Archive for October, 2007

Ubuntu 7.10 officially released
Ars Technica – Canonical has announced the official release of Ubuntu 7.10 (codenamed Gutsy Gibbon), the latest version of the popular Debian-based Linux distribution. Ubuntu 7.10 includes the GNOME 2.20 desktop environment as well as recent versions of Xorg

The low-cost laptop that Apple should have built (and sort-of once did
ZDNet Blogs – But I like that they run Debian [Linux] and that they re full computers, he continued. What I will appreciate in the XO is having a computer that I can take outside that won t make me worry if dust or sand blows on it, or even buries it. Or

Mozilla Corp, ARM Inc. and Others to Build a New Device
Softpedia – Arm’s Debian-based Linux distribution, MontaVista’s operating system, a desktop and application environment from Gnome Mobile, a web browser from Mozilla, a multimedia player and other components like integrated hardware management for battery and

Software Windows XP SP3 Specifics Revealed
DailyTech – I had ubuntu (or kubuntu if you like kde) running and ready to go just as fast as windows with only changing gui settings like in windows. the Debian style apt-get installation makes getting programs easy, and the included software installer gui

Software Freedom Law Center Files First U.S. Suit To Uphold GPL
Information Week – BusyBox is well known among open source code developers and the original version was authored by Bruce Perens, an early leader of the Debian Linux project. GPL enforcement suits have been filed overseas but no previous GPL enforcement suit has been