SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Wins Technology of the Year Award
Novell today announced its SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 has earned a 2007 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award, being named "Best Linux Desktop." According to InfoWorld, "Novell's revamped…
Windows vs. Open Source in 2007
The open source arena is forming a rather formidable fan following. In the beginning this was a small community known onl to a niche audience but today we see a different picture. Commercial…
Free Culture Foundation enters the copyright debate
The Free Culture Foundation was launched today to promote and protect cultural freedoms. The Foundation provides an accessible, independent introduction to the free culture movement, now a global…
Anger as EU ignores open-source video
More than 7,000 angry Linux users have protested against the European Union after it excluded them from viewing streaming videos.
The EU makes streaming videos of many of its most important…
Pentaho CEO to Speak at Open Source Meets Business Congress
Pentaho Corp., creator of the world's most popular open source business intelligence (BI) suite, today announced that Pentaho CEO Richard Daley will be speaking at the Open Source Meets Business…
Xbox 360 to Run Linux / Homebrew Soon?
An anonymous person at the German 23C3 Hacker Congress showed what could be an Xbox360 hack/exploit during one of the 'Lightning Talks'. Lightning Talks is a daily event at Chaos Communication…
Son's Testimony May Be Key In Reiser Murder Hearing
The testimony of 7-year-old Rory Reiser emerged Tuesday as a key factor in the case against Oakland software developer Hans Reiser on charges that he murdered his estranged wife Nina Reiser, who…
The year of the Linux desktop
You'll see these words in more than one article penned by the pundits. Every year since about 2003 has been called the year of the Linux desktop - and then, when that fails to transpire, those who…
Fedora Legacy shutting down
In case any of you are not aware, the Fedora Legacy project is in the process of shutting down.
The current model for supporting maintenance distributions is being re-examined. In the…
Tamil Nadu (India) may shut door on Microsoft
The Tamil Nadu government, which is on a fast-track pushing the state to the top in the Indian IT sector, has almost shut its door on the software giant, Microsoft, preferring the Open Source…