Seems like there might be a revolution in the works, as far as VoIP software for Linux is concerned. After mailing Skype support about Skype providing Mandriva RPM packages, Olivier Faurax got an answer which suggests that the Linux Skype cl...
The latest version of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) has been released. Offering numerous enhancements for both desktop and server environments, this release includes notable features like Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud images, the Ubuntu One 'personal...
The US Department of Defense has just released a new official memo on open source software : 'Clarifying Guidance Regarding Open Source Software (OSS).' (The memo should be up shortly on this DoD site .) This memo is important for anyone who...
Maemo 5 and Android have received a lot of publicity lately, despite the former not even shipping yet. Both have become famous partly for using the Linux kernel, but now that we have a choice, how do we pick one? Is the issue as mundane as c...
Barence writes to tell us that Canonical plans on limiting the number of free Ubuntu CDs that people can mooch from the company. The growing popularity of Ubuntu has seen a dramatic increase in the number of CDs being shipped via the free S...
One of the interesting features of Mac OS X is its 'universal binaries' feature that allows a single binary file to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel x86 platforms. While this comes at a cost of a larger binary file, it's convenient on...
Wine has advanced enough to make Linux not immune to Windows viruses. However, just like many Wine applications, it takes a bit of effort to get the program off the ground . Also, just like some Windows programs running via Wine, not all fea...
Computerworld is reporting Canonical has made available the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7. 'The upcoming Canonical release, which is c...
The Chinese government's 'Go Rural' program offers subsidies up to 13 percent for rural residents who purchase approved nettops or netbooks. The systems come with a version of Red Flag Linux built on the Moblin stack. Along with Internet ac...
The Fedora project has announced the release of Fedora 12 Beta, which is available here . This will be the final pre-release before the final release in November. New features of Fedora 12 highlighted in the announcement include substantial...
It looks like IBM isn't much of a friend of Microsoft's anymore. Today IBM announced an extension of its Microsoft-Free PC effort together with Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This is the same thing that was announced a few weeks back for Africa (a...
At the last Real-Time Linux Workshop , held in September in Dresden, there was a lot of discussion about the possibility of enhancing real-time capabilities of Linux by adding a new scheduling class to the Linux kernel. According to most ke...
As recently discussed here , Linux sound development has come under fire for being overly complex and, more specifically, PulseAudio has been criticized for not being a 'good idea.' In a lengthy interview, PulseAudio creator Lennart Poetteri...
Once Sebastian Nystrm laid out the logic of moving to open source, there was very little resistance within Nokia to doing so . I think that's significant; it means that, just as the GNU GPL has been tested in various courts and found valid,...
Acer has unveiled an Aspire netbook that dual boots Google Android and Windows 7 . 'User demand is not there for [other forms of] Linux [but] we never give up. We adjust,' said Jim Wong, Acer senior corporate vice president. 'We introduce An...