The Linux Foundation to Give Away Free Passes to LinuxCon
May 03, 2011"We will give away one free LinuxCon pass per 20th Anniversary of Linux Video Contest entry," announced Jennifer Cloer, Director of Communications and Community at The Linux Foundation, today.
more »Ubuntu Open Week: May 2-6, 2011
May 02, 2011Ubuntu Open Week is a week long online tutorial event that takes place over IRC (Internet Relay Chat) after each Ubuntu release.
more »OpenBSD 4.9 Available Now
May 02, 2011The OpenBSD project announces the immediate availability of version 4.9 of its multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system.
more »Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu 11.04 Mission Is Users First
Apr 29, 2011"Users first, on free software," says Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth in an Ubuntu 11.04 reflective blog post today.
more »Novell Attachmate Merger Complete
Apr 28, 2011Novell announced that it has completed its previously announced merger with Attachmate Corporation and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group.
more »ApacheCon 2011: Call For Papers Ends Friday
Apr 26, 2011The Call for Papers (CFP) for ApacheCon 2011 ends this Friday, April 29 and event organizers are encouraging those from outside the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to submit proposals.
more »2011 GSoC KDE Projects and Season of KDE
Apr 26, 2011The KDE project accepted 51 students into this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program and announced the return of its own Season of KDE.
more »Monetate Announces Open Source Developer Competition
Apr 21, 2011Monetate announces its own Open Source Prize competition to highlight the importance of open source development and innovation during Philly Tech Week.
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Gnome Working on Test Center App to Make Testing Easier
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New Vulnerability Discovered in Linux Kernel
Hiding out for nearly 15 years, the Ghostlock vulnerability allows a standard logged-in user to gain root privileges.
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New Linux Flaw Lets Attackers Escape VMs
A 16-year-old vulnerability allows an attacker to escape a virtual machine, gain access to the host, and execute malicious code.
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Hannah Montana Linux Is Back!
Developer Noah Cagle decided the world needed the once obscure but beloved Linux distribution and gave it a decidedly pink refresh.
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System76 Refreshes the Lemur Laptop
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More than 43 Million Lines of Code in Linux Kernel 7.2
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Kubuntu Focus Goes Ultra
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Linux Gamers May Soon See Less Mouse Lag in KDE Plasma
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Three Lines of Code Improve Linux Storage Performance
A developer changed three lines of code, giving Linux storage performance a 5% bump.
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AUR Hit Again with Malicious Packages
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