Google Launches New Channel On YouTube
Dec 21, 2010Ellen Ko of Google's Open Source Team announces the creation of a new Google YouTube channel, googleOSPO, created to house all the Google and open source related videos in one place.
more »Grace Hopper Celebration: Call For Participation Open
Dec 20, 2010The Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing Conference which is scheduled to be held from November 8th -12th, 2011, in Portland Oregon, is calling for participation.
more »Chrome For A Cause
Dec 16, 2010Between now and December 19th every tab you open in Google Chrome will serve a good cause.
more »Alan Clark Announced As New openSUSE Board Chair
Dec 15, 2010“I look forward to working closely with the community to further its mission of not only creating the best Linux distribution in the world, but also actively engaging with the broader open source communities around the world," said Alan Clark in the press release.
more »FreeBSD on EC2 Available Now
Dec 14, 2010"For the FreeBSD community as a whole, I think it comes down to the fact that Amazon Web Services is the market leader -- other clouds each have their own advantages, but EC2 is the default first place to look." -- Colin Percival
more »LPI Announces 300+ Organizations In Training Partner Program
Dec 13, 2010The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) announced that their 2010 training partner program is up 10 percent from this time last year.
more »Portugal Approves Open Standards Adoption Proposal
Dec 13, 2010"Portuguese Association of Open Source Software Enterprises, supports this initiative unequivocally." - ESOP Press Release
more »Nominations for 2011 Eclipse Community Awards Now Open
Dec 09, 2010The Eclipse Foundation opened nominations for the 2011 Eclipse Community Awards.
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Ubuntu 21.10 Released and Finally Includes GNOME 40
The most anticipated update to Ubuntu is finally here and the workflow couldn't be better.
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Linux Can Now Run on Apple’s M1 Chipset
Linux users looking to take advantage of Apple Silicon are about to get their wish with the M1 chipset.
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MX Linux 21 RC Candidate Available For Testing
The MX Linux development team has released the RC images for MX Linux 21 for testing purposes.
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Fedora 35 is Shaping Up to Be an Impressive Release
Although the beta version of Fedora’s upcoming release is behind schedule, the Linux distribution is still slotted for October and will include numerous bug fixes and some exciting new features.
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Canonical Extends Support For Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04
The company behind Ubuntu offered a much-needed lifeline to those who still depend on older versions of the open-source operating system.
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GNOME 41 Has Arrived
The latest version of the GNOME desktop environment has been released with new functionality and plenty of improvements.
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System76 Updates the 15" Pangolin with Ryzen
System76 announced they’re updating the Ryzen-powered Pangolin laptop to meet today’s need for more power.
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KDE Plasma 5.23 Promises Plenty of Subtle Improvements
The next release of the KDE Plasma desktop includes new features, numerous improvements, and plenty of bug fixes.
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GNOME 41 Beta is Now Available
The most popular open-source desktop environment is on the cusp of yet another new release, but don’t expect the massive changes found in the previous iteration.
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Debian 11 “Bullseye” Now Available
The developers of Debian have released the latest version of the operating system so many distributions depend on.