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last updated: May 18 2012 7:43 PM
  • Day 20 in Oracle v. Google Trial And More Prior Art? ~pj - Updated 2Xs

    ArchiveExplorer Autozone Bilski Cases Cast: Lawyers Comes v. MS Contracts, etc. Courts DRM Gordon v MS GPL Grokdoc HTML How To IPI v RH IV v. Google Legal Docs Lodsys MS Litigations MSvB&N News Picks Novell v. MS Novell-MS Deal ODF/OOXML OOXML Appeals OraclevGoogle Patents ProjectMonterey Psystar Quote Database Red Hat v SCO Salus Book SCEA v Hotz ... (more)

  • Mandriva Linux to 'return to the community'

    The Mandriva Blog contains a short posting stating Mandriva SA's intent to hand control of the distribution over to the community.

  • Down

    Now that you know what the overall goal is, how do you get from here to there? First, understand that if you have a computer running Windows 7, that Windows 7's boot manager is responsible for making sure that the system boots.

  • Penguicon--Would you like some sci-fi in your open source?

    Perhaps you've looked around a Linux conference and noticed more than a few "Han Shot First" t-shirts. Or maybe you enjoy sci-fi cons and are always pleased to see costumes powered by Arduinos.

  • Linux Mint 13 release candidate arrives

    I look after the news coverage on ZDNet UK, so my interests span the whole of business technology - though I do have a soft spot for Raspberry Pi, open-source hardware and emerging tech.

  • Add location information to your Tweets

    Jim Lynch is a technology analyst and online community manager. Jim has written for many leading industry publications and sites over the years.

  • Edubuntu 12.04 LTS Linux Operating System Now Available

    Latest release of Edubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support Linux Operating System was released on April 27, 2012 and available for FREE download at https://sites.google.com/site/linuxlablibrary/ubuntu. Edubuntu is one of a variety of flavors of Ubuntu linux operating systems that also includes 100's of free applications including Libre Office, Thunderbird ... (more)

  • Hak 1113 - Persistent SSH tunnels for Windows and Linux, Local vs Remote forwards and more

    It takes one to know one, and we huge geeks. If it doesn't fit in another category look here.

  • Lotus Symphony realigns with Apache OpenOffice

    Mozilla is resisting app marketplace support on Linux. Is this the beginning of a trend that will see Firefox knocked off the Linux hill? Facebook's new App Center is open source-friendly. But could the rise of marketplaces prevent FLOSS apps from being distributed? The Fedora Project is still trying to clarify its process of naming major releases, ... (more)

  • Red Hat Celebrates 10 Years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Reaffirms Strategic Direction

    ENP Newswire - 17 May 2012 Release date- 15052012 - NC, Global - From Early Enterprise Linux Years to the Open Source Compute Platform of Choice for Today and Tomorrow's Physical, Virtual, and Cloud IT Environments Red Hat, Inc.