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)…
XML persistence in three flavors
You can do all sorts of interesting things with XML, but if you can't persist it to a file, it's all for naught. Brett McLaughlin discusses different tactics for XML persistence, and the pros and…
New commercial Linux game slated by year end
Hothead Games will soon be launching a new title based on the popular online Penny Arcade comic strip. Even better, the new game will be available for several platforms at its launch, including…
OpenSolaris vs. GNU/Linux: Deathmatch or Lovefest?
"I have been reading the CEO of Sun, Jonathan Schwartz’s blog, lately and it has some great material. I just love the fact that many CEO’s blog nowadays, as some of it is quite interesting, and…
Valve recruiting Senior Engineer port Windows-based games to Linux
"Take a look at this job add on Valve's website. Notice one of the bullets in the 'Responsibilities' section? - Port Windows-based games to the Linux platform. Looks like Valve may be listening to…
Novell Boosts Linux Virtualization with VMware Support
Novell announced significant enhancements in the performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server when the Linux operating system is running as a virtual machine guest in a VMware environment. To…