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Is OpenOffice.org a 'dying horse'?
News Not quite yet, say industry watchers, but "primary sponsor" Sun Microsystems should rethink its strategy and better drive the community ecosystem.
Tags: Open source, Product development and design, Software engineering/development, OpenOffice, Apache Software Foundation, OpenOffice.org, Open-source Software, David Mitchell, Contributor, Novell Inc.
Torvalds dismisses SCO's 'proof'
News update SCO's display of code it alleges was copied into the Linux kernel by IBM has come under fire from Linus Torvalds and Linux advocates.
Caldera to introduce modified open-source license
News Some open-source advocates considered Microsoft Corp.'s recent public flaming of the GNU General Public License equivalent to criticizing motherhood and apple pie. But not Ransome Love, CEO of Caldera Systems.
Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
News The open source Debian operating system has gained support for the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to run the same OS on two different software cores.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Gentoo, AMD64, kFreeBSD, Kernel, operating system, Debian, Linux Kernel, BSD, Hardware
Study: GPL loses ground in open source development
News At the same time, Microsoft's open source software license MS-PL, is gaining in popularity, according to study by provider of services and products for open source developers.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Market research, Apache Software Foundation, Database, GPL, BSD, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Microsoft .NET, GNU
Install OpenVZ to create virtual containers
Techguide OpenVZ is an OS-level virtualization product that allows you to fully isolate processes from each other, increase security by keeping bits separate and tightly control resource utilization. Find out how to install it on CentOS.
Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Virtual Machine, CentOS, Kernel, BSD, Canada, 32-bit, Virtualization, Linux
BSD bug found and fixed after 25 years
News A Unix developer has discovered a bug in the BSD operating system that has been passed down to all its variants, including OpenBSD and Mac OS X.
Tags: Linux, Mac OS, Open source, OpenBSD, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, BSD, software, network, Berkeley Software Design Inc.
Flaws found in BSD, Linux software updaters
News The package managers used by most BSD and Linux systems could be exploited to install compromised software on target systems, claims a report.
Tags: Security, Open source, Linux, Manager, Ubuntu, Password, Flaw, OpenSSL, BSD, Attacker
Choose the right licensing for security software
Techguide There are three general licensing models available for security software. There's a case to be made for one of them being more suitable than the others, and it may not be what you think.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Security, License, Open-source Software, PostgreSQL, GPL, Developer
Sony open sources digital effects software
News Sony Pictures Imageworks releases five digital image-manipulation software tools under open source licenses, and says more may follow.
Tags: Business applications, Digital media, Open source, Sony Pictures, Animation, Tool, computer, animation company, Digital media, computer graphics
CentOS Linux developers threaten mutiny
News Programmers behind the Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone demand that its founder share project control--or maybe they'll leave.
Tags: Linux, Open source, PayPal, Red Hat Inc., Project, Open-source Software, Developer, Advertisement, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, proprietary software
Compromised at boot
Techguide It's not just theory any longer--your computer can be compromised at boot, at least for Microsoft Windows and certain Linux distributions.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, Data security, Operating systems, Security, Virtual Machine, Tool, Password, operating system, computer
Recession: A chance to deploy open source security
Techguide The financial belt-tightening of a recession may prove to be a great opportunity to improve on your organization's security.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Microsoft Corp., Security, Open-source Software, Survey, operating system, Chad Perrin
OpenBSD update improves hardware support
News Version 4.4 of the popular BSD descendant promises support for new hardware, upgrade process changes and new applications.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, OpenBSD, Security, Unix, ASUS, performance, Hardware, Laptop Computer, Berkeley Software Design Inc., FTP
GPLv3 to drive users from Linux to FreeBSD?
News GPLv3 will help FreeBSD take some users away from Linux, according to the founder and vice president of The FreeBSD Foundation.
Tags: Linux server OS
