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submission
eviljames writes:
"People who use Red Hat, at least with respect to our intellectual property, in a sense have an obligation to compensate us," — a direct quote from Steve Ballmer, as reported by vnunet.com. Reporting that Ballmer aimed his patent gun at Linux at a company event about online services.
Users of the Red Hat Linux distribution will have to pay Microsoft for its intellectual property, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has cautioned.
With all the FUD they spread, isn't Linux closing in on some sort of deadline where we can force MS to either put up some evidence or STFU?
320315
submission
Peace Frog writes:
Unlike previous 2.x releases, OpenOffice.org 2.3 is a new and enhanced feature release rather than a bug fix. There are several smart changes, a whole new approach to adding new features and of course the much anticipated new charting tool.
315345
submission
Benjamin Weber writes:
The openSUSE team have just
officially announced the availability of openSUSE 10.3 "Gold
Master" (GM). The new version boasts a range of advances, including:
beautiful green artwork, parts of KDE 4, SUSE-polished GNOME 2.20, a
1-click-install technology, a new package management stack, MP3
support out-of-the-box, a GTK version of YaST and a greatly improved
boot time. While they now offer 1-CD Installation media — with a KDE
CD, or the GNOME CD — the DVD with both desktop environments and
extra software is still available.
Download from mirrors or torrent now.
Get in touch with other openSUSE users and developers for help or to celebrate the release.
315327
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traveller604 writes:
openSUSE 10.3 is now available for download. I'm my opinion Novell's openSUSE is the leading KDE-centric distro and 10.3 does not leave KDE fans cold for it comes with optional KDE 4 beta. Enjoy!
315253
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LinuxDude writes:
Novell today announced the availability of openSUSE 10.3, the newest version of the award-winning community Linux distribution. Available for free download or in a convenient packaged retail edition, openSUSE 10.3 provides everything a user needs to get started with Linux. To improve the user experience, openSUSE 10.3 includes a flexible Linux-Windows dual-boot configuration, improved user interface, Microsoft Office file compatibility with the latest OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, and enhanced multimedia support.
315111
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Shizawana writes:
The latest version of openSUSE is being released today. Here is a sneak peak of all the new features and additions, including highly anticipated changes to the YaST package management.
306871
submission
biscuitfever11 writes:
ZDNet has a great interview with Michael Meeks, the distinguished Novell engineer, who's currently in the throes of considerable efforts behind open document format and OpenOffice.org. In the interview, Meeks takes Microsoft to task on its alternative format OpenXML. He argues why Microsoft should adopt open document format and why the flexibility of open source software would have avoided the need for that horrid paperclip icon from Microsoft Word, Clippy.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39289664,00.htm
306017
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apokryphos writes
"Novell have relaunched the Linux Driver Project by dedicating well-known kernel developer Greg KH to work on the project full-time. Greg KH writes:
'My employer, Novell, has modified my position to now allow me to work full time on this project. Namely getting more new Linux kernel drivers written, for free, for any company that so desires. And to help manage all of the developers and project managers who want to help out...They really care about helping make Linux support as many devices as possible, with fully open-source drivers.'"
305863
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jon_anderson_ca writes:
TINAD (This Is Not A Dupe)... back in January, Greg Kroah-Hartman offered to write GPL device drivers for manufacturers who would release specifications to him. Apparently the response was a little overwhelming, but now Novell is sponsoring him to work full-time on driver development.
There are a hundred developers and an undisclosed number of companies in the queue... are we about to see a Linux driver renaissance?
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metalzelot writes:
Last week AMD released the specifications for ATI Radeon R5xx and R6xx graphic devices. Now Novell follows up with an alpha Open Source driver.
Drivers for different distributions can be downloaded here.
Next steps are adding support for more hardware, RandR 1.2 support, video overlay support and 2D acceleration.
293029
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ClickOnThis writes:
Surely I'm not the only one who noticed that OpenOffice.org has announced the release of version 2.3. From the website: "Available for download now, OpenOffice.org 2.3 incorporates an extensive array of new features and enhancements to all its core components, and protects users from newly discovered security vulnerabilities. It is a major release and all users should download it. Plus: It is only with 2.3 that users can make full use of our growing extensions library." You can download it but be kind and use a P2P client instead, such as bittorrent.
