Open Source Software News

Recently the faculty of my college along with the support of the students organized a Linux workshop.

Versant Corporation , an industry leader in specialized data management software, announces that the open source license used for the db4o product offering is being upgraded to the GPLv3 license.

Intel's open-source Moblin OS will jump from netbooks to other mobile devices, desktops and in-car computers, Intel announced at the Intel Developer Forum.

The numbers are in and Windows 7 sales are strong , but with lagging PC sales and increased competition from other operating systems, is Windows in trouble? Apple recently reported one of its best quarters ever, and interest is high in current and future products coming out of Cupertino.

ABI Research is projecting that in 2009 Linux will represent 32 percent of netbook sales, far higher than the seven percent figure claimed by Microsoft, says a report.

Mandriva is another one of the Linux distributions that has been around for quite some time.

These remote packages are missing security patches : - libgd-tools - libgd2 - libgd2-dev - libgd2-noxpm - libgd2-noxpm-dev - libgd2-xpm - libgd2-xpm-dev Solution: Upgrade to : - libgd-tools-2.0.35.dfsg-3ubuntu2.1 - libgd2-2.0.33-2ubuntu5.4 - libgd2-dev-2.0.33-2ubuntu5.4 - libgd2-noxpm-2.0.35.dfsg-3ubuntu2.1 - libgd2-noxpm-dev-2.0.35.dfsg-3ubuntu2.1 ...

November 6, 2009, 02:43 PM - Most of the time you can go for months, years, without patching your Linux distribution and not be in any real danger.

It's been 10 years since the Apache Software Foundation hung out its feather, creating what has become a series of communities filled with focused project entrepreneurs working on a laundry list of innovative efforts, one of which landed in the White House just a few weeks ago.

Ubuntu Customization Kit is a tool that helps you to customize official Ubuntu Live CDs to your needs.

The latest desktop operating system market figures , which show Windows 7 commanding an almost 4 percent market share, must have Apple banging its head in frustration.

Today, Rob Housman, the Executive Director of the Cyber Secure Institute, put out this statement concerning two disturbing trends in cybersecurity: the growing number of unsupportable security claims and the increasing reliance on widely held beliefs as opposed to tested and proven technologies.

Red Hat has released new components in its enterprise virtualisation portfolio, including a standalone hypervisor and management platform for servers.

After ABI Research projected that Linux will take a 32 percent share of netbooks in 2009 and overtake Windows in 2013, we spoke with ABI analyst Jeffrey Orr on the findings.

Apache at 10: You Can't Buy Us Pioneers of the open source foundation explain the benefits of their software meritocracy.

Red Hat , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced momentum in support for high-end workloads on Linux with the expansion of its Advanced Mission-Critical Program offering for customers.

If you're buying a new netbook for this holiday season, odds are that it will be loaded with Windows 7 Starter Edition.

McAfee Application Control 5.0 is the result of McAfee's acquisition of Solidcore and the integration of Solidcore S3 Control with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator .

Red Hat expanded its virtualization product portfolio this week with the launch of its Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform.

Reports that the Linux netbook is dead or dying are incorrect, at least globally, according to an analyst firm.