Quite a co-incidence. We just published an article about managing your Nikon DSLR cameras using your Android devices, and here comes a rumor that Nikon is planning to announce Android based cameras.
A gear logo proposed to represent and easily identify open-source hardware has caught the eyes of the The Open Source Initiative, which believes the logo infringes its trademark.
The latest incarnation of the XFCE desktop proves once again that when you delve into the wonders of the Linux OS, something old definitely becomes something new again. The Linux Mint 13 team has released a specially flavored distro built around the latest version of the XFCE interface. This is not a bolted-on graphical user interface loaded as an option at logon instead of running the Cinnamon or MATE or KDE desktops. The Linux Mint XFCE distro is sleek and simple.
Among other things, the new version of Burp Proxy offers a workaround for a problem that previously prevented the analysis of encrypted SSL connections on Android phones
Version 1.2 of the open source clustered NoSQL database adds official support for FreeBSD and features new approaches to cluster management. The commercial Enterprise edition has also been enhanced
A vulnerability in the ODF renderer used by KOffice and Calligra that uses a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code has been reported. The vulnerability is rated Highly Critical.
Lars Torben Kremer has announced the availability of the release candidate for Snowlinux 3, a Debian-based distribution featuring the GNOME 2 desktop: “The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 3 ‘Crystal’ RC. Due to drastic changes with GNOME 3 and Unity, Snowlinux is keeping GNOME….
