Apple Purchases CUPS
Apple Inc. acquired ownership the CUPS source code and hired the creator of CUPS (Michael R Sweet).
CUPS will still be released under the existing GPL2/LGPL2 licensing terms, with continued…
PreTrial Preparations in Novell - What's a Daubert Hearing?
Novell and SCO have filed a Stipulation Re: Pretrial Schedule [PDF] listing dates for the usual pretrial activities, such as for any motions in limine and for filing proposed jury instructions.…
Updates to Dell Linux Software Repositories
"Linux.dell.com hosts two different software repositories for our Linux customers. We have made some recent updates to these repositories; here is a quick rundown of the repositories and their…
Linux reaches the Italian Parliament
After the French Parliament’s migration to Linux, the Italian Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) chose to let "The Penguin" enter into the heart of the Italian Democracy.
As partly…
1st Asian Nation to Adopt Open Software Standards
"Japan has adopted a policy under which government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors whose products support internationally recognized open standards and thus becomes…
Sun looks to steal Linux thunder with Project Indiana
Looking to steal thunder from the Linux juggernaut or at least catch the same wave, Sun plans to release binaries in Spring 2008 for its OpenSolaris Unix platform, similar to how Linux is offered…
GIMP 2.2.17 Released
Due to a regression in the PSD loader that was introduced with the 2.2.16 release, we had to roll out another release in the stable 2.2 series. The source code for version 2.2.17 of the GNU Image…
Interview with Sebastian Kügler of KDE
"If you ever want a glimpse of how much Sebastian Kügler does around KDE just subscribe to the kde-promo e-mail list which is as busy as it is effective, and that is just one of the many tasks…
Dell fixes Ubuntu laptop pricing
Dell Ubuntu Linux buyers were recently outraged when a price comparison between identical Inspiron 1420 laptops showed that instead of the Ubuntu system being cheaper, it actually ended up costing…
Putting Canadian "Piracy" in Perspective
"Over the past year, Canadians have faced a barrage of claims painting Canada as a "piracy haven." This video - the second in my collaboration with Daniel Albahary - moves beyond the headlines to…