Announced just hours ago on the X.Org development mailing list is recent work to create the xf86-video-nested driver. As implied by the name of the driver and the title of this news post, this is an X.Org video driver designed to run nested X.Org servers. In other words, X.Org on top of X.Org...

Free and open source Real Time Strategy (RTS) and Simulation Game Unknown Horizons have been updated to a new version that brings many new features and fixes. The game emphasizes on maintaining an economy and city building. You can expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods. The aim is to increase your power and create a well balanced economy with strategic trade and diplomacy. Both single player and multi player games modes are available.

SABnzbd+ 0.6.0 was released a couple of days ago and is already available via JCFP's SABnzbd+ private package archive (PPA). Considering the maturity of the project, SABnzbd+ 0.6.0 brings with it an impressive array of changes and updates. The most noticeable one (visually), is undoubtedly the change from using the Smpl skin as the default to using the updated and expanded Plush. With this change, the SABnzbd+ developers have decided to focus solely on Plush and may even possibly phase out the other skins entirely.

Open Source software development has drawn increasing attention as its importance has grown. Open source communities have been able to challenge and often outperform proprietary software by enabling better reliability, lower costs, shorter development times, and a higher quality of code.

The Linux Foundation has announced the keynote speakers for its LinuxCon Japan 2011 conference taking place from 1 to 3 June 2011 at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. The welcoming remarks will be presented by Noriaki Fukuyasu, Director at Linux Foundation Japan, and followed by a keynote from Linux creator Linus Torvalds, who will discuss the 20th anniversary of the Linux operating system.

Sure, an SF fan might consider going to a con just to hear a favorite author speak or to participate in the costume contests. But developers and other computer techies can justify attending for business reasons, too. (Even if you don't program in Klingon++.)

Natty Narwhal herding no moreMatt Zimmerman, chief technology officer at commercial Linux distributor Canonical, is stepping down.…

The Outercurve Foundation's (formerly CodePlex) Stephan Walli offers some interesting perspective on the future of Mono and SuSE. He writes: "I've written about Novell's SuSE positioning over the years and their need to be more than 'We're not Red Hat.' Mono was always been a potentially excellent strategic differentiator. But first you need to understand how Microsoft dropped the ball."

“Back to the Mac” wasn't just for software? Today's iPhone Loss of the ability to run open source operating systems, like Ubuntu. Difficulty for developers to port their apps over to the new platform. ARM architecture is not yet fully developed. Do you think it is a wise move for Apple to switch to ARM for ... and more »

Apple Withholds iOS' LGPL WebKit Source Code OS News It took them six months to release the required GPL source code for iOS 4.1. iOS contains a number of open source components, with WebKit probably being the most user-visible of them. I've used the mobile browsers on Android (up until 2.2), Windows ... and more »

(R)?ex is a tool that allows you to manage all of your servers from a central point, through the complete process of configuration management and software deployment. Changes: This version includes many new features: hardware and information gathering, package management, file distribution (with support for file templates), task dependencies, sysctl support, service/daemon management, and bugfixes. Release Tags: [...]

xCHM is a cross-platform GUI frontend for CHMLIB, written with wxGTK. It is able to display the topics tree, work with displayed pages history, print the current page, work with bookmarks, change fonts and fast search through all the pages of the loaded .chm document. Being indirectly dependent on GTK+, the possibility of changing GTK+ [...]

DB2 is a database management system that offers industry leading performance, scalability, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. Its Web Control Center offers administrators an easy-to-use interface for maintaining databases, and can be run from any Java-enabled Web browser. For Java developers, DB2 UDB for Linux offers support for JDBC [...]

kramdown is a fast pure Ruby Markdown-superset converter. It uses a strict syntax definition and supports several common extensions. Changes: Many bugfixes. Tags: Ruby, markdown Licenses: GPLv3

Nagstamon is a Nagios status monitor with a UI that resides in the systray or as a floating statusbar on your desktop. It informs you in realtime about the status of your Nagios, Icinga, Opsview, Ninja, Check_MK/Multisite, or Centreon monitored network. It alerts you with sound and visual notification. Failed hosts and services are easy [...]

Steadyflow is a download manager which aims for minimalism, ease of use, and a clean, malleable codebase. It should be easy to control, whether from the GUI, commandline, or D-Bus. Changes: This release adds the ability to run custom commands at download finish and a remaining time indicator. It also features a few bugfixes and translation [...]

Plaspool is a KDE4 plasmoid that displays the CUPS spooling queue, i.e. the printing jobs managed by CUPS (Common Unix Printing System). Plaspool also displays an icon on the KDE4 taskbar when a job is processed. The jobs can be canceled when needed. Changes: This release adds basic printers control, non-blocking dialog boxes, the ability to [...]

Wing IDE is a development environment for Python. It provides powerful editing, code intelligence, testing, debugging, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Changes: This release adds "introduce variable" refactoring operation, support for using *.pi files to augment source analysis [...]

MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE 3.1.2, and much more. Changes: Configured with a 2.6.36.4 kernel, [...]

comirror is a program that reads a Web comic or image gallery and saves the images it finds to the current working directory. It is especially useful for mirroring Web comics so they can be read offline. Changes: Initial release. Use comirror-setup with comic URLs to set up the working directory, then run comirror to start [...]

TechEye

Talks and thoughts from Red Hat Summit and JBoss World 2011 SearchSOA Seeing so many open source vendors, users, experts, and enthusiasts all in one place was truly impressive. Not to mention the lavish refreshments (which I probably shouldn't). The event kicked off on Tuesday afternoon with General Hugh Shelton, ... Red Hat Summit and JBoss World Slated for June 2012Business Wire (press release) all 18 news articles »

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Radiation monitoring in Japan goes crowd, open source CNET The data captured from the geiger counters will be fed into Safecast.org, which aggregates radiation readings from government, nonprofit, and other sources, as well as into Pachube, a global open-source network of sensors. Safecast is one of the larger ...

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With Budget Unveiling, Bloomberg Draws the Battle Lines WNYC "We are forced to do the best we can with what we've got. The state has shifted the burden from them to us." Following the unveiling of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's final budget, the battle lines are now drawn between the mayor and City ... Bloomberg to cut more than 6000 NYC teaching positionsCNN International Bloomberg's $65.7 Billion New York City Budget Proposes 6000 Teacher CutsBloomberg NYC Mayor's Budget Would Cut 1 Out Of 12 TeachersNPR Brooklyn Daily Eagle -Patch.com -The Associated Press all 331 news articles »

May 6th, 2011. Today, KDE has released a series of updates to the Plasma Desktop and Netbook workspaces, the KDE Applications and the KDE Frameworks. This update is the second in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.6 series. 4.6.3 brings many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.6 series and is a recommended update for everyone running 4.6.2 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE's software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come.

The KDE team has just announced a few minutes ago the third maintenance release for KDE Software Compilation 4.6. This is a minor update, focusing on bug fixing and translation updates.

This guide will walk through the instructions on how to create an API script to create an ftp user in ISPConfig 3. It will give you the knowledge to develop scripts for any function available in ISPConfig 3.

As tech lead of the Google Linux Storage Team I get to see how Linux runs on tens of thousands machines in Google's cloud. Over the last year our team migrated this super system from ext2 to ext4, an educational and exciting experience to say the least. We learned a lot about the impact of the Linux file system on Google.

eWEEK Europe UK

Red Hat introduces PaaS offering OpenShift Computer Business Review Free and open source company and Linux distribution vendor Red Hat has introduced 'OpenShift', its new open source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) designed to allow software developers to build, test, deploy and run new applications as a cloud-based ... Red Hat looks to stand out with open APIsZDNet Asia Open Source PaaS On FireNetwork World Red Hat: Cloud will anoint next MicrosoftRegister eWeek -Inquirer -InformationWeek (blog) all 147 news articles »

Project Blade Runner: The personal computer of 2019 ZDNet (blog) Jason was previously Senior Technology Editor for Linux Magazine, where he wrote about Open Source issues from 1999 to 2008. In his spare time, Jason is an avid amateur chef and food writer, where his work reviewing New Jersey restaurants has appeared ... and more »

Eclipse Foundation has much to lose in the Hudson saga InfoWorld (blog) Oracle recently announced a proposal to move the open source Hudson project to the Eclipse Foundation, and the foundation has accepted pending a 30-day compliance review. Should your stance on Jenkins or Hudson change as a result? The short answer: no. ... Oracle Pushes Hudson Towards EclipseDr. Dobb's all 2 news articles »

AndrewGOO9 writes "The Smithsonian American Art Museum, in recognizing that electronic games are a part of our artistic history has now unveiled the 80 games out of a proposed pool of 240 that will be included in The Art of Video Games exhibit running from March 16, 2012 to September 30, 2012. While the winning games (PDF), as voted by gamers and art enthusiasts alike, are all stand-out titles, it goes without saying that this a huge step in the recognition of video games as artisitic masterpieces."

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From the Caio dept.:
I joined Canonical in June of 2004 as a member of the founding team, before we even had a name for the company. In June 2011, after just over seven years as Ubuntu CTO, I will be leaving Canonical in search of new challenges.

GNU Denemo is a free music notation program for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows that allows users to create notations for the text-based LilyPond sheet music printer. Composition, transcription, arrangement and playback functions can be controlled using a keyboard, MIDI keyboard or microphone. Among the new features of version 0.9 are unlimited undo and redo capabilities, a MIDI input feature for chords, MIDI shortcuts, mouse-controlled playback speeds, the support of numerous additional LilyPond functions, an import feature for LilyPond files as well as various composition tools such as components for shuffling notes or reversing or mirroring a selection.

It has been almost a week since the final release of new Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal happened. I have been using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal ever since it's first alpha release came out and I am really impressed with the end product. So, is it a bit of overstretch to give Ubuntu 11.04 the "favorite Ubuntu ever" title already? Let's explore.

The ability to scale out to third-party vendors without worrying about vendor lock-in, as well as the ability to move virtual workloads between different environments, are benefits of open application programming interfaces (APIs) that Red Hat has been espousing for a while now.

The most radical change in Ubuntu’s history done–the Unity release–Canonical’s CTO, Matt Zimmerman, is leaving the company.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Ships to Key Partners eWeek We have a leadership position in hundreds of open source projects, ranging from the Linux kernel to the GNOME desktop. Our partners are also strong contributors to open source projects. The maturity, market acceptance and community support of Linux ... Red Hat: Channel Will Account For 70 Percent Of Revenue In Two YearsCRN Nimbula Joins Forces wth Red HatTMC Net Red Hat Expands Relationship with Amazon Web ServicesGovConWire all 6 news articles »

PacketFence NAC 2.2.0 brings new hardware support The H The PacketFence development team has released version 2.2.0 of its open source network access control (NAC) system. According to developers, PacketFence 2.2.0 is a "massive update" that adds a number of new features and polish, as well as enhancements, ...

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Apple issues iMac and MacBook Pro updates ZDNet UK (blog) Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source p… ... Why an iMac now is in the cards for meCNET all 105 news articles »

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asked Mozilla to remove the MafiaaFire Redirector Firefox add-on, ars technica reports. The article is based on a blog posting from Mozilla lawyer Harvey Anderson, where he says that Mozilla has not complied and instead asked the DHS for a legal justification. The add-on is a simple [...]

In recent years federal courts across the country have been filled with FOSS-related patent claims. Last month, a verdict in the Bedrock v. Google case renewed calls for reform of the US patent system. What exactly were the issues in this case, and what impact is this verdict likely to have on the open source [...]

Mozilla officials have refused a US government request to ban a Firefox add-on that helps people to access sites that use internet domain names confiscated in an unprecedented seizure earlier this year.……

Kontron announced a PCI/104-Express SBC (single board computer) with Intel's single-core Atom D425 or dual-core D525. The Microspace MSM-LP includes up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, one IDE port and two SATA ports, LVDS and VGA video, four serial ports, six USB 2.0 ports, and two gigabit Ethernet ports, the…

Mozilla employe and JavaScript Brendan Eich is giving a surprise talk at Node.js today on the subject of using Mozilla's Spidermonkey JavaScript engine in Node.js, instead of Google's V8.

The GNU Project is taking a shot photo sharing. On May 2nd, the wraps came off the GNU Mediagoblin project. If successful, the GNU Mediagoblin could solve several problems that haven't been addressed well by existing photo sharing services — namely privacy, data ownership, reliability, and software freedom. Read more…

OpenRC, the replacement for Gentoo's current services system (known as baselayout), will be stabilized on May 8. It replaces the previous bash-only rc system in baselayout with an rc system that has a C-based core and uses only POSIX-compliant shell code. You will see an update for sys-apps/baselayout to 2.x…

GNU Denemo is a free music notation program for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows that allows users to create notations for the text-based LilyPond sheet music printer. Composition, transcription, arrangement and playback functions can be controlled using a keyboard, MIDI keyboard or microphone. Among the new features of version 0.9 are unlimited undo and [...]

Braben has developed a tiny USB stick PC that has a HDMI port in one end and a USB port on the other. You plug it into a HDMI socket and then connect a keyboard via the USB port giving you a fully functioning machine running a version of Linux. The cost? $25.

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Canonical, Ubuntu Linux, CTO leaves ZDNet (blog) ... starting with semiconductor design and mini-computer systems at EDN News and later focused on PC software companies including Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, Red Hat, Novell and other open source and commercial software companies for CRN and PCWeek. ... How to Install Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' With WubiPCWorld all 19 news articles »

OpenClinica to Unveil Major New Software Release at Global Conference San Francisco Chronicle (press release) This release represents a significant milestone in bringing innovative open source based technology to enhance clinical trials. Ben Baumann, OpenClinica's Co-Founder and Director of Business Development, says the Conference will feature a number of ... and more »