ack 2.0 Released
Apr 26, 2013ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
more »Lightweight KDE Desktop Project KDE Gets a Refit
Apr 19, 2013An openSUSE project called KLyDE plans to streamline the KDE desktop.
more »OpenDaylight Project Formed
Apr 11, 2013OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.
more »Ubuntu to Reduce Non-LTS Support
Mar 29, 2013Technical board votes for shorter support cycles on standard releases.
more »Offensive Security Releases Kali Linux
Mar 22, 2013Offensive Security announces the release of Kali Linux – their “most advanced, robust, and stable penetration testing distribution to date.”
more »Canonical Announces Mir Display Server
Mar 11, 2013New X replacement will support the Unity desktop in future Ubuntu releases.
more »Red Hat Rolls Out RHEL 6.4
Feb 25, 2013The latest Enterprise Linux includes better support for Microsoft Hpyer-V and Active Directory.
more »Fedora 18 Released
Jan 17, 2013After several delays, the Fedora Project has officially released Fedora 18 (“Spherical Cow”), the latest version of its Linux-based operating system.
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