DreamWorks Animation "Shrek the Third": Linux Feeds an Ogre
All the big film studios primarily use Linux for animation and visual effects. Perhaps no commercial Linux installation is larger than DreamWorks Animation, with more than 1,000 Linux desktops and…
GNU Emacs 22.1 Released
Emacs version 22 includes GTK+ toolkit support, enhanced mouse support, a new keyboard macro system, improved Unicode support, drag-and-drop operation on X, as well as many new modes and packages…
Extended Warranties on Ubuntu Systems Back Soon
Dell replies to extended warranty claims on Ubuntu systems.
"Recently, folks like Slashdot and others reported that we are no longer offering extended warranties or CompleteCare on Ubuntu-…
Microsoft's Protection Racket?
Microsoft should have admitted that Linux matters sooner. For years, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant seemed to be in denial as the open-source operating software made gains against its…
Capgemini and Novell Enter Broad Mixed-Source Partnership
Capgemini and Novell today announced a broad partnership that will deliver new solutions to enterprise customers using a combination of open source and proprietary software. Under terms of the…
Dell Thinks Ubuntu Makes Hardware More Fragile?
"Apparently Dell has decided that Ubuntu-based computers are ineligible for their famed CompleteCare service, or any form of hardware warranty what-so-ever. The news has only recently hit Dell's…
Movable Type Open Source Project
The Movable Type Open Source Project was announced in conjunction with the launch of the Movable Type 4 Beta on June 5th, 2007. The MTOS Project is a community and Six Apart driven project that…
Interview with Andy Ritger, Director of Unix Software at NVIDIA
Luboš Doležel of abclinuxu.cz interviews Andy Ritger, Director of Unix Software at NVIDIA.
Interview with Andy Ritger, Director of Unix Software at NVIDIA.
Linus' patch is in Metacity 2.19.8
"Linus Torvalds' patch is in Metacity 2.19.8, an unstable release of Metacity. Hopefully it will stay around. Apparently the release is mostly about cleaning up RTL (right to left text) support. I…
New search engine tracks open source code
Open source ISV, Krugle claims to have solved the problem of developers spending a quarter or more of their time searching for lines of code to perform certain functions that may already exist.…