K16 Introduced To Focus KDE's Future
Dec 21, 2010"Where will KDE be in five years,"asks KDE e.V. board member, Frank Karlitschek, and the K16 planning meetings aim to focus community members 'visions' for the project to answer this question.
more »Ubuntu Font Now Available on Google Font Directory
Dec 21, 2010Released today the new Ubuntu Font Family is now available to the world via the Google Font Directory.
more »Doghouse: Deprecated Formats maddog learns a lesson about deprecated formats but finds a workable solution.
Nov 23, 2010Often I talk about documents and the importance of open formats, mostly oriented toward formats like the Open Document Format (ODF) standard versus Microsoft’s OOXML specification.
more »OpenGL 4.1 Spec Finalized
Jul 27, 2010New spec focuses on enhancing 3D graphics on mobile devices.
more »NVIDIA Drops Xf86-video-nv Support: No Open Source for New Cards
Mar 30, 2010Andy Ritger, NVIDIA manager responsible for the Linux graphics cards, as announced on the X.org mailing list that the graphics chip company will no longer develop the open source 2D video drivers for its chips. He recommends using the VESA X driver instead.
more »Braindump Brings Ideas to Computer
Mar 19, 2010KDE developer Cyrille Berger now provides his Braindump whiteboard program in its first public release. The GPL software is based on KOffice technology.
more »Adobe Updates Reader and Acrobat to Address Security Problems
Jan 13, 2010Adobe has put its attention to solving the vulnerability problems in its PDF Reader and Acrobat software.
more »Clutter 1.1.4 Understands OpenGL Better
Jan 06, 2010On the way to GNOME 2.30 and Moblin 2.2, the Clutter project has released a new developers snapshot version of its 3D toolkit with many improved details.
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Substantial Update to IPFire Now Available
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New Linux Flaw Lets Attackers Escape VMs
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Hannah Montana Linux Is Back!
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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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