Microsoft commits another £60K to Apache
News The software giant will renew its sponsorship of the Apache Software Foundation as it increases its involvement with open-source Apache projects [05 Nov 2009]
Red Hat CEO: Open source needs champions
News Jim Whitehurst has hailed Google and Red Hat revenue models as bringing success to the open-source community [05 Nov 2009]
Open source Skype? Partly.
Blog Skype has confirmed it is developing an open source client for Linux. However, it seems that only the user interface portions of the client will be open source, and the library for the... [02 Nov 2009]
CIO Jury returns the wrong verdict on open source
Blog A recent silicon.com CIO jury has found that some CIOs don't believe open source software can help cut costs. The jury, composed of 12 CIOs from across a wide spectrum of UK businesses voted 10-2... [26 Oct 2009]
Ingres gains geospatial features &mdash and loses its last c...
Blog Ingres has announced geospatial support in its open source database, allowing it to be used as part of a Geographic Information System (GIS). Or rather, it's announced an open source implementation... [23 Oct 2009]
Monty says Oracle should be forced to sell MySQL
Blog The creator of MySQL and the company that bears its name, Monty Widenius, has released a statement urging Oracle to sell off MySQL to speed up regulatory approval of its acquisition of Sun... [20 Oct 2009]
virtual rms
Blog How free am I? Thanks to danbuntu, I've just discovered the delights of virtual Richard M. Stallman - a program that analyses the software on your computer and calculates what percentage of it... [17 Oct 2009]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - Have You Seen it Lately?
Blog If you haven't looked at the Ubuntu Netbook Remix lately, I think you are in for a very pleasant surprise. Check out either the Beta distribution or the Daily Build. I loaded the Beta on my... [15 Oct 2009]
Mandriva One 2010 RC2
Blog I set about installing the new Mandriva One 2010.0 RC2 distribution today, on all of the various netbooks and notebooks around here. It has taken significantly longer than I expected it to,... [14 Oct 2009]
Mandriva One 2010 RC2 Available
Blog For the Mandriva users who have been waiting anxiously (hi, Ator!), the iso images for Mandriva One 2010 RC2 are now available. The Mandriva Free version has been available since the end of last... [13 Oct 2009]
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta
Blog I've been installing the Karmic Beta release on everything I have around here, and the news is generally good. Some of this I have mentioned before, and some is new; some is significant, and some... [09 Oct 2009]
Netgear router not open source, says coder
News A router and platform designed for small businesses and marketed as open source break the terms of the GPL, according to developer Harald Welte [07 Oct 2009]
Gnome ignominy, PDF style
Blog Without wanting to sound too much like Kenneth Williams, can I just say: “Oh the ignominy of it all”. I wanted to copy and paste the text from a 3 column magazine article in... [07 Oct 2009]
That Ubuntuzilla time of year...
Blog Ubuntu's automatic updates are regular and consistent, plugging security risks and updating drivers easily. However, you don't always get the latest bleeding edge updates. I've blogged about... [05 Oct 2009]
Open source groups to merge
Blog Two open source consortia have announced they are to join forces. Paris-based OW2 Consortium, whose members include Alcatel Lucent, France Telecom, Red Hat and Thales, will merge with... [01 Oct 2009]
Gov't open-source guidelines ignored, says Ingres
News Software tenders that have taken place since the government published its open-source policy in February have ignored those guidelines, according to database firm Ingres [25 Sep 2009]
- Why are we not surprised? - Fat Pop Do Wop
Mandriva 2010.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Available
Blog For those who are still waiting anxiously, the first release candidate for Mandriva One 2010.0 is available for download. As with the Beta, there are DVD images of the "Free" distribution, and... [22 Sep 2009]
Ubuntu goes after the Lynx effect
News Ubuntu patron and founder, Mark Shuttleworth, has detailed plans for the distribution's April 2010 release, code-named Lucid Lynx [21 Sep 2009]
Another way
Talkback of looking at Microsoft's recent behaviour concerning Open Source is perhaps that of split personality, if that's the correct analogy. Certain Microsoft executives express interest and sympathy... [20 Sep 2009]
Ten reasons Linux is the best choice for netbooks
Comment Whatever Windows zealots may say, the case for Linux on netbooks is unanswerable, says Jack Wallen [18 Sep 2009]
- XP won't upgrade to 7 - ChiefH
- Asus EEE can run translucent 3D compiz desktop and full Ubuntu - En7phT
- Ten SILLY reasons - evansdg1
Microsoft founds and funds open-source forum
News The software company has created a not-for-profit foundation to address integration and cultural issues between open-source and proprietary software [11 Sep 2009]
- Mentally Deranged Business Managers Run Amuck at Redmond! - Xwindowsjunkie
- Another way - Moley
What's Up with Moblin?
Blog Anyone know what is going on with Moblin? They had been in a mode where they were releasing a Beta update about once a week, sometimes a bit more often. Now there hasn't been an update since 18... [10 Sep 2009]
All's Well That Ends Well (Mostly)
Blog Sometimes you do things, when you really should know better. I decided since this was a relatively slow Saturday to see if I could get Fedora 12 Alpha installed on my HP 2133 Mini-Note. The... [05 Sep 2009]
Stanford scientists create open source camera
Blog Researchers at Stanford University have created a digital camera that runs open source firmware, allowing developers to add to or alter the camera's functions. The device, which team has nicknamed... [04 Sep 2009]
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Alpha 5 - A Few Quick Comments
Blog Ubuntu hit their target date with Karmic Alpha 5, it is available for download. I have only installed it on the S6510 so far, but here are a couple of quick observations about it. - During... [03 Sep 2009]
Canonical offers humans to Ubuntu-using enterprise
Blog Canonical has introduced a new class of support for enterprises using Ubuntu - the Premium Service Engineer or PSE. Describing PSEs as 'virtual team members' for an enterprise's internal Ubuntu... [03 Sep 2009]
Red Hat adds virtualisation, cloud to RHEL
News Red Hat launches RHEL 5.4, the first version to include the standard Linux KVM hypervisor [03 Sep 2009]
Slackware Linux 13.0 Released (and Installed)
Blog I am old. I have been working with Unix for a long time. In fact, at the end of a recent job interview one of the participants said to me "It's interesting, you have more years of Unix experience... [03 Sep 2009]
SimplyMEPIS 8 Update Released
Blog SimplyMEPIS 8.0.10 has been released, and it is as usual very good. I've been pleased and impressed with MEPIS for quite some time now, and despite a few small problems on my various computers, I... [27 Aug 2009]
For a few $ more
Blog I'm back again at The Agency, fixing bugs for a few dollars more. I'd hoped it would be my last job but there's always one more contract, and then I'll retire/settle down/do what I really want to... [26 Aug 2009]
