Clarification on Feisty’s proprietary drivers

Mark Shuttleworth's clarification on Feisty’s proprietary drivers:

"We define “essential hardware” as functionality which exists widely and for which there are free software applications…

ClamAV 0.90 Released

The ClamAV team is proud to announce the long awaited ClamAV 0.90. This version introduces lots of new interesting features and marks a big step forward in the development of the antivirus engine…

SCO Vs. Blogger

For three and a half years, a blogger named Pamela Jones has led a relentless online crusade against software maker SCO Group, posting thousands of articles bashing the company for suing IBM over…

Beryl 0.2.0 rc2 Released

Beryl 0.2.0 RC2 is now tagged and released, check your repos for updates in the next day or so. This release includes minor bugfixes to issues with cube, emerald, window snapoffs have been re-…

New filings on Pacer, Stowell leaves SCO

For those that want to track the SCO-IBM cases and SCO-Novell cases in detail, there are a few new filings up on pacer. IBM asks for an extension to reply on SCO's MOTION to Amend/Correct DECEMBER…

Red Hat Joins Interop Vendor Alliance

Red Hat today announced it has joined the Interop Vendor Alliance, an industry-wide organization working to connect people, data and diverse systems through better interoperability.

Red Hat…

Linux vs. Vista: How Does Security Stack Up?

For consumers looking to boost their computers' security, is Vista the way to go? Or can Linux provide greater protection from hacker attacks? In the face of viruses, worms or other breaches, the…

Open source accounting sees new symbol

Lack of a business-grade accounting system tailored for Australia's onerous taxation system has long kept even the most die-hard Linux fans tied to Windows, but all that is set to change with the…

Asian countries begin switching to open source software

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry`s Information Service Industry director Katsuhiko Kaji said Japan has long been using Open Source Software (OSS), but its government officially…

SpikeSource to Offer Certified Applications and Support for Ubuntu

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, and SpikeSource, a provider of open source solutions, announced that SpikeSource will certify its business-ready open source applications for…