You might think that's a pretty ridiculous question to ask, since the canard about open source being less secure than closed source has been debunked many times. But it seems that some people didn't get the memo:
Read more »Docky and GNOME Do, now separated
The GNOME based graphical launcher and keyboard launcher go their separate ways as the developers cut the source code cord
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What Would Happen to “Boycott Novell” If Novell Was Sold in Pieces
A little interlude about where the site is going and why it needs help from readers
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OpenShot Linux video editor updated
Two months after the release of OpenShot 1.0, the OpenShot developers have released version 1.10 of their open source video editor for Linux. The 1.10 release of OpenShot will be included in the Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" software center
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Moonlight Disappoints
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Virtual Consoles / Terminals in Ubuntu / Debian Linux
If you have not configured Ubuntu /Debian automatically start a graphical environment during startup. If you want to kill a process from a hanged graphical environment, you need to open a virtual console or virtual terminal.
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10.10 Ubuntu Developer Summit announced
Canonical's Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon has announced that the next Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) will be take place from the 10th to the 14th of May, 2010 at the Dolce La Hulpe Hotel and Resort in Brussels, Belgium
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Google open sources reMail
Following its recent acquisition by Google last month and removal from the App Store, reMail has now been released to the open source community. The iPhone OS mail client is being open sourced because the Gmail team will instead be focusing on other projects at Google
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Novell asks for further ruling on Motion in Limine No. 4
Novell has asked the Court to rule further on their Motion in Limine No. 4 [PDF; text]. The Court had previously issued a ruling [PDF] granting that Motion, but Novell now asks for further ruling, stating that "[t]he Court addressed this issue solely in the context of SCO's covenant of
good faith claim. However, Novell's motion covered all of SCO's claims, including slander of
Steam Client and Source Games Porting to OSX
So the devil called me this afternoon and said they where having a snowstorm in hell.
In other news Valve announced that their revolutionary "content delivery service" known as "Steam" is being ported to OSX and will be available as early as April 2010. No really its true, straight from the horse's mouth. In addition the actual client and "Steam-works" being brought to Apple's operating system Valve also plans to port all of the Source Engine games.
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Elive 2.0 'Topaz': The Gem That Comes At A Price
DIFFERENT is good. Different is refreshing, interesting, challenging. Elive 2.0 is different, but that does not necessarily mean that you are going to be happy with it.
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Will Novell Sell Before BrainShare?
Novell’s board of directors is facing a pair of symbolic deadlines: The VAR Guy thinks Novell will need to somehow address the pending private equity takeover bid by Elliott Associates before the BrainShare conference starts March 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah and before Red Hat announces quarterly results on March 24.
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Gentoo@SCALE
I'd say we had the most diverse assortment of machines at any booth -- something like 10 different machines on 5 architectures. Certainly we had a bunch of developers; we haven't had a showing like this since SCALE 5x.
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Swiftfox: a fast Firefox alternative for Linux users only
Well, today, I'm here to report that this situation might well have changed, due to something called Swiftfox.
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The style is light, the software is …
While the Ubuntu rebranding is still at the forefront of everyone’s mind, I think I’ll throw in my meager opinion: Waitaminute. Are we talking about the logo, or are we talking about the software?
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