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KDE 4.2 is here - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 (1721 Reads)
KDE 4 had a rough start, but the sparkling new 4.2 release may be feature-packed enough to silence the nay-sayers. OSNews reports on the updated features and changes, and also has an interview with developer Aaron Seigo.
Torvalds talks tech and the future - Monday, January 26, 2009 (1455 Reads)
Computerworld Australia has a chit-chat with Linus Torvalds, looking at the state of the kernel after nearly 20 years of development, the rise of netbooks, Windows 7, and cloud computing. As usual, Torvalds doesn't mince his words and has plenty of strong opinions, especially on the "disaster" of KDE 4.0.
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Shuttleworth looks forward to Win 7 battle - Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (2288 Reads)
Ubuntu head honcho Mark Shuttleworth is looking forward to a good, clean fight with Microsoft when Windows 7 is released. "I think it's going to be a great product, and every indication is we will see it in the market sooner rather than later" said the BDFL. Shuttleworth is eyeing up the netbook market as a potential area of growth for Ubuntu, and Microsoft also wants to get Windows 7 on the mini machines.
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OpenOffice.org 3.1 features - an early look - Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (1804 Reads)
With the final release two months away and an alpha version available, it's time to look at OpenOffice.org 3.1's new features: eye candy, better charts, replying to notes in the margin, overlining, macros in Base, RTL improvements for Arabic and Hebrew, and (believe it or not) better sorting. Download and report any bugs you find.
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Writing Gnome apps in JavaScript - Tuesday, January 20, 2009 (1207 Reads)
Most of us know JavaScript as a browser-embedded language for manipulating web pages, but it's also a powerful standalone language in its own right. Seed, a new project to provide JavaScript bindings for Gnome, has been receiving a great deal of attention recently -- Ars Technica has a detailed look.
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Who's using what? - Monday, January 19, 2009 (1466 Reads)
Ever wondered what happens to the results of the Popularity Contests in Debian and Ubuntu? Datamation has an overview of the statistics, showing that 85% of Ubuntu installations run Gnome, compared to 50% for Debian. There's also analysis of OOo and mail client usage.
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Qt goes LGPL - Thursday, January 15, 2009 (1402 Reads)
When Qt 4.5 arrives in March, it'll be released under the GNU Lesser General Public License as Nokia has announced. This will allow developers to write closed source software that links to the Qt library without buying a commercial licence. See this page for some answers to common questions about the change.
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The LXF Guide: OpenSolaris distros - Monday, January 12, 2009 (6500 Reads)
A few months ago we looked at OpenSolaris, Sun's effort to get the community involved in its Unix flavour. Now Susan Linton explores some of the spin-off projects that have popped up, including MilaX, Belenix and Nexenta... Read more... [ Comments? ]
Vietnam goes open source - Friday, January 09, 2009 (1381 Reads)
The Vietnamese government has issued an instruction that all state agencies should start using open source software. OpenOffice.org, Thunderbird and Firefox will lead up the migration effort, although there's no word yet on whether this move will eventually lead to Linux adoption.
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Debian 5's binary blob controversy - Thursday, January 08, 2009 (1485 Reads)
Debian 5 (aka Lenny) creeps ever closer, but there's a bit of a ruckus within the development team as Ars Technica reports. Debian 5 will include binary firmware blobs for enhanced hardware support, but some developers feel that it goes against the spirit of purity for which the distro is so well known and respected.
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Easy Peasy lemon squeezy Linux - Wednesday, January 07, 2009 (2743 Reads)
Got an Eee PC? Looking for a new distro? Ubuntu Eee has shuffled off its mortal coil, but Easy Peasy has arrived to take its place, supporting Asus's line of machines and other netbooks.
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Ten open source winners in 2008 - Monday, January 05, 2009 (2503 Reads)
As we all look ahead to the future of Linux in 2009, it's worth refreshing our memories with the big developments of 2008. CRN sums up the 10 Coolest Open Source 'Products' of the last 12 months, harking back to the releases of OpenOffice.org 3, Firefox 3 and various distros.
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The LXF Test: First look at OpenSUSE 11.1 - Thursday, December 18, 2008 (13909 Reads)
Fancy trying a new distro for Christmas? OpenSUSE 11.1 is now available, and Andy Hudson has been kicking its tyres -- read on for first impressions of the new features and changes...
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Netbook market booms - Friday, December 12, 2008 (3558 Reads)
While many pundits initially dismissed netbooks as a fad, this report for DisplaySearch shows that micro-netbooks are here to stay, with 160% market growth in the third quarter of this year (over quarter two). Most major PC vendors now have a netbook or two in their lineup, and given the widespread use of Linux on these machines, we can expect our favourite OS to win over many more users in 2009. Fingers crossed!
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Slackware 12.2 released - Friday, December 12, 2008 (2875 Reads)
Slackware may not get much attention thesedays, but the longest-running distro still has an army of hardcore fans who love its simplicity and stability. Version 12.2 includes kernel 2.6.27.7, KDE 3.5.10 and Xfce 4.4.3, all built with GCC 4.2.4. Snag a copy from here or support development with a shiny boxed set (coming soon).
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