OLPC's Linux-based operating system available for download
A live CD that boots Sugar, the system that will be included in the One Laptop Per Child project. It's in the beginning stages, but shows off some cool stuff. Works great on my MacBook, just wish…
Debian Etch: first impressions
Debian deserves some extra attention. The latest release is being distributed and I have no doubt that it will be installed on quite a few machines over the coming days and weeks. Personally I…
Sweet News for Open Source CRM and Red Hat
SugarCRM, the open source application developer, is gaining momentum among software developers, according to TechIQ magazine. That's also very good news for Red Hat, TechIQ reports. See full story…
Announcing the OCRopus Open Source OCR System
Announcing the start of a Google-sponsored project to develop advanced OCR technologies in the IUPR research group, headed by Prof. Thomas Breuel at the DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial…
Open Source Parking Alters Headers
Open Source Parking (opensourceparking.com) founder Bruce Perens admitted last weekto using edited server headers on his open source Web site to improve the showing of Netcraft's (netcraft.com)…
Open Source PBX Breakthrough
Leading Asterisk developer Digium Inc. has snagged a licensing deal with a subsidiary of Japanese telco giant NTT in what it sees as a major breakthrough for the open-source PBX system in that…
Women's technical group LinuxChix announces new leader
The women's technical group LinuxChix has appointed a new international coordinator, Mary Gardiner, replacing previous coordinator Jenn Vesperman, who resigned after six years running the…
SCO uses IBM-donated ibiblio servers too!
It's true. Hilariously true. An eagle-eyed Groklaw ninja, sk43, has spotted an ftp site where you can get binary copies of Linux libraries needed by SCO's OpenServer and UnixWare customers who use…
Gaim changes name to Pidgin
Many years ago when this project was first started, it was called "GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger." AOL naturally complained, and Mark Spencer changed the name to "Gaim." AOL was appeased, and no one…
Dell's March To Linux PCs Won't Be A Walk In The Park
In preinstalling Linux on consumer PCs, Dell's biggest challenge will be finding a full set of open source drivers for the hardware that will run with the new machines, says Dell's software…