The latest version comes with new tools and a new alignment of the various Fedora editions.
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The Apache Software Foundation Completes Migration To GitHub
The foundation has decommissioned its own Git service.
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Canonical Combines its Services in a Single Package
Now customers can gain access to all of its services under Ubuntu Advantage offering.
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Black Hole Image Has an Open Source Connection
Two imaging libraries responsible for the image are fully open source.