Debian Update Introduces Security, Bans Adobe Flash
Feb 18, 2008The update Debian 4.0 alias Etch to 4.03r sees the free project mainly add security patches and remove the Adobe Flash plugin from the official repository.
more »Faster Package Management for Suse 11.0
Feb 14, 2008Suse developer Duncan Mac-Vicar gives a sneak preview of the next generation version of Novell’s Zypper package manager in his blog.
more »Ubuntu Developer Week
Feb 14, 2008The first Ubuntu Developer Week starts next Monday.
more »Opensuse 11: Alpha 2 with KDE 4
Feb 12, 2008The biggest change to the second alpha version of Opensuse 11 has to be the inclusion of KDE 4, which now replaces the older KDE version 3.5.8.
more »Nexenta 1.0 = OpenSolaris Kernel + Linux Userland
Feb 11, 2008Version 1.0 of Nexenta, a free operating system with an OpenSolaris kernel and all other software from Debian/Ubuntu, has just been released.
more »Wind River First to Fulfil Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 Specification
Feb 09, 2008Wind River is the first commercial vendor to conform with the Linux Foundation’s CGL 4.0 specification
more »Journalist Brockmeier now Community Manager with Open Suse
Feb 06, 2008Novell has taken on technology journalist Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier as the new Community Manager for its free Open Suse Linux distribution.
more »Etch and a Half
Feb 04, 2008The new Debian "Etch and a half" sub-project is looking to improve hardware compatibility with kernel updates and drivers for Debian 4.0 Linux.
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
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