Patched Flaw Could Have Broken Internet Backbone.
A flaw in the Internet domain name system could have allowed hackers unprecedented ability to redirect traffic had it not been kept secret while vendors developed patches for it. Microsoft and others released the patches Thursday. more... and Preventing DNS Poisoning in Linux.

Linux 2.6.26.
So it's been almost three months since 2.6.25 (87 days to be exact, I think), making this a longer-than-usual release cycle. Or maybe it just feels that way, and we're always getting close to three months these days. more... and Linux 2.6.26 Opens Up to Debugging and

GNOME 3.0 officially announced... and explained.
At the recent GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC), the GNOME release team announced a proposal for developing the next major iteration of the open source desktop environment. The plan offers a long-term strategy for moving GNOME development forward and defining future goals for the desktop. more... and Plans for Gtk+/GNOME 3.0 surfaced and GNOME 3.0 Is Coming, And Coming Soon! and Gtk+ 3.0.

How to risk your project and your livelihood with sloppy licensing.
Recently the makers of the free-as-in-cost iPhone jailbreaking utility PwnageTool discovered that someone was reselling their creation -- without permission, under a new name, and for profit. That's a situation no software developer wants to be in, but the PwnageTool team was in an even tougher position because of the license under which it released its code. It didn't have one. more...

Introducing the Linux user interface.
A few days ago, Walter Mossberg, writing in the Wall Street Journal, offered a verbal peek at the Mac user interface (see Some General Tips for Switch to Mac From Windows) intended as heads-up for Windows XP users thinking of switching. more... and Don't compare GNU/Linux with Windows or MacOS - they are not in the same game.

Ubuntu Photo Manager Experiment.
I have a passion for photography and have become heavily entrenched in the tools available on Mac OS X, such as Aperture and Photoshop. This experiment focuses mainly on Aperture and what tools, if any, exist for Ubuntu to replace my Aperture workflow with something cross-platform and open-source that I can use on Mac OS X and Ubuntu. more...

OpenOffice.org 3.0: What to Expect?
Around 3 month ago OpenOffice.org released its 2.4 boasting quite an impressive arsenal of advancements. However if you thought 2.4 was major release, then you have seen nothing! Come September, OpenOffice.org will release it’s 3.0 version! more... and Test drive OpenOffice.org 3.0.

Misc.
Drupal 6.3 and 5.8 released, fixing security issues.
Wordpress releases 2.6 update.
Open Sourcing Browser Sync.
Mozilla Labs and their Projects.
Wine-Doors Introducing Karma: The future of 0.2 and Wine 1.1.1 Released.
X.Org 7.4, Mesa 7.1 In Ubuntu 8.10.
Learning The Linux Lingo.
The Ultimate HTML Reference.
Tutorial: Preview: What's new in GIMP 2.6?
A Little Linux and Unix Humor - Error Messages.

How To Tips.

Barracuda launches reluctant legal offensive against Trend Micro.
The already vicious lawsuit involving Barracuda Networks and Trend Micro that is currently in discovery in front of the American International Trade Commission (ITC) just turned nastier. Barracuda has filed its own patent infringement claim against Trend Micro, based upon three recently acquired patents. more... and Barracuda Networks Countersues Trend Micro.

Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS released.
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS, the first maintenance update to Ubuntu's 8.04 LTS release. In all, over 200 updates have been integrated, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. more... and Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS released.

PDF now an ISO standard.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an ISO International Standard: ISO 32000-1. The change in status follows a decision by Adobe Systems, original developer and copyright owner of the format, to relinquish control to ISO. more...

Adobe Flash 10 on Linux: Looking Good.
Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux may only be a beta, but it’s one heck of a beta. I didn’t care for Adobe Flash video at first. It was just another proprietary audio/video format in a world already over-flowing with them. Three things have happened to change my mind. more...

Move Your Business from Windows to Linux.
If the cost of Windows is getting your small business down, consider shifting to Linux. Windows Vista debuted to muffled applause, followed by lackluster sales. Up until June 30, cash-strapped businesses looking to avoid the cost of upgrading to new Vista-compatible hardware could still purchase trusty Windows XP. more...

Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.
The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 “netbooks” like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux. more...

GRAMPS: Open Source Genealogy.
When we’re kids, we learn stories of the past from our grandparents, often involving their parents and grandparents. How many of you remember those stories? What about the names of the people involved? Those of you with your hands up, are you into genealogy? more...

Ubuntu at Best Buy: Package Details.
I learned this morning via #ubuntu-us that they’re now selling Ubuntu at Best Buy, and couldn’t help myself: during my lunch break I swung out to Best Buy to drop $20 on a copy. more... and Ubuntu At Best Buy? and Best Buy store.

Misc.
Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu and the Linux Desktop.
The Man Behind Ubuntu: Talking with Mark Shuttleworth.
Training Tips for New Linux Users.
Last.fm + YouTube = Music TV Goodnes.
Albumart.org is the worlds most popular searchengine for albumart, cdcovers and dvdcovers.
Pencil Turns Firefox into a Drawing Tool.
Advanced file permissions in Linux.
OpenOffice.org extension will add PDF editing.
What's Holding OpenOffice Back?
A case for text-based DVD rippers.
Writing policy for confined SELinux users.
Distrowatch and Package management.

How To Tips.

Nokia buys Symbian, will open Symbian OS.
Symbian, the company behind the popular proprietary mobile/embedded operating system of the same name, just turned 10, but it won't see its next birthday. Nokia, which had long owned a substantial portion of Symbian, announced today that it would be buying the rest of the company, 52% for about &euro264 million, or approximately $410 million. In addition to purchasing Symbian, Nokia says it will be open-sourcing the Symbian operating system. more... and Nokia Launches a Full Scale War for the Mobile OS and Mobile Linux groups merge and Two Linux mobile groups merge to pool efforts.

Acer Aspire One.
Acer says the Aspire One is not a laptop. It might look and smell like one, but the company has gone to great lengths to promote the message that the One is an 'Internet device'. Others, such as Intel, refer to it as a netbook more... and ASUS Eee PC 901 Linux Edition Review.

Netgear's open wireless-G router for open source hackers.
NETGEAR has announced a wireless router specifically targeted at the Linux community. The WGR614L is based on a MIPS CPU with 16M of RAM an 4M of flash, along with 802.11g and 10/100 ethernet connectivity. more... and NETGEAR Launches Open Source WGR614L Wireless-G Router.

PackageKit finds sweet spot in quest for universal package tools.
Different GNU/Linux distributions provide incompatible systems for package management, and to date no one has quite figured out a foolproof way to get the best of them all. But where the alien utility tries to convert between major package formats, and Smart and Klik try to imagine new, universal forms of software installation, PackageKit has the more modest goal of supplying a universal front end that leaves the native package systems intact underneath. more...

Do we really need another packaging system?
Recently I've been quoted by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for questioning the need for the LSB Package API. The kind of conversation going on over the LSB Package API has been a recurring theme ever since I started using Linux, and it contains quite a few fallacies I would like to put down. Most importantly, the most common theme I've heard is that this fancy new system could usher in a new era of easy package installation for users. Let's go over some of these myths. more...

Tru64 Advanced File System Released as Open Source.
In a bid to further Linux file system innovation, HP has announced it is opening up its Tru64 Advanced File System (AdvFS) to the open source Linux community. The AdvFS file system, which has its roots in Digital Equipment Corporation's Digital Unix, is used in mission-critical deployments. HP, which gained AdvFS through a series of acquisitions, has its own flavor of Unix, HP-UX, and that has its own file system. more...

Big Buck Bunny builds a better Blender.
Big Buck Bunny is the colorful product of the Peach open movie project: an animated short released online and on DVD. But in addition to the 'toon itself, Peach has produced an altogether different yield: improvements to the Blender 3-D modeling application. Like its predecessor Project Orange, Peach pushed the open source tool forward with the demands of a real-world media production, in a way that hobbyist usage cannot. more...

Magazine.
Full Circle - the Ubuntu Community Magazine Issue 14 and pdf.

Misc.
Software Freedom Day 2008.
Is Open source a synonym for Free software ?
Ascii Table and description..
PasswordMaker: Strong Passwords at your Fingertips.
Open-Source Reshaping the Software Industry.
Linux Mint 5 review.
openSUSE 11.0 - Smooth Outside and Rough Inside.
Open Source Data Recovery Tools To The Rescue.
Guide to Linux File Command Mastery.
VMWare Workstation 6.5 features list download beta2.
42 of the Best Free Linux Audio Software.
Top 10 Linux financial tools.

How To Tips.

OpenSUSE 11.0 arrives.
The OpenSUSE Project has achieved a new release of its free desktop and server distribution. OpenSUSE 11.0 features a redesigned installer, KDE 4.0, GNOME 2.2.2, and the flashy Compiz Fusion 3D window manager, and over 200 new features. more... and Kudos to openSUSE 11.0. and download openSUSE 11.

Opera 9.5 gives Firefox 3 a run for its money.
Two of the most popular Linux browsers were unveiled this month after years of development -- the open source Firefox 3 and the proprietary Opera 9.5. Opera's launch a week before Firefox was like any other launch, unlike Firefox's much publicized world record attempt. But Opera 9.5 is no less revolutionary than Firefox, matching its open source rival feature for feature, from security-related enhancements to improved multilingual text rendering. more...

Ubuntu team readies for 8.04.1.
With Ubuntu 8.04.1 scheduled to be released on July 3 the Ubuntu development team is putting the final touches to the popular Linux distribution. Ubuntu 8.04.1 not a new release of Ubuntu but an updated CD image so that users trying Ubuntu 8.04 for the first time only have to download the CD image and not all the updates that have been released since the original 8.04 release. Those updates are included in the CD image to be released on July 3. more...

Starting SSH connections simply with SSHMenu.
SSHMenu adds a button to your GNOME panel that displays a configurable drop-down list of hosts that you have might like to connect to with SSH. SSHMenu is packaged and available in repositories for both Ubuntu (as sshmenu-gnome) and Fedora (gnome-applet-sshmenu). Other SSHMenu packages available for both distributions do not include GNOME support. more...

Can Linux find one good way to install software?
I’m not sure when the fights over how to install programs started in Linux, but it was probably not longer after there were three Linux users on the planet. Things haven’t gotten any better. more...

Applications.
WinMerge is an Open Source (GPL) visual text file differencing and merging tool for Windows.

Misc.
Over 8,000,000 Mozilla Firefox 3 Downloads in 24 Hours and counter.
The Linux Terminal For Beginners.
20 Great Quotes from Richard M. Stallman.
HP Contributes Source Code to Open Source Community to Advance Adoption of Linux and more....
Using ZFS though FUSE.
ZFS on Linux: my story and HOWTO you can have it too.
Firefox extensions to bring back the dead.
LastGraph is a web-based service that aims to give you a new way to explore your last.fm listening history/
Testing Linux Ubuntu.
CentOS 5.2 released and download page.
Ubuntu MID Edition 8.04 achieves its first public release.

MOTU Videos.
Ubuntu Developer Channel.
How To make debian standard debs from scratch.

How To Tips.

Mozilla prepares for Firefox 3 release and plans for 3.1.
Mozilla has announced that June 17 is the official date of the much-anticipated Firefox 3 release. Developers and open source software enthusiasts are planning parties all over the world to celebrate the occasion. more... and Get ready for Firefox 3.0.

Opera 9.5 Unleashed.
After months of public inactivity, Opera has been racing to release the latest version of its desktop browser. No guesses why. For the first time since 2003, Mozilla's FireFox looks like a modern browser, and not a skinnable memory heap testing tool. more... and Opera 9.5 gets mad at malware and Opera 9.5 Takes Aim at Browser Market Share.

Banshee 1.0 Released!.
It is my immense pleasure to formally announce the release of Banshee 1.0. After nearly eight months of vigorous, non-stop work, it’s here - and we couldn’t be happier! more... and Banshee 1.0 Final and Banshee 1.0 Released!

Wine 1.0 Released.
The Wine team is proud to announce that Wine 1.0 is now available. This is the first stable release of Wine after 15 years of development and beta testing. Many thanks to everybody who helped us along that long road! more...

Tasty Tomato firmware for routers.
Breathe new functionality into your router with Tomato third-party firmware for popular models of Broadcom-based routers, including popular models manufactured by Linksys. Most consumers and users don't know the code for Linksys firmware is entirely open source and based on Linux. That allows developers to create customized firmware that extends the functionality of the router through a plethora of new features. Tomato provides a robust set of advanced features that outperform the default Linksys firmware more...

Controlling your camera from your computer with gPhoto.
Both of the big powerhouses in the digital SLR camera market -- Canon and Nikon -- make software with which you can control your camera from your PC through an attached USB cable. It is a nice tool for situations when manually triggering the shutter might cause shake (such as long exposures), or for automating multiple shots at timed intervals. more...

Dimdim Open Source is a bright-bright solution for Web conferencing.
Dimdim Web conferencing software, which competes with services like WebEx and GoToMeeting, provides almost all the important features you need for conducting a conference over the Web. It's available in three flavors -- a feature-limited but usable Web-based free version, a no-holds-barred fee-based Enterprise version, and an almost Enterprise clone Open Source Community Edition that you can host in your network. more...

Misc.
Field Guide to Firefox 3.
Photographs By Lukas Novak
More details on Dell's summer-bound netbook.
Terminator runs multiple GNOME terminals in the same window.
Processing RAW files in Linux.
First look: Songbird 0.6 open source media player.
Red Hat Makes History With Patent Settlement - Compatible with GPLv3 and more....
Great Taste, Less Filling NetworkManager 0.7.
Announcing the Django Software Foundation.
Meld - a Visual Diff Tool for GNOME.
42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games.
Linux Disk Utilities.

How To Tips.

Canonical Releases Ubuntu for Netbooks.
The paint has barely dried on Ubuntu 8.04 when Canonical announced at the Computex trade show in Taiwan on June 3rd that it will be releasing a new version of Ubuntu 8.04 just for Intel Atom-based netbooks and UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs). more... and Canonical makes Ubuntu Netbook Remix official at Computex and Ubuntu offers Remix, a lighter Linux for mobile users and Netbooks pre-loaded with Ubuntu and Ubuntu Netbook Remix: a detailed explanation.

Asustek to launch iMac rival in September.
Asustek Computer Inc. in September plans to launch the Eee Monitor, a PC built into a monitor designed to rival Apple Inc.'s iMac, the company's CEO said Monday. The new device joins the Taiwanese company's popular Eee family of products, which started with the low-cost mini-laptop, the Eee PC. Asustek has expanded its laptop line to include products with different configurations and sizes supporting various operating systems more...

Taking note of Basket.
Note-taking applications are far from scarce on GNU/Linux desktops. If your needs are simple, you can use KNotes in KDE or Sticky Notes in GNOME. However, by far the most versatile note-taking application is KDE's Basket, a tool so flexible and complete that you might prefer to think of it as a personal wiki, a producer of scrapbooks, or even a creator of temporary desktops. more...

Transform images into videos with images2mpg.
images2mpg, a simple utility that's part of the KDE Image Plugin Interface (KIPI), lets you create an MPEG file from image files. Relying on a handful of command-line tools including the ImageMagick suite and mjpegtools, images2mpg creates wonderful videos from your images and even lets you insert your favorite song as the background. It supports SVCD, DVD, VCD, and XVCD video formats. more...

UNIX file system fragmentation.
In the Windows world file system fragmentation is usually handled by periodically using a defragmenting utility on the affected file system. UNIX vigorously attempts to prevent fragmentation from ever happening in the first place. more... and The future is bright for Linux filesystems.

Design revamp for '$100 laptop'
The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device. more... and Why Walter Bender Left One Laptop Per Child.

Applications.
svnsync is the Subversion remote repository mirroring tool.

Magazine.
Linux Gazette Jun 2008 (#151).

Misc.
New Mozilla Firefox 3 Features video.
YouSendit Send and Receive Files up to 2 GB Each.
The sixth annual Ohio LinuxFest will be on October 11, 2008 at Columbus, Ohio.
Folding@Home on Ubuntu and EC_LUG team.
Enhance OpenOffice.org with free extensions and templates.
10 open source e-learning projects to watch.
Penny Arcade Game.
Opera 9.5 RC - Prepare for launch.

How To Tips.

Asus officially announces Eee Box details.
The small, Wii-looking PC will hit the U.S. via online retailers (and perhaps a few specialty brick-and-mortar shops) later this year. The listed dimensions of the unit are 8.5-inches high, 1-inch wide, and 7-inches deep, standing upright on its included stand. more... and Asus Eee Box a thick white slice of cheap computing heaven and Asus to release desktop Eee PC as Ebox and ASUS Eee Box B202 Details Emerge.

Acer aspires to lead low-cost laptop race.
Acer will introduce its own low-cost mini-notebook PC at the Computex trade show in Taipei on Tuesday. The device will be called the Acer Aspire One, as expected. It will come with an Intel Atom processor, and run Linpus Linux Lite, with Acer's own user interface. Other specs include: an 8GB solid-state drive, 512MB of RAM, 802.11 b/g WiFi, an 8.9-inch screen, and a standard 3-hour battery. more...

GNOME file manager gets tabbed file browsing.
Nautilus—the GNOME file manager—includes many useful features and offers an excellent implementation of the spatial paradigm. The Nautilus developers are about to deliver a big improvement, however, with the addition of full support for tabbed browsing. more...

Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros.
The recent success of the ASUS Eee PC has shown that running Linux from flash memory is now commercially viable in the consumer market. If you don't have an Eee PC, you can still run Linux from a humble USB flash disk, which will hold not only Linux but also your data. Several Linux distributions run from flash; here's how some of them compare. more...

Planning the next generation of GTK.
The developers of GTK are preparing for a major overhaul that aims to resolve many of the framework's most significant deficiencies and add next-generation features that will increase flexibility and simplify development. This effort is still in the earliest planning stage, but several intriguing proposals provide valuable insight into some of the changes envisioned by prominent developers. more... and GTK+ 3.0, enabling incrementalism.

Google Earth Browser Plugin.
Google Earth can now be used from a browser, without having to install the full application. Instead of the application, you need to install a plug-in that only works in Firefox and Internet Explorer 6/7 on Windows. more... and Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness.

How Microsoft lost the office file format battle.
When MS announced that SP2 for Office 2007 would support ODF and not OOXML, it suffered defeat at its own hands more...

Applications.
ProcessMaker allows a business user with zero programming experience to model, automate, and manage a company's unique business processes.
Adobe® Buzzword® is a new online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others. more...

Magazine.
Full Circle - the Ubuntu Community Magazine Issue 11 and pdf.

Misc.
Why the pre-loaded Linux Desktop is important.
Asus offers £10 high-capacity battery upgrade for Eee PC 900.
Big Buck Bunny by Blender Foundation.
Online music recommendation systems.
Dell’s Ubuntu 8.04 Plans.
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.
Your Rough Guide to Plasma.
A Fine Piece: Rhythmbox 0.11.5 and Review: Banshee 1.0.
Choices For Software Developers.
Historical Brewery Tavern Schlenkerla.

Podcasts, Tutorials and Videos.
GitCasts podcast about git version control.
ScreenCasters Inkscape tutotials for the novice artist.
Guadec 2007 Videos.
The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit videos.
Linux Podcasts Roundup.

How To Tips.

Microsoft to support ODF, PDF in Office next year.
Microsoft is finally adding support for ODF (OpenDocument Format for Office Applications) and Adobe PDF to its Office productivity suite, the company announced on Wednesday. Support for ODF and PDF will be included in the software through Microsoft Office Service Pack 2, expected to be out in the first half of 2009, according to Microsoft. more... and Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - and not OOXML and more...

Final Firefox 3 expected in June.
Firefox fans looking for a major update to the open-source Web browser probably will get a final version of it next month. "We're looking for final ship sometime in June," said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering more... and Mozilla striving for an awesome Web browser and Firefox 3 RC 1 full review and Two Hidden Features New in Firefox 3.

Why Linux isn't yet ready for synchronized release cycles.
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has again called for the developers of major open-source software programs and Linux distributions to synchronize their development and release cycles. more... and Ubuntu's Pipe Dream : True Free Software Syncronicity.

Open source project: OpenJDK.
At the 2006 JavaOne conference, Sun announced plans to open source Java. This wasn’t exactly a surprise to those of us working on Java at Red Hat, given that there had been rumblings before. But this was a real announcement. We were immediately interested in learning exactly which license Sun would choose. Even if it was a legitimate open source license, it still might not allow us to combine our code with Sun’s. more...

Rawstudio turns 1.0.
The free software RAW photo converter Rawstudio released version 1.0 in April, marking the culmination of two years of work. This release carries on the Rawstudio tradition of providing a lightweight, dependable tool for photographers. more...

New group advocates for FOSS in libraries.
A new advocacy group, the Public Software Foundation (PSF), is working to make free and open source software available to local libraries so it can be checked out and used just like a book or video. The premise is simple: hand out one CD and maybe you've taught one person; make it available in a library and perhaps you'll reach hundreds or thousands. more...

Applications.
potrace: Transform bitmap images into vector graphics.

Misc.
Open Source BIND Alternative Launches.
KDE 4.1 Beta1: OpenStreetMap Support in KDE via Marble.
Vyatta: Growing up quickly.
Sun Wiki Publisher extension for OpenOffice.org shines.
Sorting your data with msort.

Tutorials.
How To Gimp Manual.
How To OpenOffice Tutorials.
How To Freemind Tutorial.
How To Audacity Manual.

How To Tips.

Flash Player 10: Dazzling Effects, Better Performance, Runs on Linux.
The next generation of the Flash Player is here. Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player 10, which promises better performance, improved text handling, custom photo effects filters and native 3D animations. It's available as a free download at the Adobe Labs website. more... and Adobe rolls out beta of Flash Player 10 and Adobe refreshes Flash Player.

Verizon chooses Linux "platform of choice".
Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone "platform of choice," it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMO), an international industry group it and seven other companies joined today. more... and Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org amd Verizon, Mozilla join mobile Linux group.

Linux’s biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards.
In what I think is the biggest victory for Linux so far, DeviceVM’s Splashtop Linux desktop will ship across the entire P5Q range of motherboards, with more to follow by the end of the year. more... and Splashtop Linux desktop to appear on every Asus motherboard and Splashtop to Ship on Millions of ASUS Motherboards.

Fedora 9 and the road to KDE4.
Fedora 9 will include KDE 4.0.3 by default, so this is a look at the progress of one of the major free desktop environments. KDE 4.0 was released January 11, 2008 after a couple of years of discussions and hype. more...

The 2008 Google Summer of Code: 21 Projects I'm Excited About.
The annual Google Summer of Code is upon us again. For the uninformed, that’s when Google pays hundreds of students and hundreds of mentors to work on free software projects, ranging from AbiSource to Zumastor. more...

Connect OpenOffice.org to Zoho Writer and Google Docs with OoGdocsIntegrator.
Do you fancy Web-based word processors but aren't ready to leave OpenOffice.org? You can work with your Zoho Writer and Google Docs files from the convenience of OpenOffice.org Writer, courtesy of the OoGdocsIntegrator extension. more...

Applications.
"Lumiera" is the name for a project (re)writing a professional video NLE, starting with a feature set and taking an aproach similar to the existing Cinelerra-2.

Misc.
The Linux Society.
How random is random.
Geocaching tools in Linux.
The Linux Foundation Video Gallery.

How To Tips.

OpenSolaris.
This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the Solaris 10 enterprise UNIX OS, the first to be designated with “Production” support offerings. While very much community software and not yet at the level of polish for end-user adoption that many of the latest Linux distributions are now enjoying — shows promise and enormous potential as an enterprise-class UNIX desktop and server with an Ubuntu-like flavor. more... and Does OpenSolaris Matter? and First look: OpenSolaris 2008.05 a work in progress.

The Fedora Project Releases Fedora 9.
The Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 9, the latest version of its open source operating system distribution. Fedora 9 continues to build upon a tradition of innovation as the community Linux distribution that offers the latest, cutting-edge features with continued delivery of quality and impact. more... and Hats off to Fedora 9 and Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love.

MySQL backtracks on closed-source plan.
Sun Microsystems has backtracked on previous plans to release important backup features for its MySQL database under a proprietary license, following widespread criticism from the open source community. more... and It's official: The future of Sun/MySQL is open...and closed and Great GUI tools for MySQL.

OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta a big step forward.
The open-source office suite is back with a new 3.0 beta release, ushering in a handful of major enhancements, broader file format support, and a solid batch of evolutionary new features. Ars Technica takes the new beta for a spin to see if our productivity increases. more... and OpenOffice.org 3 beta released.

Crossing the platform divide.
Trolltech has announced the official release of Qt 4.4, a much-anticipated update to their popular, cross-platform software development framework. more...

Synchronize your databases with SqlSync.
SqlSync lets you compare two databases to see which tuples have been added, removed, and changed. You can also use SqlSync to make one database a clone of another and maintain its contents to be that way. One benefit of using SqlSync to perform synchronization is that you can perform heterogeneous syncs -- for example, from MySQL to PostgreSQL. more...

FusionCharts Free: Cross-platform charts that rock.
Have you dreamed of finding a charting and graphing application that is simple to install, easy to configure, and drop-dead gorgeous? Stop dreaming and download a copy of FusionCharts Free. You'll be producing professional quality charts and graphs in no time. more...

Applications.
OGMRip is an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI, OGM, MP4, or Matroska files using a wide variety of codecs.
andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows based systems.
Entertainer aims to be a simple and easy-to-use media center solution for Gnome and XFce desktop environments. and Play multimedia content with style using Entertainer.
A(nother) Regular Expression Test Tool.
Hydrogen - Advanced Drum Machine. and more...

Misc.
Mark Shuttleworth and The Art of Release.
Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 Code Complete!
Stable kernel 2.6.25.3 released.
About PulseAudio.
CSS Design: Taming Lists.
Open Library One web page for every book.
Review of ASUS Eee PC 900 (Linux).
Valve's Source Engine Coming To Linux.
dmidecode: What's it good for?
Xubuntu: Better than Ubuntu (at least for me).
Areca Linux desktop backups made easy.

How To Tips.