Operating Systems News and Articles

San Mateo CA company Untangle has released version 6.1 of its Untangle Gateway Linux distro. Its base package is open source, but its extension applications are commercially priced.

An update for the new, stabler version of Debian 5.0 has appeared over Easter.

Wine is maturing in the bottle: the current version 1.1.19 again offers a multitude of enhancements.

Debian developers have decided: Steve McIntyre has been re-elected as Debian leader for the next legislative period.

The openSUSE project and the Linux Foundation will be making the openSUSE Build Service available through the Linux Developer Network (LDN). Among other things, the Build Service will take advantage of the LDN's AppChecker.

Hardware manufacturer Toshiba has released a series of notebooks with pre-installed OpenSolaris 2008.11.

Microsoft Deutschland GmbH has been fined $9 million by the German Bundeskartellamt (cartel or anti-trust agency) for anticompetitive MS Office
pricing. Microsoft allegedly fixed a price at a retailer for its Office Home & Student 2007 product.

While Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc is celebrating his employer as winner in the netbook market, opportunities are opening up in the Asian market for the netbook's even smaller relative, the so-called mobile internet device.

A selection of categorized 1-click installers is now being displayed on the openSUSE community website.

French Linux specialist, Mandriva, has released version RC2 (codenamed Estephe) of their Linux 2009 Spring.