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Munich Linux Migration Project LiMux Reports Success

By Michael Reed | Jan 02, 2012

LiMux, a project to convert local government institutions to Linux and open source software in Munich, has exceeded initial expectations. The project has done slightly better than projections of 8,500 and now boasts 9,000 Linux migrated workstations. The progress and evolution of this project that began in 2003 is well worth examination. more>>

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Linux Heavyweights Develop Secure Boot Strategy

By Michael Reed | Nov 03, 2011

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Canonical and Red Hat have issued a joint statement regarding Microsoftâ€™s plan to make UEFI Secure Boot a requirement of Windows 8. Simultaneously, The Linux Foundation has issued a similar statement. more>>

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SCALE 10X to host SCALE Kids Conference

By Katherine Druckman | Oct 18, 2011

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Very cool news from the organizers of SCaLE: more>>

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SCALE Call for Papers Opens Today

By Katherine Druckman | Aug 25, 2011

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From the SCALE organizers (you might recognize one of them from our August cover): more>>

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LibreOffice Developer Glimpse Proves Balance

By Susan Linton | Aug 02, 2011

LibreOffice

Florian Effenberger recently posted statistics of the number of developers contributing to the LibreOffice project. Several months ago, Cedric Bosdonnat offered data on the number of contribution and contributors from the various sources. more>>

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OSCON Will Stream Keynotes and More Online

By Katherine Druckman | Jul 22, 2011

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Can't make it to OSCON this year? You can still catch keynotes, interviews and news via live streaming video.

Check back right here during the conference July 25-29, 2011 to enjoy some great content virtually.

Keynotes are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9am Pacific. more>>

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Mageia 2 Release Details Revealed

By Susan Linton | Jul 18, 2011

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After an extensive discussion with the community on the Mageia developmental mailing list, Anne Nicolas revealed the results concerning Mageia release and support cycles as well as the release schedule for Mageia 2. The consensus was to use basically the same cycle used in Mageia 1. more>>

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Bitcoin - I Hardly Knew Ya

By Susan Linton | Jun 24, 2011

Bitcoin

I first heard of Bitcoin when the Free Software Foundation announced they would start accepting it for donations. Before long another story about Bitcoin appeared in my news feeds. Then another. And another. more>>

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The Open Source Office Software Sector Heats Up

By Susan Linton | Jun 06, 2011

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The world of LibreOffice and OpenOffice(.org) has been heating up recently with several exciting and, at times, bewildering developments. The Document Foundation remains very active as is LibreOffice development, but Oracle has given up on OpenOffice and slapped LibreOffice in the face by giving it to Apache. Perhaps the most important announcement was the release of LibreOffice 3.4.0. more>>

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Ubuntu 11.04, Unity Released to Mixed Reactions

By Susan Linton | May 06, 2011

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Ubuntu 11.04 was released on April 28 with a brand new interface and a couple default application changes. But all the talk is about Unity, that brand new interface. As one might predict, reactions are all over the spectrum. more>>

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Fabulous Virtual Window Manager Sees First Release in Five Years

By Susan Linton | Apr 20, 2011

FVWM

After five years, a new stable release of FVWM has finally been announced. FVWM is a lightweight and fast window manager still used by a few distributions and offered as an option on several. This landmark release brings several new and improved features.

Some of the new features include: more>>

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LibreOffice 3.4 Beta 1 Available, Oracle Unchains OpenOffice

By Susan Linton | Apr 18, 2011

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April 15 brought some interesting developments in the office suite front. more>>

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Torvalds Honored by Gaggle of Lawyers

By Susan Linton | Apr 15, 2011

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Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux and hero to many Open Source users, might not be the first person one might think would be honored by an organization of lawyers, but that's exactly what's happening. The International Technology Law Association will award Torvalds its ITechLaw Achievement Award at their upcoming 40th anniversary celebration. more>>

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The GNOME Desktop Project Unleashes GNOME 3.0

By Susan Linton | Apr 06, 2011

GNOME 3.0

After five years of planning and design, GNOME 3.0 has been officially released. more>>

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Slackware, Zenwalk, MEPIS, Foresight, Bodhi

Particularly Exciting Week in Linux

By Susan Linton | Mar 30, 2011

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Linux is usually exciting, but this past week brought several nice developments. Slackware announced another developmental milestone for their next version. Bodhi Linux reached 1.0. Foresight announced their first release in two years. Zenwalk developers released version 7.0. And SimplyMepis gets a release candidate.

Slackware 13.37 more>>

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