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OpenOffice.org Beta Fails the Office 2007 Test
Washington Post/PC World: "Unfortunately, however, the one feature that I was really looking forward to on the Windows side--compatibility with the Office 2007 XML file formats--could still clearly use a lot of work..." |
The GPL Wins Again--Welte vs. Skype Technologies SA (Germany)
Groklaw: "Harald Welte, as part of the gpl-violations.org project, brought the matter to court in Germany back in February of 2007, seeking to enforce the GPL against Skype..." |
Software Doubles P2P File Sharing Speeds
iTnews: "Researchers have developed file sharing software that doubles peer-to-peer transfer speeds by identifying nearby computers..." |
Interview with Bluewhite64 Creator Attila Craciun
Linux.com: "Attila Craciun, a Romanian software developer and Linux enthusiast, has ported the Slackware tree to the AMD64 architecture to create the Bluewhite64 distro. We spoke with him to find out about Bluewhite64, where it came from, and where...Read more |
JavaFX: A Bright Future on Open Source-Based Mobile Devices?
OStatic: "JavaFX is, in Sun's eyes at least, designed to usher in Rich Internet Applications such as rendering multiple high-definition movies concurrently, and rendering and tagging many photos at once..." |
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The GPL wins in Germany - again
Harald Welte has posted an update on the
GPL-compliance case hearing held on May 8. In the end, Skype dropped all of
its arguments and gave up its appeal. "This means that the previous
court decision is legally binding to Skype, and we have ...Read more |
Red Hat releases software for Windows, Linux management (BetaNews)
BetaNews
covers
Red Hat's release of the JBoss Operations Network 2.0 management platform.
"Made generally available during this week's JavaOne conference, JBoss ON 2.0 is designed for managing cross-platform application development, testing, depl...Read more |
Thursday Security Updates
Gentoo has updated
x11 (multiple vulnerabilities),
egroupware (multiple vulnerabilities) and
wireshark (denial of service).
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has updated
gpdf (denial of service).
Slackware has updated
php (PATH_TRANSL...Read more |
HIEs consider move to Mirth (HealthIT)
HealthIT
looks at the increasing popularity of Mirth in the health care world.
"Mirth, an open source middleware solution, is gaining ground among health information exchanges. WebReach, a health information technology consultancy in Irvine, Calif...Read more |
LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 8, 2008
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 8, 2008 is available.
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Mozilla ships a compromised extension
From the Mozilla security blog: "The Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 contains inserted code to load remote content. This code is the result of a virus infection, but does not contain the virus itself. This usually results in the user seein...Read more |
Blizzard tests the reach of copyright law
Free software users rarely, if ever, need to be concerned about the license
that governs the applications they use. Unlike developers or distributors,
users are unlikely to pay attention to whether a program is released
under a BSD, GPL, or...Read more |
Wednesday's security updates
CentOS has updated the kernel
(multiple vulnerabilities).
Debian has updated kazehakase
(multiple vulnerabilities from old version of PCRE library).
Mandriva has updated emacs
(temporary file vulnerability),
kdelibs (local ...Read more |
Welte v. Skype going to trial
Harald Welte lets it be known that there will be a hearing on May 8 in his GPL-enforcement case against Skype, which is shipping Linux-based phones without making source available. "Interestingly, Skype is arguing against the validity of the ...Read more |
Windows-based EeePC cheaper than Linux one (APCMag)
Here's an
APC Magazine article which proclaims that the Windows-based EeePC 900
will cost less than the Linux version - though the fine print notes that
the Linux-based system comes with more storage. "APC played briefly
with the machines on show ...Read more |
Stable kernel updates (security fix)
The 2.6.25.2, 2.6.24.7, and 2.4.36.4 stable kernel updates have been
released. They contain a single fix for a "pretty nasty" security hole in
the filesystem locks code. The curious can see the
full commit with description in Viroese: "fcntl_setl...Read more |
OpenOffice.org 3 beta released
The first OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta release is available, and the project is
looking for testers. "The most immediately visible change to OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the new
'Start Centre', new fresh-looking icons, and a new zoom control in the
status bar...Read more |
Linux Fest Northwest 2008
Jesse Keating has a
report from Linux Fest Northwest. "In Bellingham we arrive,
somewhat late at night. Driving through the downtown area we spot a large
banner hanging across the street advertising the Fest. Times have certainly
changed. It's cer...Read more |
Troll treasure: an in-depth look at Qt 4.4 (ars technica)
Trolltech has announced the release of Qt 4.4, so ars technica looks at the new features and interviews Trolltech CTO Benoit Schillings about the new version and where Qt is headed in the future. "Some of the most significant features added in Qt ...Read more |
A Brief History of Sun by Groklaw's grouch (Groklaw)
A Groklaw reader named grouch has compiled
a brief history of Sun. "I think Sun is not the same as it was 5
years ago, or even 3 years ago. How long has it been since Schwartz blogged
about Red Hat being "proprietary"? Even RMS got tired of all th...Read more |
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Since 1994: The Original Monthly Magazine of the Linux Community
FreeRTOS - A Mini Real Time Kernel
If you're having trouble getting Linux to run on that 8-bit processor with 32KB of memory
don't despair, there are open-source alternatives.
FreeRTOS is an open source real time kernel that
has been ported to a number of microprocessors.
The website list...Read more |
With Linux vs. Because of Linux
I'm looking to compare how much money is made with Linux, vs. how much is made because of it. While I know it'll be hard to find the former and impossible to determine the latter, I think comparing the two will still be revealing.
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Ubuntu on Windows with Wubi
Linux Journal Gadget Guy, Shawn Powers, takes us through installing Ubuntu on a machine running Windows with the Wubi installer.
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One standard dist. with choices?
The comments on the single distro story got me thinking about what I want/need/use. I have been using Linux since before Bill Gates heard of it and my uses, needs and interests have changed over time.
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How's The Weather?
One of the items on the Geek Ranch agenda is a weather station.
While we don't have one yet, we have learned a bit about weather
stations and Linux.
First, why don't we have one? Well, there is no electricity at
the Geek Ranch site yet for starters. But, ...Read more |
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Latest news releases for Computer Linux / GNU "Open Source" from PRWeb
Anti-Phishing Working Group Calls for Papers for eCrime 2008 Internet Security Research Conference
eCrime topics to include papers from leading researchers, academicians and technologists on Internet security and phraud, phishing, spoofing, click-fraud, and crimeware (PRWeb May 9, 2008)
Read the full s...Read more |
VTC.com Releases New VTC AIR Player
VTC.com, the pioneer of online software training and innovative learning, announces the release of a new VTC Player which runs on the latest AIR platform from Adobe. The VTC AIR Player is the most recent offering to provide acce...Read more |
Continuent Joins Sun's GlassFish Partner Initiative
New Program Provides Convenient Access To Large Number Of FrameworksAnd Applications Running On GlassFish (PRWeb May 7, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/continuent/glassfish/prwe...Read more |
Parasoft, Market Leader in Code Analysis, Unleashes Progressive Application Security Solution
Parasoft debuts next-generation Application Quality Solutions at JavaOne (PRWeb May 6, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Parasoft/secure_software/prweb914574.htm
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Unison? Now Available as Virtual Appliance
World's first Linux-based unified communications software can now be deployed instantly on VMware. Currently in beta, this allows Unison Server™ to be tested instantly as a virtual machine. (PRWeb May 6, 2008)
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KDE Dot News: KDE News on the Dot.
Akademy 2008 Embedded and Mobile Day - Call for Participation
The EmSys research group is hosting an "Embedded and Mobile Day" at Akademy 2008, this year in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium at Campus De Nayer. We welcome you to join the presentations and panel discussions about Open Source and Open Deskt...Read more |
KOffice 2.0 Alpha 7 Released
The KDE Project today announced the release of KOffice version 2.0 Alpha 7, a technology preview of the upcoming version 2.0. This version adds a lot of polish, some new features in Kexi and KPresenter and especially better support for the O...Read more |
KDE 4.0.4 Out Now, Codenamed File-Not-Found
Another month, another update to the KDE 4.0 series. This time, we are presenting KDE 4.0.4, dubbed File-Not-Found to the audience. KDE 4.0.4 brings improvements to KHTML, Okular and various other components. We recommend that people ...Read more |
Qt 4.4 Released
Trolltech have released Qt 4.4. This is a major release with many new features including WebKit, KDE's Phonon, Concurrency, Widgets on the Canvas and XQuery. This video covers what's new. Ars Technica has an in depth look while release du...Read more |
People Behind KDE: Jeremy Paul Whiting
In a new series of People Behind KDE interviews, we visit the United States of America to meet a KDE developer with an affinity for education, accessibility, and Asian culture, a person who works on getting you Hot New Stuff - tonight's star...Read more |
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