Open-Source HR Management System 2.2.2 Released

OrangeHRM, a leading provider of open-source HR Management solution for small and medium sized enterprises worldwide, has announced the launch of version 2.2.2 of their human resource information…

Response to Microsoft’s Misleading IDC Numbers

"Fundamentally this particular study will over-count Windows share and undercount Linux. Al Gillen at IDC, who we have a lot of respect for, says this himself in your article. Why is Linux so…

GNOME 2.21.1 Released

The first release of the GNOME 2.21.x series. This opens the development cycle for what will become the stable GNOME 2.22.x release.

Keep in mind this is a development release. For more…

Everex $200 Linux gPC Hits Wal-Mart, Bowls Rednecks Over

Can the masses be wooed by Linux? Second-tier PC maker Everex teamed up with a startup called gOS to build the gPC TC2502, a $199 VIA-powered Ubuntu 7.10 Linux system with an Enlightenment E17…

SCO's 341 Creditors Meeting - McBride, Acheson Answer the US Trustees' Questions

This is almost as good as being there, the audio ( MP3 and Ogg) from the October 18 creditors' meeting with SCO's Darl McBride as witness of record, and Jean Acheson by his side providing details…

Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like a Mac

Want the look and feel of a Mac without paying the high-end design premium? Tired of hearing from all your Mac-happy friends how awesome Leopard looks? Got time to run through six pages of…

Ubuntu is NOT causing aggressive power management

I’m afraid that quite some people are getting a high Load_Cycle_Count because their laptop uses power management that is too aggressive. I’m a big fan of Ubuntu. I don’t want to see Ubuntu hurt…

Breaking Open Facebook with Open Source Software

While privacy and open society advocates have been concerned about the dominance of Google’s search engine for the past several years, most of us are just beginning to comprehend Facebook’s…

ODF backer abandons file format in favor of W3C alternative

A group that was set up to promote the Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF) is abandoning its support of that file format in favor of a set of specifications developed by the World…

KDE 4.0 Beta 4 and Development Plaform RC Released

The KDE Community is happy to release the fourth Beta for KDE 4.0. This Beta aimed at further polishing of the KDE codebase and we would love to start receiving feedback from testers. At the same…