Debian Project participates in Google's Summer of Code
The Debian project is proud that it has been accepted by Google as a mentor organization for this year's Summer of Code program, with nine tasks in total. Google will fund the students mentioned…
Interview with Mark Shuttleworth: The Business Ecology of Ubuntu
OpenBusiness took the opportunity at MiniBar to interview Mark Shuttleworth and he took us on a space ride through the Ubuntu galaxy Open Source land. Using our new, sophisticated Edirol R-09 MP3…
Bill Gates' Three-Dollar Barricade Against Ubuntu
Apparently deciding that getting $3 per computer in schools was better than nothing, Bill Gates announced in Beijing last week that Microsoft would sell a version of Windows called Microsoft…
Steve Ballmer has 7 Days Left to Respond
"It's been 2 months since the last front page article on Digg about the open letter to Ballmer, calling him out on his claims of Linux infringing on Microsoft Intellectual Property. The letter…
Xandros Linux Server First to Receive LSB Certification
Xandros today announced that Xandros Server 2.0 is the first product to be certified by the Linux Foundation through use of the LSB Distribution Testkit (LSB DTK). Xandros engineers worked closely…
JavaOne and THE SALE
The Project Blackbox Tour moves on! Last week we were in the West, this week Dave and Paul are going EAST again, all the way back through Arkansas, Texas and Missouri, here is the complete list…
Where are all the open source billionaires?
If Open Source software is free, then why bother spending money on Microsoft Partner stuff? I already know what Microsoft's detractors will say: "There's no reason whatsoever. $40 billion per year…
The Road to KDE 4: Solid Brings Hardware Configuration and Control to KDE
One of the many new technologies for KDE 4 is the often mentioned, but seldom explained Solid hardware API. Hardware has always been a bit of an annoying element of using Linux and other UNIX-like…
Open source hardware, what is it?
Open source hardware is a term we've used here on MAKE & CRAFT for describing some of the projects featured as well as some of our electronics kits and it was the subject of a talk we…
Open Source, Standards Get A Boost In China
Open-source software is receiving a rapid uptake in key developing countries and users, local industries and governments say it offers them market opening, flexibility and lower costs. China,…