There seems to be no respite from the predations of Microsoft FUD and the machinations of Big Business. Just when it seemed safe to come out of the closet and admit to being a user of free and open source software without being accused of being a Communist, it appears that we are now criminals too—even if we are not using pirated versions of proprietary software.

FBReader is an e-book reader for various platforms. Currently FBReader works on...

Open source and proprietary software are different in a good way, says Paula Hunter, head of the Microsoft-backed Codeplex Foundation

North Korea has been discovered developing its own Linux distro named Red Star OS. To make it even more interesting, it is said to be commissioned by the infamous Kim Jong-il.

Apple shows its true colours and reminds people that it's a fundamental threat to the Free desktop not because it competes but because it stampedes

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will not even be released until next month towards the end of April, but Ubuntu 10.10 (with a codename yet to be announced) already has its release schedule available. Ubuntu 10.10 is scheduled to be released to the world officially on the 28th of October.

Nokia and Intel plan to have a public MeeGo repository open by the end of the month with early source and binaries for the Intel ATOM and the Nokia N900

I was posed with a challenge yesterday and fortunately, the challenge was cancelled. At my day job, my boss wanted me to convert a document produced in LaTeX to a Word document. I work with LaTeX in Kile and this isn't an option that seems available. The native output of my little set up is PDF but the PDF to Word doc options didn't look promising either.