CeBIT 2009: OpenStreetMap Wins Two Linux New Media Awards
Mar 06, 2009Linux New Media AG has presented its annual awards for outstanding contributions to Open Source at CeBIT 2009 in Hannover. The OpenStreetMap project ended up garnering two of the six Linux New Media awards.
more »Governance with FOSSology and FOSSBazaar: Rights and Licensing
Mar 06, 2009At CeBIT Open Source 2009 Martin Michlmayr, past Debian project lead, presented his current projects FOSSology and FOSSBazaar, and spoke about the role his employer Hewlett-Packard is giving him in the governance project and how the FOSSBazaar work group is organized within the Linux Foundation.
more »Microsoft's Battle with TomTom: Shape of Things to Come?
Feb 27, 2009Microsoft's current patent suit against navigation software maker TomTom has caused quite a stir in the Open Source arena and might turn into a wave of MS attacks on Linux.
more »CeBIT Open Source: Live Stream of Forum Talks for Free
Feb 26, 2009In March (3-8, 2009), CeBIT will once again be opening its gates in Hannover, Germany. The world's largest and most renowned trade fair for the world of IT and telecommunications will be featuring Open Source topics in hall 6. The CeBIT Open Source Forum 2009 will be the venue of daily lectures on the use of Linux and free software - and you can watch them online, live and for free!
more »Bash 4.0 Introduces Associative Arrays
Feb 24, 2009The GNU Project's Bourne Again Shell (bash) is now in its fourth major version, which provides numerous enhancements.
more »101 Linux Hacks - Free eBook with Linux Tips
Feb 17, 2009In his blog, "The Geek Stuff", software engineering manager Ramesh Natarajan offers tips and advice for Linux users.
more »IBM Emerges in Amazon's Cloud
Feb 12, 2009Big Blue is now providing images for Amazon's cloud. A cloud software-as-service (SaaS) for SUSE Linux, among other products, is to follow.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- AllBSD FreeBSD and NetBSD -- Representing the BSD Operating Systems
Feb 10, 2009FreeBSD and NetBSD are among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, sharing a booth and representing "Berkeley Software Distribution" operating systems. If you paid attention -- you're right, actually it's 16 projects at the Open Source Project Lounge.
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