openSUSE 10.2 Beta 1 Released

The first Beta release of openSUSE 10.2 has been released. This release is only available for i386 and x86_64 architectures and both as a DVD image and CD images.

Ubuntu 6.10 Released

The Ubuntu team has announce the release of Ubuntu 6.10, codenamed "Edgy Eft". Highlights of the release include GNOME 2.16, Firefox 2.0, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, Gaim 2.0 F-Spot and Tomboy. Also, Kubuntu 6.10 has been released. Read the announcements for more details. Enjoy...

Fedora Core 6 (Zod) Available

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora Core 6 (Zod). Install-time access to third-party package repositories, extensive performance improvements, support for Intel-based Macs, and a new GUI virtualization manager are some of the primary features. Read the announcement for more info. Enjoy...

Firefox 2.0 Final is Out

Enhancements to usability, security and customization make Firefox 2 a must-have upgrade for all Web users

Mozilla today released Firefox® 2, a major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser. Firefox 2 is immediately available for Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems as a free download from www.getfirefox.com. [Link]

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Release Candidate Announced

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu - codenamed "Edgy Eft". The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. [Link]

PC-BSD 1.3 Beta Available

The PC-BSD Team is has announce the availability of PC-BSD 1.3 BETA1. This release gives users and testers the opportunity to test-drive the new PC-BSD install wizard, along with the updated base system, running KDE 3.5.4. This beta release supports English only.

Camino 1.1 Alpha 1 Released

The Camino Update weblog has announced Camino 1.1 Alpha 1. The Camino 1.1 Alpha 1 Release Notes have a detailed list of changes and known bugs.

OLPC 2B1 Laptop test production started

Quanta Computer has started test production for the US$100 notebook project initiated by the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) research initiative, and samples should be available as early as November, according to sources within Taiwan's IC design sector. [Link]

GNOME 2.17.1 Released

GNOME 2.17.1 has been released, the first development release on the road towards GNOME 2.18.0, which will be released in March 2007. Download it, compile it, test it, hack on it, document it, translate it, fix it. Enjoy..

Firefox 2 Release Candidate 3 (RC 3) is Out!

Firefox 2 Release Candidate 3 (RC 3), the latest preview release of the next version of the Firefox browser, is now available for download. The release notes have a detailed list of what’s new in Firefox 2 RC 3. Enjoy...

Fedora Core 6 Release Delayed Again

Over the weekend we ran into a few more bugs with Fedora Core 6 that we decided were important enough to fix. There were some multilib compose issues (wrong packages landing in the wrong dirs), some translation files that would cause tracebacks in things like anaconda (whoops), and a fedora-release package that forgot to enable updates (double whoops). For these reasons and a few others, we decided to respin the release candidate tree and push the release date out another couple of days. [Link]

KOffice 1.6 Released

The KDE Project today announced the release of KOffice version 1.6. This release is mostly a feature release of Krita and Kexi, and a vastly improved version of KPlato.

Linux Kernel Goes Real-Time

Real-Time Base Technology Accepted in Mainline Linux Kernel

Basic support for real-time Linux features is now available in the 2.6.18 kernel and will be further extended in future kernel versions. Core technologies related to real-time performance accepted for inclusion into the mainline Linux kernel source have resulted from the leadership of open source contributors such as Red Hat's Ingo Molnar and TimeSys Senior Open Source Developer Thomas Gleixner. [Link]

Europe to create open source repository

Portal aims to promote public sector collaboration. The Open Source Observatory and Repository should be operational by the end of 2007.

The European Commission is to create a portal for European public sector bodies to store and share open source application code and exchange open source knowledge.
The Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR) will be developed and managed by a consortium led by Unisys.

Mark Shuttleworth Becomes the First Patron of KDE

KDE e.V. is proud to announce Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, as the first Patron of KDE. Canonical Ltd is the company behind the wildly-successful Ubuntu family of GNU/Linux distributions, including the KDE-specialised Kubuntu.

Happy Birthday KDE

Today, the linux community celebrate the tenth birthday of KDE. It all started when Matthias Ettrich on October 14th 1996 called on programmers to create a piece of free software he called KDE. More power to KDE...

OpenSUSE 10.1 'Remastered' Released

OpenSUSE 10.1 'Remastered' has been released.

This release combines the 10.1 GM and all online updates that we have released for 10.1 so far, including libzypp, which should make the installing and working experience much smoother for everyone. [Link]

NetBSD 3.1 RC4 Released

Geert Hendrickx has announced that NetBSD 3.1 release candidate 4(RC4) is out. Read the announcement for more details and download links.

VHS(Video Home System) is 30 years

It's a bit late but VHS(Video Home System) is 30 years old. It was developed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited(JVC) and launched in September 1976. It became a standard format for consumer recording and viewing, after competing in a format war with Sony's Betamax. Today, JVCs announced that it had been awarded the prestigious IEEE Milestone in recognition of its development of the VHS home video format.

Laser TV unveiled

Hailed by its developers as the next revolution in visual technology - a laser television that will make plasma screens obsolete.

Soon-to-be-listed Australian company Arasor International and its US partner Novalux unveiled what they claimed to be the world's first laser television in Sydney today, with a pitch that it would be half the price, twice as good, and use a quarter of the electricity of conventional plasma and LCD TVs. [Link]

Portland 1.0 Released

Portland Project releases unified interface for desktop graphical environments, included in major Linux community distributions

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), the global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux® and open source software, and freedesktop.org, the open source project focused on interoperability and shared technology for X Window System desktops, today announced the general availability of Portland 1.0. [Link]

KDE 3.5.5 Released

KDE 3.5.5 features translations in 65 languages, improvements in the instant messaging application and in the HTML rendering engine (KHTML).

The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.5, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. [Link]

PC-BSD acquired by iXsystems

iXsystems, an enterprise-class hardware solution provider, announced today its acquisition of PC-BSD, a rock solid UNIX operating system based on FreeBSD. PC-BSD is a fully functional desktop operating system running FreeBSD version 6, with a KDE desktop interface and graphical system installer. Its PBI system, developed exclusively for PC-BSD, lets users download and install their applications in a self-extracting and installing format.

OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 Released

It's not yet officially release but OpenOffice.org has put version 2.0.4 on it's FTP Servers for you to download and try the latest update. You can check the release dates and new features planned for OpenOffice.org here.

Fedora Core 6 Release Delayed

We regret to announce a slip of the Fedora Core 6 release schedule. A few issues are still present that we would like to see fixed before we release. [Link]

OpenSUSE 10.2 Alpha 5 Released

The fifth Alpha release of openSUSE 10.2 codename "Basilisk Lizard" has been released. This release is only available for i386 and x86_64 architectures and as DVD image instead of the usual CD images. Check the announcement for more info.

Tonight's Full Moon 12 Percent Bigger

Here in the Philippines, It will be officially "full" at 11:13am.

Tonight's full Moon will be almost 12 percent bigger than some of the full Moons this year, according to NASA. The reason: The Moon is near perigee, the point on its slightly out-of-round orbit that is closest to Earth. [Link]

Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 (RC 2) is Out!

Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 (RC 2), the latest preview release of the next version of the Firefox browser, is now available for download. The release notes have a detailed list of what’s new in Firefox 2 RC 2. Enjoy...

DVD Forum defines China-only HD DVD-ROM spec

Based on the physical format, the Chinese group plans to define a proprietary video format.

Physical specs mostly parallel current HD DVD-ROM specs—a 12-cm disk with two 0.6-mm-thick platters and a single layer with 15-Gbyte capacity. Only the modulation codec differs. For the HD DVD family, ETM (8 data bit/12 channel bit modulation) is used, but the China-only version employs FSM (4 data bit/6 channel bit modulation) codec. [Link]

Mozilla Firefox browser market share still growing

Mozilla Firefox global browser market share still growing, as data from a Web metrics company Net Applications shows. Apple Computer's Safari browser market share is also growing.

Qt 4.2 Released

Trolltech has announced the release of version 4.2 of Qt. This version includes a number of improvements and performance optimizations, such as Enhanced widget styleability, more UI control, New, advanced 2D canvas, Qt/Mac look and feel improvements and Tighter integration with the GNOME desktop environment.

GNOME 2.16.1 Released

The latest release of GNOME is here: GNOME 2.16.1! It's a bug fixing release. Release notes and source code here. Enjoy...

CSS Reboot signups now open

From the CSS Reboot blog

Signups for the November 1st Reboot are now open.

Note: Peter Kwiatkowski is the new owner of CSS Reboot

Mandriva Linux 2007 is out!

Mandriva today is proud to release its brand new distribution: Mandriva Linux 2007.

The key innovation of Mandriva Linux 2007 is the spectacular AIGLX and Xgl 3D-accelerated desktop. Mandriva is the only distribution to provide both technologies and is particularly happy to have achieved this major breakthrough in desktop appearance. In addition, a new theme named Ia Ora ("hello" in French Polynesian) has been introduced. [Link]

Slackware 11.0 Released

One of the oldest surviving Linux distribution Slackware has officially released Slackware 11.

The first Slackware release more than a year in the making, this
edition of Slackware combines Slackware's legendary simplicity,
stability, and security with some of the latest advances in Linux
technology. [Link]