Intuit’s new Linux Business Resource Center (www.thelinux411.com). The site is devoted to helping growing businesses embrace the capabilities and learn about using open-source software.
Developed in conjunction with the new capabilities of QuickBooks Enterprise 8.0 (Intuit’s mid-market ERP offering) to run on Linux servers, the site is designed to serve as a community for users to [...]
Introducing the first Open Source app that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch.
It’s official, the WordPress application for the iPhone has officially been released. Now you’ll be able to publish to WordPress powered blogs right from your Jesus phone. Here is what you [...]
Wordpress 2.6 is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on the web, plus there are [...]
I found this very important for all the DNS Admins out there…
While security researcher Dan Kaminsky still won’t comment on the specific nature of a flaw within the Domain Name System–for fear that criminal hackers might exploit it before the worldwide network of name servers worldwide and client systems that contact them can be updated–he [...]
At the GNOME conference GUADEC plans were presented how the transition to the new Gtk and GNOME is supposed to happen. The basic idea is to make the transition as smooth as possible by first cleaning up everything and introducing new concepts later on.
The news flash came right from GUADEC today: there will be a [...]
The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the 1.0 release of the openSUSE Build Service. The 1.0 release provides all the features necessary to support building openSUSE in the public build systems and allowing direct contributions to openSUSE from all contributors. Developers can now submit contributions to openSUSE directly at build.opensuse.org.
The openSUSE Build Service allows [...]
This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Commentary: Linux in the first half or 2008
Debian GNU/Linux - the new “Number One” distribution
News: Gentoo Linux 2008.0, Ubuntu in Assemblée nationale, Xandros acquires Linspire, alpha PC-BSD 7 with KDE 4.1, OpenBSD 4.4 beta tagged, Ikki Boot live CD
Released last week: Gentoo Linux 2008.0, Sabayon Linux 3.5
Upcoming releases: openSUSE 11.1 roadmap
Donations: [...]
Adobe launched its second beta of Flash Player 10, codenamed “Astro,” last Wednesday. Astro adds a bunch of helpful new features including Linux support, 3D animation and embedded photo editing tools (called Pixel Bender).
New features in beta 2 include sound APIs and advanced layering of DOM elements (JavaScript pull-down menus appear on top of Flash [...]
Xandros, Inc., the leading provider of custom OEM Linux solutions, next-generation Linux desktop and server products, and advanced cross-platform Windows-Linux management tools, today announced the acquisition of Linspire, developer of the CNR software distribution facility, and the Linspire and Freespire Linux desktop operating systems. The combination of the technologies, expertise, and market presence of the [...]
Different GNU/Linux distributions provide incompatible systems for package management, and to date no one has quite figured out a foolproof way to get the best of them all. But where the alien utility tries to convert between major package formats, and Smart and Klik try to imagine new, universal forms of software installation, PackageKit has [...]
India-based E-con Systems has announced a Marvell PXA270-based system on module (SOM) that sells for as little as $75. The SODIMM-sized eSOM270 comes pre-installed with Linux or Windows CE 6.0, includes 64MB or 128MB of RAM, and has a camera interface and a LCD controller.
PXA270 processor is a system on a chip and has the [...]
Another one of those days that I look forward to …. yes, openSUSE 11.0 has been officially released.
“Looking at the list of Top500 supercomputers, we find that 20 of the top 50 run SUSE Linux. This ratio extends to the entire Top500 – around 40% run SUSE.”
If you have never heard of this distro, as [...]
The Wine project started in 1993 as a way to support running Windows 3.1 programs on Linux. Bob Amstadt was the original coordinator, but turned it over fairly early on to Alexandre Julliard, who has run it ever since. Over the years, ports for other Unixes have been added, along with [...]
If you were waiting for Firefox 3.0, be glad, as the wait is now over! The final release is available for download, and you probably want to help Mozilla set that world record, so start downloading!
Review: Firefox 3 Versus Internet Explorer
Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts
First Look at Firefox 3.0 for Linux
Firefox 3 launches today; [...]
The Dell’s new upcoming mini notebooks got their name revealed, as well as the specs. “Dell E” will be available in 8.9-inch and the 12.1-inch “E Slim” models, both at a mere 0.8-inches thick. Dell says the new Atom-based mini-notebook line is designed to bridge the content/usability gap between cell phones and full notebooks.
The 8.9-inch [...]
Mozilla Wednesday set next Tuesday, June 17, as the release date for Firefox 3.0, the first major upgrade of the open-source browser in nearly 20 months.
“We’re proud to announce that we’re ready,” said Mike Beltzner, Mozilla’s product lead. “It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17,” he said in a [...]
As after being announced on March 11, 2008, official openSUSE forums has been established and is now online, providing better support for openSUSE community from June 09, 2008.
Forums merges 3 existing openSUSE forums (I am registered on all 3 of them):
suseforums.net - “You will find read only archived threads and posts from this forum, [...]
This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Report: Computex 2008 - Linux ultra-portables galore
News: Debian “Lenny” freeze, Mandriva Cooker news, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, FreeBSD EoL notice, openSUSE package repositories, CentOS search resources, Gentoo release delays, interview with Red Hat CEO
Released last week: Damn Small Linux 4.4, Linux Mint 5, Zenwalk Linux 5.2
Upcoming releases: Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1
Site news: [...]
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has hinted at the likelihood of an ultra-portable netbook pre-loaded with Ubuntu Remix in the very near future. Ubuntu Remix is the lightweight version of Ubuntu that Canonical announced last week.
Writing on his blog Shuttleworth says that “the Canonical OEM team has been approached by a number of OEMs who want [...]
Pardon me, as it seems that blog is having some problems …. please be patient.
Acer is joining HP, Dell and others in launching a subnotebook to compete with the new Asus Eee PC range. The company Tuesday showed off its new Aspire one, a small form-factor, ultra-portable computer at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
The new Intel Atom N270 chip based with 8.9-inch, 1024 x 600 pixel laptop with [...]
For users new to Linux, the supported version of openSUSE may be the best choice—you’ll get complete end-user documentation, installable media for x86 and x86 64-bit systems, plus 90 days of end-user installation support.
It was quietly put up on the Novell store front page but openSUSE 11.0 is now available for pre-order! The last version [...]
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