Red Hat Linux gets top government security rating
"Red Hat Linux has received a new level of security certification that should make the software more appealing to some government agencies. Earlier this month IBM was able to achieve EAL4…
Vote to have Linux Dell PCs available Worldwide
Dell has decided to sell computers with Linux pre-installed. Great move! But for the moment, it only concerns the US... Outside the US, we can't wait to buy a pre-installed Linux Dell PC! Please…
Weekly Wrap-up: The Hottest Linux community stories for the week June 16 2007
Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...
- Reiser Murder Trial Set To Begin
- Why the Dell/Ubuntu Deal Won't…
Skype for Linux 1.4 Beta
This release is also a milestone for us, as it is the natural successor to Linux 1.3 and is the first time we’ve created packages for 1.4. You can also find it via the public download site, so…
What Does MS Want? -- Brains for Sale?
I found a video on the Novell-Microsoft Interop Ability page that clears up for me at least part of what Microsoft wants from deals like the deal with Novell. The video is from Brainshare 2007,…
What's behind Microsoft's open-source deals?
Microsoft views its string of deals with Linux vendors--the latest being Linspire, announced this week--as part of a broader company wide push to improve interoperability.
That's the word…
Wine 0.9.39 Released
This is release 0.9.39 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix. What's new in this release: Many MSHTML improvements. Several improvements to the sound support. A number of Winsock fixes…
Global retailer's IT is blueprint for Open Source alliance
Sirius Corporation and Scalix have announced an alliance to promote the deployment of Open Source groupware solutions in European enterprises. The companies already share Specsavers Opticians…
Linus Torvalds to the FSF: "I'm damn fed up..."
In a post to the Linux Kernel Mailing list Torvalds states "I'm damn fed up with the FSF being the 'protector of freedoms', and also feeling that they can define what those freedoms mean." The…
Flash Player 9 Update 3 Beta
Check out the new Flash Player 9 Update 3 beta, also available in Linux flavor. The most notable features of interest to Linux users: Fullscreen mode works on Linux, and the entire thing has been…