Has GNOME Rejected Canonical help? Shuttleworth Responds
Mar 10, 2011"Unity is a shell for Gnome. Now Gnome leadership have to decide if they want the fruit or that competition to be an asset to Gnome, or not." ~Mark Shuttleworth founder of Ubuntu.
more »Canonical Changes Ubuntu Naming Conventions
Mar 09, 2011"One of the benefits of the direction that’s been taken with the next release of Ubuntu is that there is no longer a need for a separate netbook edition, says Gerry Carr of Canonical. "The introduction of the new shell for Ubuntu means that we have a user interface that works equally well whatever the form factor of the PC."
more »Rackspace Launches Cloud Builders Support
Mar 08, 2011“We are ready to support OpenStack deployments anywhere starting today.” ~ Jim Curry, General Manager of Rackspace Cloud Builders
more »Personalities of PyCon Interview Series
Mar 08, 2011Meet the personalities behind PyCon, the community run conference that brings together users and developers of the Python programming language.
more »OpenLogic Research Finds Mobile Apps Fail to Comply with OSS Licenses
Mar 08, 2011The OpenLogic research into new mobile applications found that many iPhone and Android apps containing open source fail to comply with OSS licenses.
more »CeBIT 2011: Linux New Media Award Winners Announced
Mar 07, 2011Debian receives two out of the seven Linux New Media awards at CeBIT 2011.
more »Ubuntu 11.10 Named: Oneiric Ocelot
Mar 07, 2011Mark Shuttleworth releases the codename for what has until today been referred to as "-O" and what will eventually become Ubuntu 11.10.
more »PyCon Personality: Steve Holden, Python Software Foundation Chairman
Mar 04, 2011Personally I think paying it forward is a more viable way to ensure that open source initiatives succeed. ~Steve Holden, Chairman, Python Software Foundation
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