So what? Windows 7: 7 Reasons Not to Get too Excited (Update)
May 14, 2009It’s official: Windows 7 will be on the shelves just in time for the Christmas season. From an Open Source perspective, this is nothing ground-breaking: It’s just the same old Windows.
more »Community Angered over Canonical's Ubuntu One
May 14, 2009With the release of its new online synchronization service Ubuntu One, Canonical seems to have made some enemies in the community.
more »Breakthrough in Sync Support: SyncML Client Under GPL
May 14, 2009The Swiss company Synthesis AG, which specializes in synchronizing PCs and mobile Linux devices, has released its SyncML Client library source code to the community under GPL.
more »Rescue is on the Way: System Rescue CD 1.2.0
May 13, 2009Version 1.2.0 of the recovery distribution System Rescue CD brings all kinds of changes. Particularly the FSArchiver provides more in the new version.
more »Dell Freshens Up Its Mini 10 Netbook with Ubuntu
May 11, 2009Dell now provides its 10" Mini 10 netbook with Ubuntu in the U.S. and Canada, with the rest of the world to follow shortly.
more »SCO's Bankruptcy Saga To Be Continued
May 08, 2009Once upon a time there was a company that wanted to do business with Linux. Then the company alleged its source code had been stolen. That company is now in administration, but things could get even worse...
more »OpenSUSE Community Week Gears Up
May 08, 2009The week of May 11 through 17 2009 is openSUSE Community Week, whose goal it is to focus on specific topics among openSUSE users worldwide.
more »Slimmer Library: Debian Switches to EGLIBC
May 06, 2009As Debian developer and package manager Aurélien Jarno says in a recent blog, Debian will soon switch from the standard GNU C library to the slimmer EGLIBC.
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