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Linspire goes to school —
Oct. 13, 2005 —
Linspire Inc. appears to be making an effort to become the "Education Linux" distribution of choice. The desktop Linux software maker Thursday launched a new, low-cost licensing program for schools that wish to install a Linux desktop as an alternative to the more costly Microsoft Windows. ...
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KDE 3.4.3 maintenance release goes gold —
Oct. 13, 2005 —
 The KDE Project Thursday announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.4.3, a maintenance release which provides fixes for problems reported using the KDE bug tracking system and greatly enhanced support for existing translations and new translations. ...
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Mandriva Linux 2006 available for net-install —
Oct. 13, 2005 —
Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrake Linux) Thursday released the 2006 version of its operating system. The new version of the company's flagship product merges pioneer technologies from Conectiva and Lycoris, as well as spanning for the first time a one-year release cycle, Mandriva said. ...
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Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu 5.10 released —
Oct. 13, 2005 —
[Updated Oct. 17, 2005] -- As promised several weeks ago, the Ubuntu team has announced the availability of the final versions of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu version 5.10. The distributions include installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures. ...
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OpenOffice.org 2.0 release delayed —
Oct. 12, 2005 —
Although OpenOffice.org was intent on releasing the final 2.0 version of its open-source office suite on Oct. 13th -- the fifth anniverary of the organization's founding -- Ziff Davis Internet learned Wednesday afternoon that the group has decided to hold off due to a "show-stopping" problem with the software. ...
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Tango Project aims to simplify, beautify Linux desktops —
Oct. 12, 2005 —
Web designers Jakub Steiner of Novell Inc. and Steven Garrity of the Mozilla Visual Identity team this week introduced the Tango Project, a collaborative effort on the part of a variety of software designers and artists to unify the visual style of software on Linux and other open-source desktops. ...
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Ubuntu, Kubuntu 5.10 RCs available —
Oct. 11, 2005 —
With days to go before the final releases of Ubuntu 5.10 and Kubuntu "Breezy," the Ubuntu team announced the availability of both release candidates. This is the final milestone before the official release this week, and it includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures, Ubuntu said. ...
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OpenDocument standard garners worldwide support —
Oct. 11, 2005 —
Emboldened by the state of Massachusetts's dictum last month requiring the use of open-standard document formats in all state offices by Jan. 1, 2007, a group of vocal open standards advocates Monday created a new special interest group to promote use of the OASIS (Organization for the Advancement ...
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KDE releases bugfix version of KOffice (v1.4.2) —
Oct. 11, 2005 —
The KDE Project has released a bugfix update to KOffice, v1.4.2. Support for the OASIS OpenDocument format, recently adopted by Massachusetts, has been greatly improved, especially in KWord, KSpread, and KPresenter. Karbon, a vector-based drawing program, has also seen considerable recent development, ...
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Pie Box Enterprise Linux 3 hits Update 6 —
Oct. 10, 2005 —
PixExcel Ltd. Monday released Update 6 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 3. Pie Box is a relatively new distribution aimed at people who want a stable OS with a long lifespan, but don't want an expensive bundled support contract, the company said. ...
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Thunderbird 1.5 deemed unready for enterprise prime time —
Oct. 10, 2005 —
 eWEEK.com senior editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has "a love/hate relationship" with Thunderbird, the Mozilla Foundation's open-source stand-alone email client. Beta 1.5 of the open-source Thunderbird email client is looking a lot better, but it still lacks calendar functions, he writes. ...
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Second Firefox 1.5 beta brings minor improvements —
Oct. 10, 2005 —
 Mozilla.org last week released the second and final preview of version 1.5 of the popular Firefox Web browser. Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download by website and Web application developers, Firefox extension developers, and the early adopter community, Mozilla said. ...
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KDE best for control, Gnome for usability? —
Oct. 07, 2005 —
Within the diverse Linux desktop market, KDE and Gnome have both emerged as leaders, Red Hat executive Alan Cox told attendees this week at LinuxWorld in London. Evidence from various reports suggests KDE is more widely used in Europe, and Gnome in the US, reports Gavin Clarke in The Register. ...
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How Linux thin-clients benefit schools —
Oct. 07, 2005 —
Steve Hargadon, who helped create the volunteer public Web kiosk project for Gulf Coast hurricane victims, also has a day job -- setting up Linux thin client systems based on the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) in schools. He's written about it in an article here on DesktopLinux.com. ...
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China to install 142,000 Linux PCs in classrooms —
Oct. 06, 2005 —
China will install a total of 141,624 new desktop computers running Linux in school classrooms this year. The PCs are ticketed for the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, for an educational program called the School-to-School Project. They will run Sun Wah Linux's Debian-based RAYS LX. ...
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How Linux could solve China's software piracy problem —
Oct. 06, 2005 —
Could it be true that 90 percent of all software used in the Republic of China is pirated? That's what a recent study by International Data Corp. (IDC) and the Business Software Alliance has determined. Not only that, but "software vendors claim they suffered $3.5 billion in losses last year ...
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Will Linux ever swim in the mainstream? —
Oct. 06, 2005 —
Everyone has their own opinion as to whether Linux will ever achieve a significant level of mainstream desktop acceptance. Then, every once in a while, a research report comes along that jolts even the more optimistic observers back to reality. Gartner issued just such a report recently, ...
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Novell releases SUSE Linux 10 —
Oct. 06, 2005 —
Without any fanfare, Novell Inc. has released the latest version of its flagship Linux distribution: SuSE Linux 10. Novell's SuSE Linux 10 is the first Novell distribution to have been built under its OpenSuSE community model. ...
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Ad-free Opera at 3 million downloads, and counting —
Oct. 05, 2005 —
 Opera's browser seems to be music to the ears of Internet surfers. After the Oslo-based company served up about 1 million browser downloads in the first two days following its launch of the ad- and license-free Opera v8.5, some 2 million additional copies were ...
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Linspire to wrestle Red Hat, Novell for enterprise desktops —
Oct. 04, 2005 —
Linspire will release its first enterprise desktop product, "Linspire Professional," by the end of this year, CTO Tom Welch told DesktopLinux.com Tuesday. The product is currently being tested at the State of Indiana's Access program, Welch said. ...
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Dell leaves room for Linux in new US PCs —
Oct. 04, 2005 —
 Citing "growing consumer demand for open source-ready" computers, Dell Inc. -- the world's largest computer maker -- has commenced US shipments of several models in its popular consumer-oriented Dimension desktop PC line that come with an empty hard drive and a FreeDOS boot disk. ...
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New Generations Linux Vortex LiveCD version released —
Oct. 03, 2005 —
Softcraft Impresa last week released the latest version of its Generations Linux Vortex LiveCD distribution. The release features a Linux 2.6.11 kernel, along with KDE 3.4.2 and OpenOffice.org 2.0. ...
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Latest PocketLinux boasts KDE Light 3.4.2, adds French support —
Oct. 03, 2005 —
A new version of PocketLinux -- a mini Slackware-based desktop Linux distribution that utilizes "KDE Light" -- was released Sunday by its Germany-based team. PocketLinux offers only one application per task (for example, only one text editor is visible) in order to keep the system clear of unnecessary executables and ...
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Mozilla launches "DevMo" web developer site —
Oct. 03, 2005 —
 Mozilla Corp. has launched a website for developers wanting to build on the Mozilla platform -- the Mozilla Developer Center (MDC), unofficially dubbed "DevMo." MDC aims to provide the Mozilla product news, discussion, and the code, tools, and documentation needed to build new websites and applications, ...
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