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OSMC Conference: Free Livestream of Kristian Köhntopp's Keynote

10/27/2009

The Open Source Monitoring Conference (OSMC) 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 28-29 will be the fourth time the meeting, formerly the "Nagios Konferenz," will take place in that city.

Linus Torvalds: Windows 7 Rocks!

10/26/2009

While Microsoft was assembling a promotional booth to celebrate their Windows 7 launch directly opposite the Japan Linux Symposium in Tokyo, Microsoft's biggest competitor couldn't resist spontaneously recognizing the textbook exercise in irony.

Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate Ready for Download

10/23/2009

The first and last release candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 is now available for download.

CeBIT Open Source 2010: Call for Projects

10/22/2009

To follow up on the big success of CeBIT Open Source 2009, the theme focus will get an especially attractive location at the trade show site in Hanover, Germany in 2010. The conference organization and Linux Pro Magazine are now calling for open source projects to apply for free exhibit space at CeBIT Open Source 2010.

Eeebuntu changes to Debian Unstable

10/22/2009

Future development of the netbook distro Eeebuntu will be based on Debian Unstable instead of the Ubuntu core that has been used until now.

IBM Promotes Ubuntu-Based Cloud Solution in U.S.

10/21/2009

To coincide with the Windows 7 launch, IBM issued a press release yesterday promoting its Ubuntu-based IBM Client for Smart Work solution.

Mozilla Firefox Blocks Microsoft Add-Ons -- Temporarily

10/20/2009

Mozilla added Microsoft's .NET Framework Assistant to its add-ons blocklist over the weekend. The blocklist blocks programs with evident security vulnerabilities. Before the weekend was over, the app was stricken from the list again.

Happybuntu! 5 Years Ubuntu

10/20/2009

The Ubuntu community has a lot to celebrate this month: on October 16, 2004 the German ubuntuusers.de went online for the first time and October 20 of the same year saw the release of Ubuntu 4.10, alias Warty Warthog.

Couturier Merges PDF Files on GNOME Desktop

10/16/2009

The Couturier Mono program merges multiple PDFs into a single file. It follows the old UNIX policy: one program for one task.

Relaxed Ubuntu 9.10: CouchDB to be Integrated

10/15/2009

Even though Ubuntu 9.10 is officially completed, developers managed to slip in the new beta version of Apache CouchDB that stores addresses, notes and bookmarks.