The Road to KDE 4: Oxygen Artwork and Icons
One of the big visual changes just happened in KDE 4, the transition of kdelibs to the Oxygen Icon set. This transition is still in progress, and it includes a massive icon naming scheme change…
"Gates for President" group gives up
There will be no West Coast White House in Redmond; no Air Force One with a Windows-based navigation system; no Vice President Dilbert.
Alas, the "Bill Gates for President" bandwagon, which…
Tories want open source Whitehall
The European government could save more than £600 million a year if it used more open source software, the shadow chancellor has estimated.
George Osborne said the savings would cut 5% off…
GIMP User Manual 0.12 Released
After three months of hard work we are proud to announce a new release of the user manual for GIMP 2.2.
- New content (incl. spelling and grammar fixes) for German, French, Italian,…
Money Can't Buy An Open Source Community
As a small start-up, Interface21 has developed a large, loyal community around the Spring Framework and Spring Portfolio projects. Venture capitalists have invested millions in open source…
BackTrack 2.0 stable Released
"It's taken us almost 5 months to pull ourselves out of the beta stage. Every time we thought we were done, a new idea or improvement would surface, and we just *had* to implement it. Many…
Should Linux Play the Apple Card?
Periodically, the suggestion is made. The latest similar argument - though he does not, in fact, take Apple’s name in vain - comes from Jeremiah Foster in the form of an open letter to Mark…
If you think selling Linux is easy, why not beat Dell to it?
Dell's latest launch has really taken off. Unfortunately for Dell's crumbling profitability, it's a website called IdeaStorm, not a new PC. IdeaStorm is designed to get ideas and feedback from…
Linux Nvidia Drivers 9755 Released
The latest Version, 1.0-9755, of NVIDIA graphic drivers for linux was released with support for Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 and for NVIDIA SLI with GeForce 8800, Quadro FX 4600, and Quadro…
Time to start casting the Linux "Switch" commercials
Open-source software proponents may end up owing Microsoft a big, ironic thank you for finally getting Vista out the door. Release of the new version of Windows has forced IT folks in the public…