A debate on various security models for the Linux kernel has developed on the Linux Kernel Mailing List.

The Linux Foundation has concluded an agreement to support Japanese developers with Linux and Open Source in future.

October 11 and 12 Linux Magazine Online will be broadcasting the conference on the popular Nagios Open Source monitoring system on the Internet via live streaming.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has founded the Kerberos Consortium with the aim of enhancing the Kerberos authentication protocol to provide a universal authentication method on open networks.

The Kayak Prize 2007, awarded by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) for the most effective campaign against Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML) as a standard, went to Microsoft itself.

As the Norwegian development company announced, the cofounder of the company, Eirik Cambe-Eng, has quit his position as Co-CEO, for health reasons.

In a survey by market-researcher IDC, companies in Australia, Korea, India and China quote better protection against vulnerabilities gaps as the main reason for the implementation of Open Source technology.

The new 0.6.0 version of the compositing window manager Compiz now supports multiple x-screens and has new plug-ins.

SerNet claimed the protocol specifications from Microsoft in order to enhance the open source software and make it interoperable.

Fedoras Re-Spins are “new installation versions” including a full set of updates since the official release. The project uses the “Jigdo Method” for a quick download.