Nook: E-Book Reader from Barnes and Noble
Oct 21, 2009Book dealer Barnes and Noble (B&N) has announced its own e-book reader, named Nook, equipped with 3G wireless and two displays.
more »IBM Promotes Ubuntu-Based Cloud Solution in U.S.
Oct 21, 2009To coincide with the Windows 7 launch, IBM issued a press release yesterday promoting its Ubuntu-based IBM Client for Smart Work solution.
more »Happybuntu! 5 Years Ubuntu
Oct 20, 2009The Ubuntu community has a lot to celebrate this month: on October 16, 2004 the German ubuntuusers.de went online for the first time and October 20 of the same year saw the release of Ubuntu 4.10, alias Warty Warthog.
more »Couturier Merges PDF Files on GNOME Desktop
Oct 16, 2009The Couturier Mono program merges multiple PDFs into a single file. It follows the old UNIX policy: one program for one task.
more »OpenSUSE 11.2: First Release Candidate
Oct 16, 2009The first openSUSE 11.2 release candidate is ready for download. RC2 is planned for the end of October with a final version expected November 12.
more »Relaxed Ubuntu 9.10: CouchDB to be Integrated
Oct 15, 2009Even though Ubuntu 9.10 is officially completed, developers managed to slip in the new beta version of Apache CouchDB that stores addresses, notes and bookmarks.
more »Bash Completion 1.1 Adds Shell Functionality
Oct 14, 2009The Bash shell has long supported extending command completion through scripts. The Bash-Completion package delivers full scripts for Linux commands and is currently available in version 1.1.
more »RPM New Features
Oct 13, 2009A few RPM developers from Red Hat and Novell met at the openSUSE Conference 2009 in September. The results of the meeting are now online.
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