Mark Shuttleworth: Windows 7 for netbooks is not worth the price
Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth who is the man behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution has stated that Windows 7 Starter Edition which is designed for netbooks is not worth the price.
It is crippled and still pricey for what it offers.
Canonical is all set [...]
WhiteHouse.gov now runs on Drupal
WhiteHouse.gov is creating news for switching to an open source content management system.
The official website of the White House is now using Drupal.
This transition took several months of planning as they wanted to switch to an open source solution for running this service.
For the end user, there is [...]
Ubuntu 9.10 RC edition released
Canonical picked an interesting date to launch the release candidate edition of Ubuntu 9.10. It was launched on the same day Windows 7 was launched globally.
Ubuntu 9.10 RC edition is now available as a free download.
This release of Ubuntu Linux Distribution has been codenamed Karmic Koala.
Ubuntu developers are [...]
WordPress 2.8.5 with improved security features
WordPress developers have released a new version of this popular open source blogging platform.
WordPress 2.8.5 is now the latest version and it comes with security improvements.
Developer Peter Westwood highlighted the updates:
A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
Removal of areas within the code [...]
WordPress 2.8.5 all set to be released
Open Source blogging solution WordPress is all set to get another update.
WordPress developers have revealed on Twitter that WordPress 2.8.5 would be released in the coming hours.
It is likely to be a bug fix update as new features are set to arrive with WordPress 2.9 version.
Oracle asked to sell MySQL
Open Source activist Richard Stallman has called on Oracle to sell MySQL which they are gaining as part of their acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Richard Stallman along with Knowledge Ecology International and Open Rights Group have asked the European Commission to force Oracle to sell this open source database product before [...]
IBM Client for Smart Work launched in USA
IBM and Canonical have together launched their IBM Client for Smart Work solution in the US market.
It was already being offered in South Africa.
The two companies said that the demand for this product was strong in USA so they decided to launch it here.
The [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta delayed but a test build available now
Mozilla has delayed the release of the first build of their Firefox 3.6 release.
The developers however released another test build that comes with a couple of new features.
They are now aiming to launch the first beta along with the release of Windows [...]
More details on Google Chrome OS coming later today
TechCrunch reported about a leaked edition of Chrome web browser which is being designed for Chrome OS.
They showcased some screenshots and also posted a link to the leaked installer (deb file).
Google has now announced that they would talk about Chrome OS at a media event [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 would detect computer orientation
Christopher Blizzard has announced in a blog post that the next edition of Firefox would feature support for detecting computer orientation.
Basically, the browser would be able to detect the orientation of the laptop if supported hardware is found.
Blizzard said that the technology was originally designed for [...]
