Network Scanner OpenVAS 2.0 Enters Beta
Oct 16, 2008Beta test of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is targeted at experienced users and developers of security solutions.
more »Qt Developer Days: Previews of Qt 4.5 and 4.6
Oct 16, 2008In his keynote at the Qt Developer Days 2008, Matthias Ettrich covered the upcoming versions 4.5 and 4.6 of Qt due to release the beginning and end of 2009, respectively.
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 »OSADL: Realtime Linux for the Atom Processor
Oct 16, 2008OSADL, a consortium of Linux users in the automation industry, has released a realtime Linux kernel for Intel's Atom processor.
more »Linux Standard Base 4.0 Is Feature Rich
Oct 15, 2008Linux Foundation has released its first beta of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) version 4.0. The providers have already promised developers an easier work environment through the SDK, shell script and application checker. The successes are logged in the FOSSBazaar workgroup.
more »Qt Developer Days: New Qt IDE Called Greenhouse
Oct 15, 2008Today at the Qt Developer Days, Matthias Ettrich of Qt Software, formerly Trolltech, announced a new development environment for Qt Software called Greenhouse. The Qt Developer Days are being held in Munich from October 14 through 15.
more »Kernel: Ext 4 Filesystem Moves Beyond Developer Status
Oct 14, 2008Theodore Ts'o has renamed the Ext4 filesystem, for which he has been responsible for source and documentation, from extdev to ext4. Linus Torvalds has also incorporated the change into his personal source tree for the upcoming Kernel 2.6.28.
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.
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