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Bitcoin - I Hardly Knew Ya

By Susan Linton 

I first heard of Bitcoin when the Free Software Foundation announced they would start accepting it for donations. Before long another story about Bitcoin appeared in my news feeds. Then another. And another. more>>

LibreOffice

The Open Source Office Software Sector Heats Up

By Susan Linton 

The world of LibreOffice and OpenOffice(.org) has been heating up recently with several exciting and, at times, bewildering developments. The Document Foundation remains very active as is LibreOffice development, but Oracle has given up on OpenOffice and slapped LibreOffice in the face by giving it to Apache. Perhaps the most important announcement was the release of LibreOffice 3.4.0. more>>

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 11.04, Unity Released to Mixed Reactions

By Susan Linton 

Ubuntu 11.04 was released on April 28 with a brand new interface and a couple default application changes. But all the talk is about Unity, that brand new interface. As one might predict, reactions are all over the spectrum. more>>

FVWM

Fabulous Virtual Window Manager Sees First Release in Five Years

By Susan Linton 

After five years, a new stable release of FVWM has finally been announced. FVWM is a lightweight and fast window manager still used by a few distributions and offered as an option on several. This landmark release brings several new and improved features.

Some of the new features include: more>>

Linus Torvalds

Torvalds Honored by Gaggle of Lawyers

By Susan Linton 

Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux and hero to many Open Source users, might not be the first person one might think would be honored by an organization of lawyers, but that's exactly what's happening. The International Technology Law Association will award Torvalds its ITechLaw Achievement Award at their upcoming 40th anniversary celebration. more>>

GNOME 3.0

The GNOME Desktop Project Unleashes GNOME 3.0

By Susan Linton 

After five years of planning and design, GNOME 3.0 has been officially released. more>>

Slackware, Zenwalk, MEPIS, Foresight, Bodhi

Particularly Exciting Week in Linux

By Susan Linton 

Linux is usually exciting, but this past week brought several nice developments. Slackware announced another developmental milestone for their next version. Bodhi Linux reached 1.0. Foresight announced their first release in two years. Zenwalk developers released version 7.0. And SimplyMepis gets a release candidate.

Slackware 13.37 more>>

LibreOffice

LibreOffice Rolls Out the Updates, Latest 3.3.2

By Susan Linton 

Unlike OpenOffice.org of yore, LibreOffice developers have been pumping out the updates at a rapid pace. Since the inaugural release two months ago, LibreOffice has seen two minor version updates as well as associated developmental releases. The latest, LibreOffice 3.3.2, was released just a couple of days ago. more>>

openSUSE connect

Mingle with openSUSE-ites on connect

By Susan Linton 

The ever-inventive openSUSE gang have come up with another cool service to enhance user experience and promote good will. This time it is a little less technical and a little more social. Connect with other openSUSE users, developers, and groups. You can make friends, find out the latest news, and get involved. more>>

Debian GNU/Linux

DEX: Bridging Gaps Between Debian and Derivatives

By Susan Linton 

Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu CTO, has found a way to bridge the ever-widening crevasse between Debian and its derivatives. The Debian Front Desktop was formed last summer in order to bring together these camps, but Zimmerman wants to go a step or two further. more>>

PC-BSD

FreeBSD and PC-BSD Release New Versions

By Susan Linton 

The FreeBSD project announced the release of versions 8.2 and 7.4 on February 24. Both bring lots of new features and bug fixes. FreeBSD can be run on a large variety of architectures and is still considered one of the most stable and hardened systems available. more>>

LibreOffice

Does The Document Foundation Support OOXML?

By Susan Linton 

Soon after the release of LibreOffice 3.3, the Steering Committee posted their position on OOXML support in LibreOffice. Some of those that have tested the LibreOffice office suite knows that they can open and save in Microsoft Office formats. So, The Document Foundation supports OOXML then? Well, no, not really. more>>

LibreOffice

The New Features in LibreOffice 3.3

By Susan Linton 

Despite earlier reports that very few if any new features would likely be seen in The Document Foundation's first LibreOffice release, the influx of new developers allowed much more work to be done. In fact, it was even released ahead of schedule. So, what kind of new goodies might one find? more>>

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