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Richard Stallman sent a message to OpenBSD-Misc, explaining why he doesn't recommend OpenBSD .

Among the many reasons to be thankful for Linux and all that is FOSS are qualities like portability, flexibility, comprehensiveness, a cooperative nature, receptivity to innovation -- oh, and the fact that open source makes such things possible as an electric motorcycle that can tear up the highway at 130 mph.

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According to a press release dated this morning, Archos is making proof-of-concept "developer edition" firmware available for its ARCHOS 5 and ARCHOS 7 Internet Media Tablets.

Zertificon Solutions GmbH , the provider of professional e-mail encryption solutions, is set to release new versions of its products.

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 2nd Feb 2008 22:25 UTC, submitted by Michael Larabel "A week ago we reported that a second preview release of Project Indiana, Sun's attempt at creating an operating system for the desktop based upon OpenSolaris and led by Ian Murdock, was on track to be released in the near future.

Open source software could provide a model for better e-health collaboration, but should not be seen as a panacea for addressing the interoperability challenges in healthcare, according to a leading healthcare industry CIO.

An anonymous reader writes "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 8 stable release.

"Unlike KFC, KDE won't be offering crispy chicken and stale biscuits. What KDE will be offering is "distinct brands for the software that was previously referred to generically as 'KDE'." Instead of offering KDE 4.4 in 2010, the project will be releasing the "KDE Software Compilation 4.4." "According to the post, the rationale for the switch is ...

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"So, let's go back a little bit - not much: just a year or so. You are Google and you want to provide the operating system for the next generation of users, the ones who didn't start with Excel and Word, but with Facebook and Flickr.

"Ubuntu" is a Bantu word that conveys an African humanist philosophy, and as promoted and discussed by figures such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, one of the organizing ideals of the Republic of South Africa following the transition away from apartheid rule in 1994.

At the Ubuntu Developer Summit, which took place last week, it was announced that the next release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, version 10.04, will no longer carry the GIMP in its default installation .

We all know what KDE stands for, right? Unless you're new here, you'll know that it stands for the K Desktop Environment.

During a planning session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit last week, a decision emerged to remove the GIMP from the default Ubuntu installation.

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In a desperate bid for survival, long-time office software maker Corel has agreed to a takeover by its majority investor, Vector Capital, a move that could help keep classic software packages such as WordPerfect and CorelDraw around as Microsoft Office alternatives, at least for a while.

Jolicloud, an upcoming web-centric operating system for netbooks, will be prettier and more flexible than Google's Chrome OS, the company's CEO says.

The IT secretary said that advancements in technology have changed the concept of libraries.

If you have installed a LAMP server either on your Linux desktop or server, you are bound to run into this problem.