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I'm very happy to announce a new document for inspiring KDE hackers, entitled "Common Programming Mistakes". The document aims to combine the experience of many of the top KDE developers about the Qt and KDE frameworks dos and don'ts. The way they were usually passed on to the next generation was by letting the youngsters make the mistakes and then yell at them in public. We will go over things, which are not necessarily bugs, but which make the code either slower or less readable. The document will be expanding as we see the need for it.

This release is a major event, marking the end of a three year development cycle by a group of volunteers and enthusiasts who have made this the most professional release of the GIMP ever. It is the first stable release that is officially supported not only on Unix-based operating systems, but also on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS X.

I am sure that everyone is aware of the controversial license changes that occurred with the new release of XFree. My take on the changes is that it makes it difficult for the major vendors to patch or include third party drivers.

Use the open source Java game APIs - designed to meet the requirements of Linux and OS X, among other OS's - and you could be a winner in the Java Technology Game Development contest announced by Sun this week at the GDC.

Encouraged by an earnings report that showed soaring subscription sales and by positive remarks from Chief Executive Officer Matthew Szulik, investors sent shares of Red Hat soaring in after-hours trading on Tuesday.

All-in-One Package of Software and Diagnostic Tools Helps Enterprises Evaluate and Implement Migration Strategy

In a decision that could affect consumers, competitors and PC makers, the European Commission requires Microsoft to unbundle Media Player from Windows and pay a $613 million fine.

As IBM has gotten deeper into the Linux fray, it has delicately balanced its promotion of both open source and Microsoft-based product offerings. Now Big Blue seems to be taking a more pro-Linux stance. As the company continues its campaign to push the replacement of Windows NT servers with Linux, it has launched an internal effort to install 40,000 Linux-based desktop PCs by year-end.

HP said it will work with Novell to ensure that its business customers can use the fast-growing software on its desktop and notebook computers by providing support and testing.

IBM to Purchase $50 Million in Novell Convertible Preferred Shares

Agreement enables IBM to ship SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server across its servers -- Novell will develop and support SUSE LINUX on IBM platforms

The Device Simulator Framework (DSF) provides an easy-to-use ioctl interface to all your devices, real or imagined. Intended for experienced kernel and device driver software developers, DSF makes it easier to debug and test device code that would otherwise be difficult to simulate or recreate.

Several readers have informed us of Mozilla-related musings from tech journalists and analysts over the last few days.

Jan Stafford, site editor of SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, wrote in to tell us that her site has a trio of short new Mozilla articles from Nigel McFarlane. The first piece takes a brief look at the difference between Mozilla on Linux and Mozilla on Windows, the second explains how Mozilla's theme engine fits in with GTK's own and the final article outlines why enterprises should deploy Mozilla.

F-Secure Corp. on Tuesday unveiled security software for open-source Samba file servers and Linux, addressing a need that's growing within the enterprise market. The Finnish company announced the availability of antivirus software for Samba that automatically detects and removes viruses from files stored on the server. The new product is meant to protect all Samba-attached computers from malicious code that could enter the network from a Windows or Linux machine.

Debian GNU/Linux is a stable, complete Linux distribution that has the best software update system of any Linux distribution eWEEK Labs has seen—which helps explain why Debian is one of the world's most widely used Linux distributions. According to a Netcraft Ltd. report covering July 2003 to January 2004, Debian was the fastest-growing distribution among Linux Web servers, and Debian trailed only Red Hat Inc.'s Red Hat Linux in the number of Web sites it serves.

Better than expected sales of Red Hat Enterprise Linux dramatically boosted Red Hat's stock in after-hour trading.

In its drive to migrate Windows users to Linux, company doubles to $10,000 the incentives for its partners that help small and midsize businesses implement Linux solutions.

Novell CEO reveals that the company plans on creating a best-of-breed Linux desktop by combing Gnome's and KDE's top features.

FSMLabs says it is integrating the multi-language Visual SlickEdit development workbench into its RTLinux Pro Developer Kit 2.0, with SlickEdit becoming the Kit's default IDE (integrated development environment). FSMLabs expects Visual SlickEdit's project support, code navigation, code completion, and remote debugging support to simplify hard real-time Linux programming.