Ubuntu: Patent Policy and Private Support
Aug 06, 2009Ubuntu has introduced a new Patent Policy to help developers and rights holders deal with software patent issues. With the Private Support, Canonical hopes to improve its revenue.
more »Predictable Cadence: Shuttleworth Chimes in on Debian Release Cycle
Aug 06, 2009Controversy over fixed release cycles for Debian is nothing new. Now Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth has entered into the fray.
more »OpenSUSE Users Wish Return of KDE
Aug 04, 2009Up to Novell's takeover of the Suse Linux AG, KDE was without doubt the preferred default for the German distribution. Now openSUSE users are increasingly demanding the return of KDE as default desktop.
more »Debian Squeeze: KFreeBSD, Dash and Automatic Debug Packages
Aug 04, 2009The Debian project is planning a whole series of enhancements for Debian 5.0 "Squeeze." A few results of the currently running Google Summer of Code are beginning to creep into it.
more »Lance Davis Returns- Reorganization at CentOS
Aug 03, 2009An appeal on Lance Davis, the temporarily absent main administrator and co-founder of CentOS, has obviously worked -- the highest hurdles in the further course of the project seem to be taken.
more »ReiserFS Without Big Kernel Lock
Aug 03, 2009Even though reiserfs belongs to the veterans of journaling filesystems and established ext3 and ext4 as standard Linux filesystems, a new patch serves to markedly improve it.
more »Debian Freeze for Squeeze Policy Reconsidered
Aug 02, 2009The Debian release team decided on July 29 to adopt a two-year development freeze cycle for its 6.0 "Squeeze" release. A day's worth of discussion to follow led the team to revise its plans again.
more »Microsoft Hit by Open Source and Lawmakers
Aug 01, 2009Microsoft had to report a 30% slump in sales for the last quarter. Their report to the U.S. SEC includes a rundown of their risk and competition factors. Among their concerns are Linux and open source untertakings, but also their own partners HP and Intel.
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