French Gendarmes Rely on Ubuntu
Mar 10, 2009The French Gendarmerie intends to save $50 million in switching from Windows to Ubuntu.
more »Windows under Linux: CodeWeavers Has CrossOver Plans for 2009
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more »Kindle 2: Linux eBook from Amazon
Mar 10, 2009Kindle eBooks have been around since the '90's, and although sales are still uncertain, Amazon has now upped the ante by not only releasing version 2, but also publishing parts of the Linux source code.
more »Power of Zen: Zenwalk 6.0 with OpenOffice 3.0.1 and Xfce 4.6
Mar 09, 2009Zenwalk 6.0 has shown some real work: the project has separated from GNOME Office and MPlayer, brings a new desktop version and provides numerous optimizations.
more »From 3.1 to 3.5: Version leap for Firefox?
Mar 09, 2009Mozilla is considering changing the version number of the expected Firefox 3.1 to Firefox 3.5. This, according to developers, will emphasize the sheer volume of work and vast changes already undertaken in version 3.1.
more »CeBIT 2009: Mozilla Shows Off Next Generation Web
Mar 06, 2009The Mozilla Foundation features a booth in the Open Source Project lounge in Hall 6 at this year's CeBIT.
more »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 »What Means openSUSE? Trademark Guidelines
Mar 05, 2009The openSUSE project has released guidelines for use of the Novell marks openSUSE, SUSE, YaST, Gecko and AutoBuild.
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