Mozilla is considering changing the version number of the expected Firefox 3.1 to Firefox 3.5. This, according to developers, will emphasize the sheer volume of work and vast changes already undertaken in version 3.1.

Thinking of buying a BMW, a Peugeot or a Citroen in the near future? If you are then the chances are pretty good that you'll be buying an automobile with a small Linux computer behind the middle console

The Mozilla Foundation features a booth in the Open Source Project lounge in Hall 6 at this year's CeBIT.

The openSUSE project has released guidelines for use of the Novell marks openSUSE, SUSE, YaST, Gecko and AutoBuild.

Users and programmers can now call up three-dimensional landscape models, map data and comprehensive metadata via the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. The first phase is constructing an open standard-based 3D Geodata Infrastructure (GDI-3D) for entire Germany.

The Linux.com website is now being officially hosted by the Linux Foundation, who will start using it as a portal for online community participation.

Based on Debian's Lenny, version 3.5 of the Brazilian distro Dreamlinux has now been released.

In a keynote at the Open Source Forum of CeBIT 2009, Graham Smethurst, general manager of infotainment and communication systems at BMW, will present a new Open Source development platform for the auto industry. Under the name GENIVI, founding partners BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Visteon and Wind River will jointly develop Linux-based infotainment software