Brazilians celebrate the advantages of being Open Source
There is no clear consensus about the specific reasons that occasionally boost Brazil to the cutting edge of the open source revolution. For us here in the field, facing so many difficulties,…
Mozilla CEO: Open source is no monster
Mitchell Baker, speaking at CeBIT Australia 2007 in Sydney earlier this week, destroyed the perception that open-source vendors were just ad hoc organisations. Baker claimed Mozilla was not "…
PHP 5.2.2 and PHP 4.4.7 Released
The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.2 and availability of PHP 4.4.7. These releases are major stability and security enhancements of the 5.x and 4…
Global Summit of Open Source Leaders Releases Report
Organizers of Open Source Think Tank 2007: The Future of Commercial Open Source, today announced availability of a free online report summarizing the 2 ½-day executive summit held in March in…
Core GNU/Linux 2.0 Released
Core is a minimal distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system designed to be the basis for a complete system constructed by the end user. A fresh installation of Core (which will take…
Comodo Releases Free Zero Touch Linux Server Suite
Comodo today the launch of Red Hat- and CentOS-based versions of their back office server suite, Zero Touch Linux (ZTL). ZTL is a complete suite of Linux server applications centrally controlled…
OLPC, more than a marketing gymnick?
On paper, the OLPC project is lovely - a true posterchild of the current state of opensource and its overall goals. It would show the triumph of openness, and open standards, and would provide a…
Dell's Linux PCs withheld from UK
The PC supplier said on Tuesday it would sell machines with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed later this month. But Dell has told ZDNet UK that the systems will be only be sold in the US for now. It…
Fedora Core 5 End of Life
Several months ago, the Fedora Board (in consultation with Red Hat Engineering) decided to increase the length of time that Fedora releases are supported, in terms of updates.
This decision…
Will Dell Ubuntu deal hurt Microsoft, Novell or Red Hat the hardest?
If they get it right, and a Linux Dell equates to a cheaper Dell, then Microsoft could face its most serious bit of competition for the longest time.
The real news here is not that Linux is…