When open source is not enough
There was some interesting buzz about the state of open source going around ApacheCon in Dublin.
On one hand, Apache is - and is widely seen as - a moderate, pragmatic voice in the FOSS…
China Lacks Linux Talents
China has only 3,000 skilled Linux software engineers and most of them do not experience professional Linux trainings, according to China Electronics. China’s Linux firm flagship RedFlag has about…
New Zealand redefines open source as "code you can't modify"
New Zealand government officials have responded to my criticism of their newly released national DRM strategy -- their strategy for government adoption and use of technology that prevents copying…
openSUSE 10.2 Alpha4 Released
I'm glad to announce the fourth alpha release of our openSUSE 10.2 distribution. The codename of openSUSE 10.2 is "Basilisk Lizard". With the rename of the distribution from SUSE Linux to openSUSE…
Blazing trails with open source
It's often said that open source doesn't innovate. It imitates. That's certainly what the proprietary software industry would have you believe. And to look at the activity in some of the most…
Looks Aren't Everything with Linux
Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS—the free operating system that eWEEK Labs recently named the current Linux desktop champ—recently hit a sizable pothole on the road to enterprise-class stability.
In…
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta 1 Released
Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta 1 milestone.
This is a public beta. Feel free to forward this announcement to anyone who may be…
Your favorite Linux file system?
There's a poll over at linux.inet.hr trying to discover which of the available file systems for Linux are the most popular. Come visit, vote, see the results immediately. More votes - more correct…
Geotagging files with libferris and Google Earth
Geotagging is the association of geographic location information with an object. A geotag comprises three pieces of information: a name and longitude and latitude values. Once files are geotagged…
Pointsec unveils new version of Linux encryption software
Pointsec, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smart¬phones, today announced the latest version of its…