Jan 13 2007
Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...
- X3: Reunion Announced for Linux
- EU withdraws claim that Linux…
The MVPs of Open Source
Who are the MVPs of open source? Are they the advocates? The maintainers? The stalwart community members? The CEOs of open source software companies?
Or is it someone else entirely?
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Storix System Backup Administrator version 6 for Linux
Storix, Inc., provider of native backup and disaster recovery software for Linux and AIX systems, announced the general availability of Storix System Backup Administrator version 6 for Linux and…
EU Commission Study Finds You'll Save Money Switching to FOSS
The EU Commission's Final Report on its "Study on the Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector…
Indian state goes for open source
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is making a move to adopt open source software, due to concerns over security and the high cost of Windows systems.
According to C. Umashankar, managing…
Optaros Publishes Open Source Scorecard
Optaros says there are over 140,000 open source projects in existence, making a standard overview of their benefits difficult for those making decisions over what should be implemented. The Open…
Talking Linux in Sydney
There are three major Linux conferences held annually, one each in the US, Canada and Australia. That alone should provide an indication of the extent to which Australians have been, and are,…
UK students offered cash for open source software
British university students are being offered cash incentives to write open source software - and the first beneficiary is a Python programmer from Swansea.
The UK Free Software Network (…
Australia To Trial OLPC
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project aims to put low-cost laptops into the hands of impoverished children in the developing world, but work is already underway to trial them among indigenous…
GNOME 2.17.5 Released
This is their fifth development release on the road towards GNOME 2.18.0, which will be released in March 2007. This is also the release which marks the start of the API/ABI freeze for the…