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Microsoft has always been accused of stealing left and right from the open source community.

What is good for the goose, is good for the gander, right? Open source has been so successful in giving us software like Linux, Apache, Hadoop, etc., why wouldn't the open source method work with other types of software? Probably no one expected that the criminals behind vast malware trojans would adopt open source methods to make their malware ... (more)

Francesca Ciceri reminded Debian users that version 5.0 of the multi-purpose operating system has reach the end of its supported life-cycle. One year after the release of Debian 6.0, the plug has finally been pulled on Lenny.

In any kind of GPL enforcement, you of course not only want the complete corresponding source code to one program, but to all of the GPL/LGPL/AGPL or otherwise copyleft licensed programs contained in the product.

"A new study set to be released by career website Dice.com and the Linux Foundation paints a very rosy picture of the Linux job market.

The Sabayon development team announced the availability of version 8 this week, acknowledging the challenge to allow "the bleeding edge and reliability to coexist." Gentoo-based Sabayon touts its variety of packages and installations to choose from, and even though their FAQ mentions its appropriateness for new Linux users, it's aimed at more ... (more)

Encouraged by the success of its Web and Chromium vulnerability reward programs, Google has decided to expand their scope in order to cover security issues in Chromium OS as well.

"As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user interface.

"This is inspired by Linux distributions of the same theme that have appeared in the Linux community, only this is Rebecca Black Linux.

The current rankings on DistroWatch have been taken by some as evidence that Linux Mint has overtaken Ubuntu as the most popular Linux distribution by a healthy margin.

But even after it standardized on Windows for its desktops earlier this decade, staff stubbornly brought in devices running other operating systems.

Azure server monitoring is now a reality thanks to RevealCloud Pro, a service from CopperEgg Corp., a real-time monitoring company.

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"Good artists borrow, great artists steal!" -- Pablo Picasso said it. So did T.S. Eliot.

The polls are closed and the official results are in. You can view the detailed results here , but I'll include a list of winners at the end of this post for convenience.

Global financial institutions can now install a messaging hub that runs on the Linux operating system, using software from a unit of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications.

MOSIX is a cluster operating system targeted for high-performance computing on Linux clusters, multi-clusters and clouds.

Raspberry Pi Foundation's $25 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to the more expensive open-source hardware.

The folks behind DuckDuckGo have been deftly positioning the search engine as one you should be using, if you are tired or want to avoid snooping by Google and others like it.

Targeting military and industrial applications requiring data collection, inspection, and reporting from the field, the Linux-powered Yuma can be used with geospatial software including GRASS GIS and Quantum GIS as well as other standard or custom Linux-based applications.