Adobe knocks open-source creative tools
Adobe has embraced open-source software for some products, but its Creative Suite portfolio looks like it will remain proprietary.
In a blog posting on Sunday, the company's top creative…
Microsoft vs. Google – the open source shame
"Somebody toss me a Che Guevara T-shirt. Google and Microsoft have gone to war over open source software.
On Aug. 10, Redmond submitted the Microsoft Permissive License to the Open Source…
Massively multicore processor runs Linux
A startup founded by an MIT professor claims to have "solved the fundamental challenges associated with multicore scalability." Tilera's first products include a 64-core Tile64 SoC (system-on-chip…
What is the truth about Sun and SCO?
Following Judge Kimball's declaration that the Unix System V copyrights belonged to Novell, Steven Vaughan-Nichols speculated about what the decision might mean for Sun, which updated its Unix…
Ask MainConcept to release MainActor as Open Source software
"MainConcept decided earlier this year to discontinue maintenance and distribution of MainActor Video Editing Software. MainActor was one of the most complete and affordable video editing software…
Advanced Security Management Tool for Linux
Trusted Computer Solutions announced the launch of Security Blanket, a system lock-down and security management tool that enables systems administrators to automatically configure and enhance the…
Linus Torvalds: I Have Never Really Talked To Microsoft!
Did Microsoft’s Men In Black ever met Linus Torvalds? But why is he so critical of GPLv3? Did he ever slam Subversion? What would happen to the kernel development if he chooses to do something…
SCALE 6x - Southern California Linux Expo 2008
Members of the Open Source community will combine forces at the sixth annual Southern California Linux Expo, the premier event for businesses, academic institutions and the Linux community. SCALE…
Xorg7.3 will be in Gutsy Gibbon
A slue of incorrect information on digg and various forums regarding Xorg and Xserver in the upcoming ubuntu release. Xserver 1.4 will not be in gutsy, but Xorg7.3, Displayconfig-GTK, and…
A First Look at Oracle 11g database on Debian GNU/Linux
"Oracle 11g database has been released just a few days ago, exclusively for Linux at this time. Here's a short review of it's installation, together with screenshots, on an unsupported Debian GNU/…