If Dreams Were Real: Convergence of Distro and Kernel Versions
Mar 16, 2010Mark Shuttleworth had a dream: the big Linux distros should agree to have version numbers identical to those of kernel components and refresh them every two years. The dream now is more real than ever.
more »KDE: Contest for Plasmoid Programmers
Mar 15, 2010Whosoever has played with the idea of programming a KDE miniprogram now has the opportunity to win a Nokia N900. The Plasma JavaScript Jam Session runs until the end of March 2010.
more »SystemRescueCd 1.4.0 Boots Off Net
Mar 12, 2010The SystemRescueCd, a Live CD for troubleshooting computers, comes with new boot methods in version 1.4.0.
more »Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation Announces Board
Mar 11, 2010Among the prominent new appointees to the open source foundation from Redmond are Jim Jagielski of VMware and Apache fame. Promoted from within Microsoft are two other board members.
more »Oracle Goes with Own DB, SPARC and UNIX
Mar 11, 2010In Munich, Wednesday, March 10, Oracle announced its upcoming strategy for the Sun takeover: the new couple will now sell complete packages and, next to Oracle's database, further develop Solaris along with Sun's SPARC and Flashfire server technologies.
more »Swiss Canton Makes E-Government Solution Open Source
Mar 09, 2010The Swiss canton Zug has put a collaboration solution called iZug under GPL licensing.
more »Sundown: Sun's Open Source Chief Moves On
Mar 09, 2010Once responsible for all matters open source at Sun, Simon Phipps is leaving the company (which now belongs to Oracle) and confesses he has no specified goals at present.
more »CeBIT Open Source 2010 in Pictures
Mar 08, 2010From March 2-6 CeBIT Open Source 2010 called open source projects, enterprises, and organizations to Hannover, Germany. Here's our photo gallery from the talks in the Open Source forum, the project lounge, and the Linux New Media awards.
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