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Open Source Development Labs expects the group to foster closer ties with sometimes-disgruntled programmers.

The FSF's General Counsel, Eben Moglen, explains why there is no situation in which the brokenness or otherwise of the GPL is ever an issue: thanks to copyright law, GPL violators are always in the wrong.

Key Linux and Open Source Software Developers to Advise OSDL on Community Needs, Technical Requirements

Resynthesizer is a texture-synthesis plugin for the GIMP.

The European Commission has dismissed Microsoft's latest attempt to placate the regulators by offering free support to licensees signing up to see server code.

Unambiguous win for Adam Curry

File and disk encryption needs to be simple and easy if it's going to be used. This article looks at Apple's FileVault and takes a sneak peak at what's coming in Windows Vista.

It's a little thing, but I've always found it annoying that when I go to Linux tradeshows and the like, I see many companies still running Windows and using Microsoft Office on their PCs.

Microsoft will offer free unlimited technical support to those who license its workgroup server protocols, in its latest move to satisfy the European Commission that Microsoft is complying with the 2004 antitrust ruling against the company.

Linspire President Kevin Carmony doesn't want Dell selling and promoting Linux desktops -- at least not yet.

Employee turnover in most organizations runs high. So unless you run a small shop with a stable user base, you need to learn how to clean up after an employee leaves. Too many so-called system administrators do not understand the stakes involved when they manage users. Disgruntled former employees can often cause significant trouble for a company by gaining access to the network.

Novell has announced that Finland's Ministry of Defense will be implementing Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for a wide range of different functions.

The Linux Link Tech Show, episode 128:
We talk to Dirk Hohndel, Intel's Director of Linux and Open Source Strategy
Linc talks about his new Intel based Mac-mini
IE CSS Hell
Dan talks about his new LaGER podcast
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The latest version of Red Hat's community Linux offers several new desktop apps, advances in security and tighter Java integration.

Savoir-Faire Linux and Emu Software: An alliance to guide you into the Linux World

Electronic governance promises to cut corruption and improve transparency, and open source software offers a way to break the South's technological dependence on industrialized countries [ED: "The South" being South America. - SR]

TOKYO --(Business Wire)-- March 21, 2006 -- Turbolinux, Inc., a global leader of Linux-based solutions known for state-of-the-art technology and cost-effective IT solutions, has announced the release of a new server operating system with an easy Internet server configuration tool, called "Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0 (TLAS2.0)." TLAS2.0 is based on BlueQuartz, the open source system software derived from open source Sun Cobalt GUI released by Sun Microsystems. TLAS2.0 is designed to optimize Internet servers, such as Web, Mail, and Domain Name Systems (DNS).

A write up of IBM’s free software development: tools and open standards technical briefing held at Bedfont Lakes, London, UK on 9th March 2006

Latest version gives enthusiasts new graphics and virtualization options, as well as additional capabilities.