Mark Shuttleworth Resigns as Canonical CEO
Dec 18, 2009Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and CEO of Canonical has announced the transfer of his post to Canonical COO Jane Silber.
more »Fedora Will Make the Leap to Package Source Control System Git
Dec 18, 2009During the FUDCon in Toronto, the Fedora team discussed changes to central infrastructure, among which the change to Git.
more »ODROID: Portable Android-Based Game Console
Dec 16, 2009In simple terms, the ODROID game console comes down to iPhone hardware mixed with Android software in a Nintendo box.
more »Cyberthreat Forecasts for 2010: More Complex with New Targets
Dec 16, 2009Russian security experts Kaspersky ventures a forecast for malware development in 2010 and sees new types of attacks coming our way.
more »APT2 to Accelerate Debian Package Installation
Dec 15, 2009Debian and Ubuntu developer Julian Andres Klode has reported in his blog about the progress of his APT2 software, an alternative implementation of the Debian Advanced Packaging Tool (APT).
more »Microsoft Puts Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool under GPL
Dec 11, 2009Microsoft had released a tool in mid-November that generated bootable USB media or a DVD from the download version of Windows 7 and that conflicted with the GNU Public License. They now followed up by putting the tool under GPLv2.
more »Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Enters Alpha
Dec 11, 2009After saying farewell to the functionally replete Ubuntu 9.10, developers are working on the next version, 10.04, which should be particularly stable. The first alpha of its LTS version has now arrived.
more »Linux Beta from Google's Chrome Browser
Dec 09, 2009Google has released the first beta version of its Chrome browser for Linux and Mac OS for download. Until now, only an open source variation, Chromium, has been Linux compatible.
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Fedora 43 Has Finally Landed
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KDE Unleashes Plasma 6.5
The Plasma 6.5 desktop environment is now available with new features, improvements, and the usual bug fixes.
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Xubuntu Site Possibly Hacked
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LMDE 7 Now Available
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Linux Kernel 6.16 Reaches EOL
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Amazon Ditches Android for a Linux-Based OS
Amazon has migrated from Android to the Linux-based Vega OS for its Fire TV.
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Cairo Dock 3.6 Now Available for More Compositors
If you're a fan of third-party desktop docks, then the latest release of Cairo Dock with Wayland support is for you.
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System76 Unleashes Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta
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Linux Kernel 6.17 is Available
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