The promise of Linux that is robust enough to be used in telecoms networks has been a long time coming, but the fourth generation of specifications for Carrier Grade Linux is now becoming well-established.

Should European governments favor open-source software when they hold tenders for public contracts? Economists and policy-makers appear to think so, but industry giants, including Microsoft Corp., argue that this would be discriminatory and are considering legal action to prevent this from happening.

The GNOME project has formally released the mobile version of its Linux desktop environment.

I just recieved my new laptop: a Dell XPS M1530 pre-installed with Ubuntu. I plan on doing 7 posts related to the M1530. I will not, however, be doing them all in a row, so don't worry.

Here is a flash video of the 2008 Wineconf keynote address given by Alexandre Julliard the lead maintainer the Wine project. Alexandre was one of the first developers of Wine back when the project first started in 1993. In 1994, he assumed the responsibility for maintaining the Wine project, and has led the project ever since then.

Last week marked the release of GNOME 2.24. Those who already use GNOME will appreciate the new additions, but there's nothing compelling enough in the new version to convince fans of other desktop environments to make a switch.

"A lawsuit no doubt may be used as a powerful instrument of coercion or retaliation." ~ Bill Johnson's Restaurants v. NLRB, 461 U.S. 731, 440 (1983).

At first sight, the Read It Later (RIL) extension looks redundant -- after all, you can use Firefox's own bookmarking functionality to save Web pages for later reading. But dig deeper, and you'll discover that it offers enough nifty features to make it a must-have tool for most users.