The Samba team announces Samba 4.0 – the latest version of the free software file, print, and authentication server suite designed for compatibility with Windows networks.

New organization will oversee interoperability and standards for the popular open source database.

New products extend and improve Red Hat's virtualization environment.

Inktank and SUSE are partnering to provide enterprise-grade support for the Ceph Distributed Storage System as part of SUSE Cloud.

Enterprise-ready PaaS tool brings cloud-based development to private or hybrid cloud environments.

With its move into Hall 6, CeBIT is now allocating even more space to the Open Source Area in 2013. The Open Source Forum, together with the Open Source Park making up this themed area on CeBIT, will benefit from the move as well.

Slax 7 features KDE4 with an assortment of pre-installed software and recovery tools.

The XtreemFS team releases a new stable version of their cloud filesystem: XtreemFS 1.4. 

Oracle creates a new Git repository for tracking Linux kernel changes.

NVidia announces the new NVidia GeForce R310 drivers, which, the company says, will dramatically improve performance and reduce game loading times for gamers using Linux.