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…
Open source personal tracking system gets first test
An open source wireless tracking system for following people around buildings got its first public use last week at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin.
The creators of the…
Beryl Website Hacked
On January 2nd, 2007 Beryl was the victim of an online attack directed at our MySQL server. This attack removed most entries for the past several weeks and will cost countless hours in repair and…
Linux to push on into mission-critical computing
Having acquitted itself well at the network perimeter, enterprises are now ready to let Linux in on its crown jewels: mission-critical computing, claims report.
Almost half of the world's…
First phase of Korea's open source city a success
Korea's fifth-largest city, with a population of 1.4 million, has completed the first phase of its open source adoption strategy.
Gwangju Metropolitan City, which counts auto manufacturing…
TUX Magazine Ends Publication
Looks like TUX Magazine has decided to call it quits.
"I am sorry to inform our readers that Issue 20 of TUX was the last produced. While we have received an amazing amount of positive…
PlaneShift Open Source MMORPG Developers Wanted
PlaneShift is an Open Source MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) which is in a steady process of development . Technically PlaneShift is based on CrystalSpace (with CAL3D and CEL…