Leaked letter warns of open source 'threat to eco-system'
A leaked letter to the European Commission has revealed the extent of lobbying by proprietary software groups to prevent the widespread adoption of open-source software.
Sent in response to…
Microsoft-led project to deliver on ODF
Microsoft later this month plans to release a converter that will let Word users open documents saved in the OpenDocument format.
The plug-in for Word, set for release Oct. 23, is the first…
Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released
Firefox 2 Release Candidate 3 (RC 3) is a preview release of our next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for download to Web application developers, our testing community and…
Buffer Overflow in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver For Linux
The NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as root. This bug can be exploited both locally or remotely (via a…
KOffice 1.6 Released
The KDE Project announced the release of KOffice version 1.6, the long awaited version with major improvements in a number of areas. The 1.6 release is intended mainly as a feature release for…
2006 is a bad year for all software, Linux included
So far this year's reported vulnerabilities for apps and operating systems already exceeds last year's total. It has proven to be the year of living dangerously, if you are using a computer that's…
Ubuntu LAMP Server Installation With Screenshots
Automatic LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) In about 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to…
Larry Ellison's Linux nears release – pundit
Wall Street continues to drool over the idea of Oracle producing its own line of Linux software for reasons unclear to us.
Last week, Jeffries & Co analyst Katherine Egbert fired off a…
Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 for PS3
YDL v5.0 is slated for release mid-November with support for the Sony PS3 first, and support for the former Apple PowerPC product line to follow. Any updates required to support the Apple PowerPC…
Novell Moves Away From ReiserFS in wake of Murder Suspicion
Novell is changing the file system software used by default in its Suse Linux operating system, aligning with rival Red Hat and moving away from a project whose future has become entangled with…