| Ubuntu Linux Support Coming from Zimbra |  | Zimbra offers open source e-mail software server to Ubuntu
Zimbra offers a complete Network Edition server software version to Ubuntu Linux distribution. Network Edition program was a full-feature and supported version and so far, it was available only for Red Hat's Linux, Suse Linux from Novell and Mac OS X. The software offered by ... [read more >>] | | Date: 04 May 2007, 17:54 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| IBM, Oracle, NEC to Promote Linux in Japan |  | Major IT companies ally to make Linux big in Japan
The major IT companies seemed to react to the call made by the Communications Ministry of Japan to the government to use Linux operating systems and now they plan to set up a consortium that will sell servers and systems running the Linux operating system in Japan.
The start wi ... [read more >>] | | Date: 04 May 2007, 14:13 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Linux on Chip-like Computer Module |  | Linux goes beyond the PC border
After conquering the personal computers of thousands of users, Linux went further and now it claims its rights in the embedded computer modules field. Eliabs company, based in Bangalore, India has recently unveiled its new offer: a chip-like embedded computer module called LinSeed that comes ... [read more >>] | | Date: 04 May 2007, 12:49 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| No Windows for the OLPC Project |  | The XO laptops don't ship with Windows flavor
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project had a media event in Cambridge during last week where they've clarified the rumors related to a possible shipping of XO-laptops with a Windows XP Starter Edition. Walter Bender, president of Software and Content with OLPC, Microsoft and O ... [read more >>] | | Date: 04 May 2007, 11:31 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Fedora 5 Reaches End of Life This June |  | Fedora 5 updates will cease
While Fedora Core 7 is getting ready for release in May 24th, 2007, Fedora Core 5 prepares for June 29th, 2007, the last day for it to benefit from some updates. Due to a decision made by the Fedora Board and ... [read more >>] | | Date: 04 May 2007, 10:33 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0 Raises from Feisty Fawn |  | Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0 release
Ubuntu 7.04 (codename Feisty Fawn) was indeed a success in the Linux history. Focused more on the features that interact with the end-user, Feisty Fawn also gained popularity among developers who have already started working on new Linux distros based on it. The start was given by the ... [read more >>] | | Date: 03 May 2007, 10:17 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| First Look: Kiwi Linux |  | Yet another Ubuntu based Linux distribution!
Kiwi is a Linux operating system based on the latest version of the popular Ubuntu Linux, Feisty Fawn. This distribution was created especially for the Romanian and Hungarian people, but it can ... [read more >>] | | Date: 02 May 2007, 17:26 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Elive 0.6.8 Development Distribution Out for Testing |  | Debian based distribution
The Elive team has just announced the release of a new development version of Elive, mainly with a testing purpose. Elive is a GNU/Linux Debian based distribution using the Enlightenment desktop environment instead of GNOME or KDE.
Enlightenment (commonly known as E) window manager has a ... [read more >>] | | Date: 02 May 2007, 11:03 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Red Hat Announces the Release of RHEL 4.5 |  | Red Hat Enterprise Linux release
Red Hat has just announced a distribution release. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.5 is the fifth update among the RHEL 4 series and comes with many additions and enhancements that make this distro more stable and r ... [read more >>] | | Date: 02 May 2007, 10:00 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| OpenBSD 4.1 Released |  | Only two remote holes in the default install, in more than 10 years!
The OpenBSD team has just announced today the 21st release of their BSD-based operating system, OpenBSD 4.1. This release provides significant improvements and new features, in nearly
all areas of the system: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.1. Thi ... [read more >>] | | Date: 01 May 2007, 22:36 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Zenwalk Beta Version 4.6 Was Released |  | Slackware based Linux distribution
Zenwalk has been working hard since their latest Live 4.4.1 release and now they proudly announce the latest beta version of Zenwalk 4.6, Red Pill. Among the improvements and upgrades brought to this new ve ... [read more >>] | | Date: 01 May 2007, 17:58 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Ubuntu Linux for Dell Machines |  | Ubuntu, the Chosen One
For those who haven't heard it yet, a while ago Dell made an announcement according to which the company would be releasing desktops and notebook systems with pre-installed Linux as an option. Dell did no ... [read more >>] | | Date: 01 May 2007, 16:29 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Microsoft to Open-Source Silverlight |  | Microsoft might go with the trend
The news that Adobe will open-source the SDK for Flex RIA development environment and documentation under the MPL (Mozilla Public License) is still hot. The open-sourcing of Flex will allow full access to the ... [read more >>] | | Date: 01 May 2007, 13:26 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Gaim Is Dead. Long Live Pidgin |  | A multi-protocol Internet messenger's story...
As I was waiting for the final release of Gaim (2.0.0), I saw some news on the Gaim's RSS a couple of weeks ago and I've rushed in to see what's new in the Gaim's world (maybe an Easter present?). But I was really disappointed to see that Gaim will no longer exist, starti ... [read more >>] | | Date: 30 April 2007, 15:04 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| SCO Wanted Gag Orders in 2004 |  | SCO, in the spotlight, again
I could say that the SCO Group holds the record as the initiator of the most lawsuits against Linux vendors and users. If I recall it well, it was involved in many cases against big players in the software market (and not only) such as IBM, Red Hat, Novell or AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler. In ... [read more >>] | | Date: 30 April 2007, 12:25 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Qantas Goes Against the Linux Trend |  | Qantas switched to the IBM AIX environment because of some stability issues
Qantas is one of the strongest brands in Australia, also seen as one of the largest and safest long distance airline in the world. Qantas has recently announced at business intelligence vendor Hyperion's Solutions 2007 conference in US Orlando, their intention of going under a ... [read more >>] | | Date: 30 April 2007, 11:13 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Automatix2: A Life Saver |  | Ubuntu package manager and more...
Since Automatix2 appeared on the Linux scene, distributions like Ubuntu and its derivatives have a new powerful weapon in the Linux desktop war. They say Automatix2 is a graphical package manager, but i ... [read more >>] | | Date: 27 April 2007, 20:41 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Gnome 2.19.1 Released |  | Gnome desktop development release
On the road to 2.20.0 Gnome has just reached the 2.19.1 release. What does it bring new compared to 2.18? Well, first of all it brings new documentation and translations (maybe just in case the previous were not enough), new features and new bug-fixes. This is a development release though; s ... [read more >>] | | Date: 27 April 2007, 17:25 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Grafpup 2.0 Beta Released |  | Linux distribution
Yet another Linux beta distro has been released. The Grafpup 2.0 beta distribution aims to remaster Puppy Linux, much improved and bug-fixed than its previous releases. Among the bug-fixing, the Grafpup 2.0 beta distro also brings some new upgraded packages and much stability. For example, O ... [read more >>] | | Date: 27 April 2007, 16:05 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Red Hat Promotes Its New Xen-Based Linux |  | Red Hat presentation of the RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 with Xen virtualization
As everyone might have already heard by now, Red Hat released RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 with Xen virtualization. The virtualization implies a complicated process mainly consisting of hiding the physical chara ... [read more >>] | | Date: 27 April 2007, 11:46 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Linux-Powered Robots |  | Robots based on Linux computers
Robots have always been a controversial matter. Artificially created things which are able to make decisions on their own based on some kind of environmental sensors made the subject of many technological and engineering researches in time. The first record of a mechanical artificial agent m ... [read more >>] | | Date: 27 April 2007, 10:33 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.21 Released |  | Bigger, stronger, better!
After two and a half months from the last release, Linus Torvalds has just announced today the final and stable release of the Linux kernel, version 2.6.21. The biggest change in 2.6.21 is all th ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 April 2007, 23:24 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Fedora 7 Test 4 Released |  | The next generation Fedora systems!
Test 4, the last one until the final release of Fedora 7 (due for release on 24 May) has started appearing today on the mirrors worldwide, just as I am writing this:
"The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of the fourth and final test release of Fedo ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 April 2007, 21:13 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| KDE 4 Relies on Solid for the Hardware Configuration and Control |  | Hardware abstraction layer
A hardware configuration layer (HAL for short) is an abstraction layer, interposed between a computer's hardware and software in order to hide hardware differences from the operating system kernel. Its main function would thus be to make most of the kernel code portab ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 April 2007, 18:11 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| DX10 Gaming on Linux Coming Soon |  | Preview of DirectX 10 compatibility libraries
There is one word that comes across every player's mind when it comes to games, the DirectX word. We all know about the DirectX update installations which prompt almost once with any serious game set-up. Once with the release of Microsoft Windows Vista a new DirectX r ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 April 2007, 17:00 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Join Linuxfest Northwest 2007! |  | The eighth annual Linuxfest Northwest
LinuxFest Northwest takes place this year during April 28 and 29 at Bellingham Technical College in Bellingham, WA. In partnership with Bellingham Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Society, this year will include ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 April 2007, 15:26 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Sugar: Child Graphical Interface for the XO Laptops |  | User interface for the laptops provided by OLPC
As you might have already heard, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Association is a non-profit organization set up by some faculty members of the MIT Media Lab that aims to develop low-cost (US$ 100) laptops and distribute them among children all over the world, especially to those in le ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 April 2007, 13:44 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| New Linux Memory Map |  | Patches to improve information on the memory usage
Matt Mackall has recently released at the Embedded Linux Conference, a set of patches that improves the way memory usage information is made available. The memory usage process on Linux is complicated and it deals with many direct or indirect factors. The most commonly used tool to ... [read more >>] | | Date: 25 April 2007, 13:44 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
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