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Puppy Linux 5.2 (Wary) Optimized for Older PCs

The Puppy Linux project announced version 5.2 of the legacy-PC friendly "Wary" version of its small-footprint Linux distribution. Puppy Linux 5.2 ("Wary") features an...

GeeXboX 2.0 for Low-Power Set-Top Linux

There is no such thing as a "typical media center" any more than there is a "typical computer" or a "typical user." What people...

Microsoft Announces Official SQL Server Driver for Linux

Microsoft has announced that it is developing an SQL Server ODBC driver for Linux. The news was announced by Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of...

Dream Studio: The Linux for Music, Movies, and Art

Dream Studio 11.04, the Ubuntu-based multimedia production Linux, was released on August 26. Is this just another Ubuntu respin, or does it have its...

Google Guns for Amazon Web Services with New Storage, App Engine Offerings

Google is turning up the heat with its cloud services for the enterprise. Today the company bundled up several announcements ranging from the Cloud...

Sam Ramji: Cloud Makes Open Source ‘Inevitable’ for Microsoft, Others

  It could be that Sam Ramji is just an eternal optimist. While many free software advocates warn that the cloud could kill open source,...

Tux Goes for a Spin

The Linux Foundation has announced a new event and a new emphasis for Linux: the inaugural Automotive Linux Summit.Read more on IT World

Weekend Project: Get Grammar Checking for Your Open Source Office Suite

Sepllchecking. I mean, spellchecking: it's such an integrated part of our word processing and email workflow these days that we feel ripped off when...

SwipePad for Android: A Better Way to Switch Apps

I've always found it a little bit annoying to switch apps with my Android phone. The stock task manager/app switcher list is cumbersome. SwipePad...

Oracle Works on DTrace for Linux

  Oracle plans to include support for Solaris' well-known Dtrace analysis software in its "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 2"; the latter will probably be included in...