The European Commission confirmed it has received a complaint about Microsoft's business practices from a British government agency Tuesday, but isn't following it up as it normally would with an antitrust complaint, according to a press officer.
Read more »EU Won't Seek New Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft
http://www.pcworld.com –
- Login to post comments
The GNU GPL is contagious. So what?
http://blog.milkingthegnu.org –
In an otherwise great post about the GPL and its goals, Bradley Kuhn writes something that strikes me as a typical example of open-source political correctness that ultimately tarnishes the credibility of the community: "I'm disturbed by the notion that some believe the goal of the GNU GPL is to expand copyrightability and the inclusiveness of derivative works."
Read more »- Login to post comments
An alternative to Dual Licensing
http://blog.milkingthegnu.org –
In a previous post, we have made our point that dual licensing was unfair and community debilitating. In a search for a better solution, I met this weekend with Ludovic Dubost CEO, Founder and original contributor of XWiki. XWiki.com is making its income out of enterprise support, software guarantees and integration projects. This last part being a substantial source of revenues for XWiki.com
Read more »- Login to post comments
Off Topic: A World Where Almost One in Two PCs is a Windows Zombie
http://boycottnovell.com –
A flaw which was found in Debian has stirred up a lot of discussion about security. People tend to forget where the real problem lies however, so here is just a quick clarification. I’ve personally accumulated literally hundreds of references about this, but here are a couple of more recent ones that provide the gist of it all:
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Novell’s Web Page About Making the Leap to Windows Vista
http://boycottnovell.com –
Some months ago we highlighted what initially seems like Novell endorsement for Windows Vista. Novell is still quite Windows- and Microsoft-dependent.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Novell Starts Buying Its Own Stock (Sign of Weakness)
http://boycottnovell.com –
Novell has just earned itself a very low position (48th) in the “most influential tech vendors” ladder, which seems very gut feeling-driven. Almost on the very same day came this press release from Novell:
Read more »- Login to post comments
Linspire tightens CNR ties with Mint, Ubuntu
http://www.linux.com –
Linspire, the San Diego, Calif.-based Linux distributor, is continuing to build up its CNR (Click-N-Run) software installation system with partnerships with Ubuntu parent Canonical and the Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution. Linspire recently announced that its beta CNR service now supports the Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron release and Linux Mint versions 4.0 and 5.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Linux-based touchpanel targets elderly homecare
http://www.linuxdevices.com –
Blue Heron Network has demonstrated an Ubuntu Linux-based touchpanel PC aimed at helping patients in the early stages of neuro-degenerative conditions like Alzheimer's stay independent for as long as possible. The WiFi-enabled Reside@Home Monitor keeps homecare patients connected to family and caregivers via the Internet, the company says.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
KMyMoney 0.9 released
http://lwn.net –
The KMyMoney development team is pleased to announce a major step forward for what has been described as "the easiest personal money tool out there", with the first public availability of a new development release, version 0.9.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Kumblr - a Lightweight Tumblr Client for KDE
http://fosswire.com –
Tumblr is a popular mini-blogging service. Kumblr is a desktop application written in Python (and aimed at KDE users) that provides a simple, but functional interface to post text to your Tumblog.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Get More from Ubuntu's Uncomplicated Firewall
http://lifehacker.com –
The Ubuntu Unleashed blog has an excellent guide to the ins and outs of the Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw), a new feature in Ubuntu Linux 8.04, or Hardy Heron, that makes it easy to control the traffic into and out of your system. While turning on the firewall is as simple as typing sudo ufw enable, you can do a lot more with ufw, including:
Read more »- Login to post comments
Asterisk Going Carrier-Grade?
http://www.internetnews.com –
A UK-based carrier-grade equipment vendor may begin baking the open source IP-PBX into its offerings. Is this the next big step for open source VoIP?
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Some Gnome Panel Applets you may not know about!
http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com –
Here is a collection of gnome panel applets that I have found in the repositories, installed applets can be viewed and added to your gnome panel via right click on an empty panel space then click "Add to Panel"
Read more »- Login to post comments
Install Applications in Ubuntu without Internet
http://planetoss.com –
Without an Internet connection, installing applications in Linux is a nightmare because of package dependencies. The aim of this guide is to help install applications in Ubuntu (should work with all apt based distribution with minimal modifications) when there is no internet connection is available.
Read more »Best Computing Solutions: The Future of Linux - Part II
http://www.osweekly.com –
Some People Prefer to Buy Cheap. Take most people in the market for a new computer. Put them in places like Costco or Best Buy - what do you think they will end up with? A new Ubuntu box from Dell? Nope. A Mac? Not even close. In reality, it will likely be something from HP, and it will be clearly designed for the Vista release of Windows.
Read more »- Login to post comments
