Hewlett Packard has open sourced a powerful set of tools called LinuxCOE that makes installing Linux easier than ever. The code for the installer component is now available through a free web site, Instalinux. Users can choose from Fedora, SuSE, Debian and Ubuntu, select their system parameters, pick a public …
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Mandriva, a publisher of the popular Mandriva Linux operating system, has announced a new partnership with HP to distribute pre-loaded Mandriva Linux 2006 on HP machines in 37 countries in Latin America. The companies will work together on sales, support and marketing in all Latin American territories, including Brazil, Argentina …
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MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, announced its second straight quarter of financial profitability and another record year of enterprise sales wins and technical achievement. In 2006, MySQL looks forward to another great year of growth for the MySQL ecosystem of community users, industry partners …
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Trolltech has launched Qtopia Core, a development platform for single-application products built on embedded Linux. Qtopia Core is a major step forward and replaces Qt/Embedded as the foundation of Trolltech's embedded product family. It includes a comprehensive set of libraries and graphical tools to help organizations quickly and cost-effectively …
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Coverity, Inc., a leading provider of source code analysis solutions, has been awarded a three-year grant by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to conduct daily security audits of more than 40 leading open source software projects. Coverity Prevent, the company's flagship product, will be used to …
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Former CTO of leading open source system integrator to spearhead Mandriva's worldwide technology strategy. David Barth, who has over 10 years of experience in Linux and open source software development and deployment, will oversee Mandriva's effort to bring to market the innovations and infrastructure applications that enterprises expect. He brings …
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Versora and Linspire have announced the release of Versora's Progression Desktop for Linspire, an easy-to-use migration tool that allows users to transfer e-mail, files and settings from their Windows machine to a Linux machine. The tool uses a 'Click-Next-Next-Finished' interface and is available to Linspire CNR subscribers for a special …
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Fluendo is extending its support for the GStreamer multimedia framework by releasing the source code for some of their high-quality GStreamer plugins. The first plugin available is a demuxer for the MPEG2 Program Stream and Transport Stream containerformat. Fluendo's public source code repository will give developers access to a range …
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Calgary-based Userful Corporation announced today that for a limited time it will be giving away two-user licenses for its Desktop Multiplier software. Desktop Multiplier enables a single computer running the Linux operating system to provide multiple independent workstations to multiple users at the same time, with each user workstation comprising …
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SimplyMEPIS has released version 3.4-2 rc1, which includes updates to the Atheros driver and adds amarok and kplayer for a wider range of media playback options. The CD now features more games and Scribus is back. The MEPIS pool has been updated with SimplyMEPIS packages that deviate from the …
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Registration and early ticket sales are now available for SCALE 4x. The Southern California Linux Expo will be held on February 11-12, 2006 at the Los Angeles Airport Westin. Speakers and sponsors include IBM, Google, Scalix, Ticketmaster, NetBSD, Debian, KDE, Ubuntu, Fedora Core, Cinepaint, Knoppmyth, CACert, Linux Astronomy, Open Source …
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LaCie introduces a mobile USB hard drive pre-loaded with Mandriva Linux Limited Edition 2005 operating system, called GlobeTrotter 2.0. The device is perfect for Linux users who want a portable Linux desktop and Windows users who want to test Linux without modifying their OS. It offers a complete work …
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Major Linux vendors and non-profit organizations have released DCC 3.0, a common, standards-compliant Debian core that serves as the basis for DCC Alliance member distributions and further the commercial adoption of Debian GNU/Linux. The DCC is not a complete Linux distribution but a common core comprised of essential …
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MEPISLite 3.3.2-1 rc1 has been uploaded to the testing subdirectory at the MEPIS Subscriber's Site. The updated MEPISLite has been synchronized to Debian Sarge and includes applications such as KDE 3.3.2, KOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Amarok, Kplayer, Skype, and a good assortment of games. Users of earlier …
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The KDE Project is happy to announce a new major release of the award-winning K Desktop Environment. Many features have been added or refined, making KDE the most complete, stable and integrated free desktop environment available.
Notable changes include improvements in the user interface, productivity tools, and development platform. The …
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The beta release of OpenMotif 2.3, a major version of the publicly licensed version of Motif, was announced today by the OpenMotif Project Team.
The new version includes major feature enhancements and over 25 bug fixes requested by developers of enterprise applications. OpenMotif is used in thousands of mission-critical …
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Trolltech has released Qtopia Phone Edition 2.2, a Linux-based Voice over IP (VoIP) software solution for mobile and wireless phones and converged media devices. The platform allows designers and manufacturers to develop feature-rich phones and other mobile and wireless devices while maintaining complete control of branding and the user …
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Google has joined as a Silver sponsor for the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 4x), which will be held on February 11-12, 2006 at the Los Angeles Airport Westin. The event is expected to attract a large number of companies and organizations, including IBM and Scalix, as well as non-profit …
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The MEPIS Project is celebrating its third birthday with the release of SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 rc1.
The new version includes Xorg 6.8.2, KDE 3.4.2, OpenOffice 2.0, Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.0.7, and Skype 1.2.0.18. The latest MEPIS kernel is the …
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Mandriva, the number one European Linux publisher, is hosting a worldwide install party on Saturday, November 19th to gather its community of users across the globe.
The event will take place in more than 60 cities, including a dozen in China and 15 in Brazil. Mandriva Linux is being increasingly …
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