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by JL Garcia
on 11.21.2007
(1243 reads)
New GNU AGPLv3 license ensures that modifications to software used to power publicly available services will be contributed to the free software community
The Free Software Foundation has published a new open-source software license aimed at developers whose code is used for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
The Free Software Foundation has published a new open-source software license aimed at developers whose code is used for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
by JL Garcia
on 11.21.2007
(1186 reads)
KDE Project Ships First Release Candidate for Leading Free Software Desktop, Codename "Calamity".
With the first release candidate, the KDE project would like to collect feedback to ensure the quality of KDE 4.0.
With the first release candidate, the KDE project would like to collect feedback to ensure the quality of KDE 4.0.
by JL Garcia
on 11.17.2007
(1164 reads)
The firm has already been selling Linux servers loaded with Ubuntu, Red Hat, and SUSE to any customers that request it, but it has not been able to offer in-depth support.
In an interview with eWeek, Dell vice president of solutions Rick Becker said:
In an interview with eWeek, Dell vice president of solutions Rick Becker said:
by JL Garcia
on 11.16.2007
(1171 reads)
Dell will soon offer server hardware with the Solaris operating system preloaded and plans to work with Sun to offer support to customers running Solaris on Dell hardware. The two companies have traditionally been competitors in the server market where Sun's specialty Sparc-based hardware has lost a lot of ground to commodity x86 hardware that runs Linux.
by JL Garcia
on 11.09.2007
(1161 reads)
It wasn't long after Google announced its long-anticipated mobile plans this week that a debate emerged about the prospective security of the project's Linux-based platform.
by JL Garcia
on 10.29.2007
(1348 reads)
Open source software initially was a head-scratcher: “How can you make money selling something for free?” But once open source advocates clarified the meaning of free – “Free as in speech, not as in beer” – the open source economy took off.
Commercial software vendors have tried to defend their walled cities with both marketing pitches and legal threats while simultaneously lowering their drawbridges with an “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” strategy.
Commercial software vendors have tried to defend their walled cities with both marketing pitches and legal threats while simultaneously lowering their drawbridges with an “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” strategy.
by JL Garcia
on 10.04.2007
(1541 reads)
OpenSUSE.org released yesterday the first release candidate of openSUSE 10.3 as it moves toward general public release on Oct 4.
True to its multi-desktop heritage, the 10.3 release candidate offers improvements to both GNOME and KDE, including the new GNOME 2.20 and an initial glimpse of the KDE 4 desktop.
True to its multi-desktop heritage, the 10.3 release candidate offers improvements to both GNOME and KDE, including the new GNOME 2.20 and an initial glimpse of the KDE 4 desktop.
by JL Garcia
on 10.02.2007
(1266 reads)
Linus Torvalds has launched a blistering attack on security programmers who object to adding the Smack application to the upcoming 2.6.24 Linux kernel.
In an often heated exchange, Torvalds accused security programmers of being too concerned with theoretical problems and not enough with practical applications.
In an often heated exchange, Torvalds accused security programmers of being too concerned with theoretical problems and not enough with practical applications.
by JL Garcia
on 10.02.2007
(1294 reads)
If you are an Ubuntu fan you would have tried out their ShipIt service which delivers the Ubuntu CDs for free at your door step.
The service is currently down as they are preparing to start the shipment of the upcoming release of Ubuntu which would be Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).
The service is currently down as they are preparing to start the shipment of the upcoming release of Ubuntu which would be Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).
by JL Garcia
on 09.21.2007
(1370 reads)
Gnome, the desktop environment used by several Linux and open source platforms, has got an upgrade.
Gnome community has released version 2.20 of the open source desktop environment after six months of development.
Gnome community has released version 2.20 of the open source desktop environment after six months of development.