Real-Time Base Technology Accepted in Mainline Linux Kernel
Basic support for real-time Linux features is now available in the 2.6.18 kernel and will be further extended in future kernel versions. Core technologies related to real-time performance accepted…
Dumb And Dumber
The SCO Group v. IBM lawsuit is starting to remind me of the chorus from my favorite Robert Earl Keen tune: "The road goes on forever, and the party never ends."
Seems like this case will…
A funny Beryl demo video
Yeah, you think you've seen it all. Compiz, now Beryl, with XGL or AIGLX. But you haven't. My brother and I thought we'd show you the greatest things Beryl can do, greater, still, than the touch…
The Evolving Windows Vs. Linux Battle
There's a popular notion swirling around the high-tech sector that Microsoft's dominant position in the industry and software bugs have customers scurrying for the cover of Linux.
This may…
GIMP 2.3.12 Development Release
Version 2.3.12 is a snapshot of the development towards GIMP 2.4. We are mostly polishing things at this point, but a few features are still waiting to be added. The source code for this release…
European Commission boosts open source
The European Commission has taken steps to promote the use of open source systems and software in the public sector. It has selected a consortium led by Unisys Belgium to create and manage the…
Reiser filesystem development to continue
Hans Reiser, the developer of the ReiserFS and Reiser4 filesystems, has been arrested in Oakland, California as a suspect in the disappearance of his estranged wife Nina Reiser. As the news of his…
Opening doors to open source for women
From thoughtless comments on mailing lists to outright rudeness, women constantly battle the perception that there is no comfortable place for them in the predominately male world of open source…
"Multiplied" Linux Desktop Migration Strategy for Novell SLED and openSUSE
Following is a six-page white paper that summarises the value of pursuing a Multiplied Novell SLED 10 or openSUSE strategy. Modern PCs spend most of the day idle. The Multiplied Linux Desktop…
Parallels Releases Workstation 2.2 Linux
Available free to Current Parallels Workstation Customers.
Parallels announced that it is releasing the final release version of Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Windows and Linux, the company…