Operating Systems News and Articles

Debian users can soon decide whether to install on Linux or FreeBSD kernels.

The wait is over for iFolder updates. Wider platform support and a number of significant additions should have the FOSS community moving forward again with the iFolder project.

XScreenSaver is one of the most widely-used screensaver applications for Linux systems. The Debian project is seeking new maintainers to help keep the software running.

The patent war between Microsoft and TomTom may be resolved in court, but it hasn't ended. At least that's what the lawyers at the Software Freedom Law Center think, and Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation is further considering the implications.

Debian developer Ana Guerrero, as spokesperson for the KDE team, has announced that KDE4 will appear during the first week of April 2009.

The Fedora project has released the first beta test version of Fedora 11 after an announced delay from its original milestone.

The Linux distro CentOS, a free Red Hat clone, is now available in version 5.3 to match that of RHEL 5.3.

Wind River has released Version 3.0 of the Linux platform for embedded device development.

In August 2008, the Fedora team noticed irregularities on its server. Project leader Paul W. Frields has now released a detailed report of the break-in.

The Redmond giant and the Dutch navigation company have agreed on a settlement whereby TomTom will pay Microsoft for the use of some of its patents.