SCO Files for Bankruptcy
The SCO Group, Inc., a leading provider of UNIX software technology and mobile services, today announced that it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States…
Google welcomes ISO decision on OOXML
"Google welcomes the ISO decision to not approve the fast track of Office Open XML (OOXML) proposed standard DIS 29500 (ECMA 376). Our engineers conducted an independent analysis of the OOXML…
Wine 0.9.45 Released
Many improvements to the crypto dlls (should make iTunes work), the usual assortment of Direct3D improvements, a number of fixes to sound support, many more WordPad features and lots of bug fixes…
Linux's Free System Is Now Easier to Use, but not for everyone
"This column is written for mainstream, nontechie users of digital technology. These folks aren't necessarily novices, and they aren't afraid of computers. They also aren't stupid. They simply…
GTK+ 2.12.0 Released
GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application…
Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Released
"We're pleased to announce the release of Adobe Reader 8.1.1 on Linux and Sparc Solaris. This release comes packed with scores of new tools and features and improvements in the user interface and…
Fedora 8 Test 2
A veritable "sea" of choices await you in this release. First up is the "Fedora" installable 'choose your own adventure' style set of isos and trees for i386, x86_64, and ppc(64). Next up we…
Ubuntu Technical Board votes on Compiz for Ubuntu 7.10
The Ubuntu Technical Board voted yesterday to ship Ubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy") with Compiz enabled by default. Although Compiz has been featured in Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe prerelesases, the board has had…
SCO's Redacted Reply Memo in Support of Motion for Reconsideration
"We have SCO's Redacted Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion for Reconsideration or Clarification [PDF], and exhibits. A whole lot of rearguing going on, from what I see in a quick glance. They…
Debian win32-loader Goes Official
After a long process of review and polishing, the win32 loader from goodbye-microsoft.com has finally made its way to official Debian CDs. Latest daily builds of lenny (the development version)…