Songbird considers itself an iTunes alternative and while the project has had some success in that regard, not so much under Linux.

The X.org project's X server uses udev instead of HAL on Linux and introduces a configuration directory.

The community edition of Nexentastore, an Open Solaris based storage solution, has been released in version 3.0.

The years long legal battle by the SCO Group over UNIX copyrights, which indirectly affect Linux, has resulted in another verdict in Utah court. The jury has ruled in favor of Novell.