ATI Proprietary Linux Drivers(8.34.8)
ATI Proprietary Linux Drivers(8.34.8) has been released, mainly bug fixes.
KOffice 1.6.2 Released
The KOffice team today released KOffice 1.6.2, the second bug-fix release in their 1.6 series. Although this is a maintenance release, there are some new features in Krita (new filters and a…
Cisco retreats on open-source NAC plans
Cisco has performed an abrupt U-turn and will not now be releasing ts NAC client software code to the open source community. Earlier this month, Bob Gleichauf, CTO of the company's Security…
KDE at Guademy, Spain and FOSS MEET, India
A joint KDE and Gnome meeting is taking place in Spain next month called Guademy. The objectives are to create new projects and initiatives of collaboration between both Desktops and allow new…
Carnegie Mellon Folds Open Source Into New Degree Offering
Carnegie Mellon West's Software Management program is built on the university's existing software engineering curriculum, the school explained, but adds a business and organizational component…
Eric S. Raymond dumps Fedora
After thirteen years as a loyal Red Hat and Fedora user, I reached my limit today, when an attempt to upgrade one (1) package pitched me into a four-hour marathon of dependency chasing, at the end…
Open Source University: Getting Students Involved
Theory versus practice - I don't think there’s a better solution in making sure that software developers are ready for the challenges of tomorrow than catching them while they are still in school…
Opening up an open-source roadblock
The open-source community is being roiled by the recent deal between Microsoft and Novell, especially by their covenant not to sue each other's customers for any possible patent infringement.…
Open source body to launch in Europe
A new dedicated open source body is due for launch, representing the open source community of Europe. The National Open Centre (NOC) will officially launch on February 26th, uniting various…
ESB Research Note by RedMonk
ESB Research Note by RedMonk Puts Open Source, proprietary approaches in context for Would-Be Adopters.
RedMonk (www.redmonk.com), a market research and advisory firm, today released an…