GNOME Cleartext Passwords: Bug or Feature?

Nov 02, 2009

The current discussion in the Ubuntu forums is about a possible security hole in GNOME, specifically about GNOME registered users having their passwords appear as cleartext on the keyring. Not a bug, say its defenders, but the security concept behind the GNOME keyring.

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AMD Engineering Manager is the New Palm Head of Linux Kernel

Nov 02, 2009

Mobile specialist Palm strengthens its team by hiring Matthew Tippett, the Linux graphic driver developer since 2003 at ATI, to be in charge of Linux kernel development.

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GRML Team Release Stable Version 2009.10

Nov 02, 2009

The latest version of the Austrian pocketknife Linux distribution was released just in time for Halloween.

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Linux Magazine DVD

Oct 31, 2009

 

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KDE 4.3 What's new with KDE 4.3?

Oct 31, 2009

At the beginning of August, the KDE project released the third major update of KDE 4 – reason enough to put KDE 4.3 through its paces and study the new features.

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Ubuntu 9.10: Karmic Koala Complete

Oct 29, 2009

Today Linux distributor Canonical announced the official release of Ubuntu 9.10, code-named Karmic Koala.

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DVD Inlay

Oct 28, 2009
PCLinuxOS, Linux Mint, Puppy Linux, and more!...
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OpenSUSE Calls Second Board Election

Oct 27, 2009

OpenSUSE awards two old and one new executive board positions to two community members and a Novell employee.

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