Open Source centre to come up in Bengal
Speaking to UNI on the sidelines of a seminar on "Open Document Format(ODF) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)" organised by Confederation of Indian Industry, State IT Minister Debesh Das…
Is the Linux development model flawed?
Back in the early 1990s, when Linux initiator Linus Torwalds and open source software started to make headlines, the idea of giving software away seemed crazy. Looking at the headway the movement…
Microsoft hires 'Director of Linux Interoperability'
Microsoft has brought someone aboard to serve as its "Director of Linux Interoperability" and head up the Microsoft/Novell Interoperability Lab -- and his name will be familiar to people in the…
Dell's next step - SUSE Linux desktops?
Why would the world's second-ranked PC seller make an effort to sell an operating system that it's never sold before on custom hardware - and do it in a half-hearted manner? Why would it do this…
KOffice 1.6.3 Released
"This is the last maintenance release of the 1.6 series, containing mainly bug fixes. There are bug fixes for almost all of the components. See the complete changelog for the complete information…
Microsoft & Linux Vendors Trading in Patent Fool's Gold
Well what do you know? Microsoft seems to be gaining ground with their "patent protection" scheme. But what if they discover they've only bought a few bricks of fool's gold?
This whole…
Ubuntu - Issue #1 Full Circle Magazine
The people at Full Circle Magazine have released Issue 1 of Full Circle Magazine, an Ubuntu e-magazine.
Full Circle Magazine.
Microsoft makes Linux deal with LG
Microsoft Wednesday inked another cross-licensing patent agreement, this time with South Korea's LG Electronics, covering the company's Linux-based embedded devices.
As part of the deal, LG…
The GPL Alienates Developers
Are the political wranglings and brash anti-commercialism of the Free Software Foundation helping to dig the GPL's grave? Long-time free software advocate William Hurley, better known as "whurley…
Openbox 3.4 Released
"After a very productive series of preview releases, Openbox 3.4 is here! If you haven't yet, we'd really like to recommend that you read through the 'Upgrading to 3.4 guide', which is on the…