Blackout Delays OpenSuse Beta
Oct 17, 2008A power outage that hit some vital servers at Novell a few days ago has also caused the release of the third Beta version of OpenSuse 11.1 to be postponed.
more »OpenSuse Hack Week III Winners Announced
Oct 16, 2008OpenSuse community manager Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier today announced the winners of the 3rd OpenSuse Hack Week. Prizes were given in three categories; best performance in multi-project cooperation, the Penguin Award for the most original project and an award for the best project per se.
more »Geode in Firefox 3.1: Lost in Linux
Oct 14, 2008Firefox will soon integrate Geode (via the W3C geolocation API specification) into its browser, thereby exposing the user's current location. Meanwhile Linux users will have to forgo this service in that it involves proprietary software.
more »New KDE Forum
Oct 13, 2008The KDE project wants more contact with its users: After the recent work on a User-Wiki, KDE has now opened a user forum, complete with forum software published under GPLv3 license.
more »Mandriva 2009 Released
Oct 09, 2008The French Linux distributor Mandriva has released its Linux edition of the same name in Version 2009.
more »KDE 4.1.2 Released
Oct 06, 2008A new bugfix for KDE 4.1, codenamed 'Codename', has been released by the KDE community.
more »Ubuntu 8.10 Seeking Beta Testers
Oct 06, 2008The upcoming Ubuntu 8.10, alias Intrepid Ibex, is now in beta.
more »OpenSuse 10.2: November Deadline for Updates
Oct 03, 2008On the OpenSuse announcement board, Marcus Meissner stated that as of November 30. 2008, official support for OpenSuse 10.2 will end. After that, Novell/the OpenSuse Project will provide no further security updates for Version 10.2.
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