Gran Canaria Desktop Summit: Saints, Gentlemen and Schoolchildren

Jul 04, 2009

At the start of the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit on the Canary Islands, Richard Stallman, Robert Lefkowitz and Walter Bender rallied open source developers in their common tasks.

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Debian to Stallman: Mono Not Default

Jul 03, 2009

In a response to Richard Stallman's open letter warning about introducing Mono into Linux, Debian made it clear that no plans are indeed forthcoming to adopt Mono-based programs into the default installation of its free Linux platform.

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Intelligent GCC-ICC Compiler Stable and in Project Hands

Jul 03, 2009

The MILEPOST project for intelligent compilers promoted by the European Community is in a stable version 4.4 and a developer project was started to fine-tune the software.

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PostgreSQL 8.4 Proves Feature-Rich

Jul 02, 2009

The free database system PostgreSQL is available in version 8.4 with numerous new features and enhancements.

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GPLv3 Celebrates Two Years, GPLv2 Still in Front

Jul 01, 2009

In June of 2007, after many months delay, the Free Software Software Foundation released GPLv3. Since that time, the license has been gaining an increased following, but without much threat to GPLv2 in first place.

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Sysvinit vs. Upstart: Boot Performance for Debian and Ubuntu

Jul 01, 2009

Developers from Debian and Ubuntu met and discussed ways to improve boot performance at Canonical’s London headquarters.

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VFAT Patch to Bypass Patent Issue

Jun 30, 2009

Developer Andrew Tridgell has made known that he devised a patch to avoid the possible patent issues with the VFAT filesystem in Linux.

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Aaron Seigo Fears Demise of Freedesktop.org

Jun 29, 2009

KDE e.V. President, Aaron Seiger, is calling for help to rescue freedesktop.org. Seigo warns of the danger of the free open source software platform sliding into insignificance and he's appealing to community members for help.

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