New GNOME 2.24 is an incremental improvement.
Last week marked the release of GNOME 2.24. Those who already use GNOME will appreciate the new additions, but there's nothing compelling enough in the new version to convince fans of other desktop environments to make a switch. more... and GNOME 2.24 Released and GNOME 2.24 released, mobile development platform emerges.

Richard Stallman looks back at 25 years of the GNU project.
On September 27, 1983, Richard M. Stallman announced his intention to found the GNU project in order to build a free operating system. Now, 25 years later, the Free Software Foundation is marking the anniversary of the announcement with a month-long celebration. Looking back at the last quarter century, Stallman expresses some guarded satisfaction with the growth of the free software movement, but also some bemusement about how it has grown more complex as it has faced new challenges from within and without, and an awareness of how far it still has to go to reach its goals. more...

Tools for editing vector graphics in GNU/Linux.
Over the last decade, vector graphics have gone from being a revolutionary format to a standard method of rendering computer images -- so much so that they are standard in the KDE 4 desktops. This popularity is based on the fact that, because they represent images as mathematical equations -- usually in SVG format -- vector graphics open faster, render better on screen, and can be resized more readily than raster graphics, in which an image is created pixel by pixel. more...

MEPIS Linux 8.0 nears release.
A new version of MEPIS Linux, one of my favorite KDE-based distributions, is nearing final release. Roughly a year after the arrival of version 7.0, distribution founder and maintainer Warren Woodford has just issued MEPIS 8.0 beta 2, based on a Debian Lenny core. more... and Second MEPIS 8.0 Beta Uploaded For Testing.

And Walmart Makes Three: Another Music Service Plans to Shut Down DRM Support.
Following in the footsteps of MSN Music and Yahoo! Music, Walmart has notified customers that it will be shutting off its DRM servers in less than two weeks. Walmart's been selling DRM-free music since February, but anyone who bought music before that date will not be able to transfer those songs to “unauthorized computers,” or access the songs after changing operating systems. more...

Lessons learned from five years of Fedora.
The Fedora Project is celebrating its fifth birthday today. Congrats, Fedora! It seems like just yesterday I was covering the first release to see how (or if) Fedora would distinguish itself from Red Hat Linux. more...

VLC goes to nine point two.
Sometimes I get the feeling that I only know about 5% of what VLC can do. Everyone knows it's a dependable, free, cross-platform media player. But read through the release notes for the latest version, 0.9.2, and you will see a dizzying array of server, network streaming, and conversion functions, most of which I have never even touched -- and the new VLC exposes a lot more of that functionality. more...

Misc.
digiKam has a new tool to convert RAW camera files to DNG...
Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 3.
Interview With TualatriX - Maker of Ubuntu Tweak!
A Guide Through The Linux Sound API Jungle.
21 of the Best Free Linux Financial Software.
Nokia renames Trolltech and Qtopia.

How To Tips.

Ohio Linux Fest - October 10th and 11th, 2008: Columbus, Ohio.
On October 10th and 11th, 2008 the Ohio Linux Fest (OLF) 2008 Ohio Linux Fest (OLF) 2008 will occur. This is the sixth edition of this event, held every year in Columbus Ohio. I like OLF, because it is not only a community event, staged and run by volunteers, but it is also a family event, with people of all ages invited and involved. more... and Ohio LinuxFest 2008 Preview.

Android Walks Out of the Mist.
The first phone to implement Google's Open Source Android mobile platform — the eagerly-anticipated T-Mobile G1 — made its maiden voyage today, launching to the expected fanfare and with the surprise appearance of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin — on rollerblades. more... and What Android Could Bring to Your Phone and Google's Android: It's not just for phones.

SGI relicenses OpenGL: "A huge gift to the free software community".
After nine months, an open secret can finally be acknowledged: The OpenGL code that is responsible for 3-D acceleration on GNU/Linux, which was released by SGI in 1999, has been running on licenses that were accepted by neither the Free Software Foundation (FSF) nor the Open Source Initiative. more... and SGI Further Opens its OpenGL Contributions.

OpenGL 3 & DirectX 11: The War Is Over.
Given the prevalence of DirectX nowadays, we tend to forget that 10 years ago an all-out war was being waged between Microsoft and Silicon Graphics in the field of 3D APIs. The two companies were both trying to win over developers, with Microsoft using its financial muscle and SGI relying on its experience and its reputation in the field of real-time 3D. more...

Test drive: Picasa 3 gets off-, online photo sharing right.
Google announced major updates yesterday to both components of its Picasa ecosystem: its desktop client and Web Albums, a service for displaying and sharing photos online. Google's Picasa announcement is two-fold, involving a desktop client and web service that are now much more closely integrated more... and Picasa 3.0 Beta: More Speed, Better Photo Repairs and Better RAW Support.

A First Look at OpenOffice.org 3.0.
Free, alternative office suite OpenOffice.org's latest version 3.0 is now available for download by testers. OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Candidate 1 offers several new features and improvements from its last major release, including better Mac support and collaboration capabilities. more... and OpenOffice 3.0 release candidate 2 out today.

Flash Player 10 Coming Around the Final Bend.
Adobe has issued its second release candidate of Flash Player 10, which should be approaching the finish line. Developers have not only fixed a number of bugs, but added a few new features. more...

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6 - Good News for Laptop Users.
I installed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 6 on both of my laptops over the weekend, and it looks very good. more... and Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 Screenshot Tour.

Misc.
Nmap 4.75 recognizes iPhones and visualizes networks.
Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 2.
Free BBC Dirac Codec in Version 1.0.
Dirac 1.0.0 released.
Projects on the Move: Sweet Home 3D.
VLC gets a new look on Windows and Linux.
Cinelerra 4 arrives.
VirtualBox update brings improved performance and 64-bit support.
GIMP User Filter allows use of Photoshop filters.
Using Linux for Photography, where we stand.
X.Org 7.4 Finally Released.

How To Tips.

Software Freedom Day 2008.
Software Freedom Day is a global, grassroots effort to tell people about the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software. It is a "world wide celebration of Free and Open Source Software and the community behind it." more...

How free software makes money!
While Microsoft keeps churning out newer and newer versions of Windows at more and more unreasonable prices, the ‘Free Software Movement’ marches on. Ever wondered why a perfectly respectable system like Ubuntu Linux ships completely free of cost all the way from Africa? more...

Sun releases source code for xVM hypervisor.
Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to release the code for its open-source server virtualization software Wednesday, and will make a commercial version of the xVM Server available next month. more... and Sun updates xVM virtualization software.

VirtualBox 2.0.
SUN released a new major release of their virtual machine software VirtualBox. Highlights in this release are 64bit guest support, a new GUI and also an enterprise subscription model. more...

Boxee aims to shake up the home theater.
Boxee is a new entrant into the increasingly crowded open source media center space. The company's eponymous application is billed as a "social media center" -- melding a smorgasbord of social networking services into an XBMC-based media center designed for the couch-centric user. Boxee has bigger goals in mind, but you can take an early look at it now by applying for the invitation-only testing program. more... and Boxee, a media center for the modern world.

Automatic backup for sporadically connected clients with Box Backup.
If you're a frequent business traveler who keeps important company files on your laptop, using a centralized management solution to back up files automatically during a fixed time interval won't work. Instead, consider Box Backup, which backs up files from a laptop directly to a backup server over an encrypted link. more...

Dropbox for Linux Adds Online Backup to Desktop.
Dropbox, the free, web-based backup service previously available only for Windows and Mac computers, has added a free, open-source client for Linux to its offerings. more...

Dell puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs for emerging markets.
Dell is using the Linux operating system and Intel processors including the Atom in new Vostro PCs for emerging markets more... and New Vostro Systems for Emerging Economies: Ubuntu in More Countries.

Google Launches New Browser.
Google has launched a new open source browser, Chrome. The new browser boasts a minimalistic UI, a new Javascript engine dubbed V8, and sandboxed tabs to prevent one tab from crashing the browser. Chrome uses components from Apple's webkit and Mozilla Firefox. more... and The Google Chrome comic book.

Magazine.
Full Circle - the Ubuntu Community Magazine Issue 16 and pdf.

Misc.
LUGs Emphasize the "Festive" at Ohio LinuxFest.
10 Beautiful Themes for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex.
Top Free Linux Online Courses.
21 of the Best Free to Download Closed-Source Applications.
The 7 Best Closed-Source Apps for Linux.
BasKet - opensource note pad for openSUSE.
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Review.
Movie industry wary of Real DVD ripper.
Now playing: DVD movies, Windows audio files on Ubuntu Linux.
Canonical to fund upstream Linux usability improvements.

How To Tips.

Intel Buys Mobile Linux Developer OpenedHand
The acquisition supports Intel's ventures into mobile Internet devices, smartphones, and other emerging devices for accessing the Web.  More...

Microsoft refund Success Story
Reading the Slashdot article about Dave Mitchell from Great Britain, who got a 47 pounds refund from Dell for returning his copy of Windows was an inspiration for me to check, if it is possible in Poland, too. This is my success story.  More... and Another

Replacing Microsoft Exchange with Open Source
Open source projects and vendors are trying a variety of technical approaches to replacing the expensive but ubiquitous Microsoft Exchange.  More...

Scribus Powerful Desktop Publishing for Free
Whether you already work in desktop publishing, or are just starting out, you've probably heard about the big, complex, expensive products used in DTP to generate high-quality printable documents. The names are familiar, Adobe, Quark, Microsoft. But, take a look at Scribus. 

Freedom Fry — "Happy birthday to GNU"
Mr. Stephen Fry introduces you to free software, and reminds you of a very special birthday.  Video...

How the 'Net works: an introduction to peering and transit

Open source for absolute beginners Here...

Applications
LyX 1.6 is ready for release
CVL lets you tinker with HDR images on your GPU
K9Copy helps make DVD backups easy
21 of the Best Free Linux Text Editors

HowTos

Hackers Get Under Red Hat's Skin.
Open source software company Red Hat warned of a network intrusion that compromised some of the company's servers. Though Red Hat considered the advisory critical and issued updated versions of affected packages, it said that a worst-case scenario -- a hacker accessing servers used to sign Fedora or Red Hat applications distributed through their auto-update process -- did not come to pass. more... and To trust or not to trust Red Hat, that is the question and

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit.
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has issued a warning for what it calls “active attacks” against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. more...

Microsoft adds $100M to its SUSE Linux support tab.
Two years ago, Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy $240 million worth of support vouchers for Novell Inc.'s SUSE Linux operating system as part of a controversial partnership deal between the two vendors. Now Microsoft is reaching into its pocket again, to the tune of another $100 million. more...

Top 10 Firefox add-ons.
Firefox 3 may have introduced a number of new features, but it is the ability to add extra functionality with the use of extensions that remains one of its biggest assets. There are hundreds of extensions to choose from - some enable you to change the look and feel through the use of themes, while others add more features, such as weather reporting or time zones in the status bar. more...

Spend your vacation getting started with OpenStreetMap.
We have written about the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project many times, but we have yet to explain how to get started with it as a contributor. Since it is the vacation high season in the Northern Hemisphere and many more people will be hitting the maps, this is the perfect time. more...

QGIS earns a spot on GIS software map.
Quantum GIS 0.11.0, released last month, is a free geographic information system (GIS) application released under the GPL that runs on multiple platforms, including Linux. QGIS can read, edit, and export common GIS file formats. After installing it and using it to work with existing data layers available from official data repositories, performing common spatial analysis tasks, and sharing files and data with the commercial GIS products, more...

Misc.
30 Coolest and Funniest Tux Icons.
rsnapshot: rsync-Based Filesystem Snapshot.
10 must-have Linux (and not only) cheat-sheets.
Pre-installed Linux Notebooks in US.
8 Free, Open Source Tools for Video Playback and Encoding.

How To Tips.

A Big Day in Court for the FOSS Community.
Today those who believe in free content and free and open source software won a major victory in court, as reported by Larry Lessig, Mark Radcliffe, and Pamela Jones, among others. more... and Federal Circuit Says Open Source License Conditions are Enforceable as Copyright Condition and Open source advocates hail court ruling.

Canonical Joins The Linux Foundation.
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Canonical has become a member of the Foundation. Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, a popular version of the Linux operating system more...

An update on Fedora's "issues".
The Fedora Infrastructure team continues to work on the issues we discovered earlier this week. Right now, we're getting the account system restored to service, along with some of the application servers. We're also taking advantage of the outages to upgrade a few systems at the same time. more... and more...

Fluendo walks the line between free and proprietary codecs.
Despite all its advances, GNU/Linux remains weak in its support for proprietary audio and video codecs. Because these codecs are often encumbered by patents, distributions must choose either to include support of questionable legality or else exclude it altogether. In the middle of this controversy sits Fluendo, a Catalan company of about 50 employees that is a main contributor to projects like GStreamer, and supports open formats, more...

Adjust Sound Levels in Audio Recordings With Levelator.
Do you have a niggling little issue constantly cramping your workflow? You know what I'm talking about -- every time you use your favorite program, you remember it's missing that one small feature that would make it perfect. Don't you love it when you find an app that fills in that gap? Me too. more...

Lessons From PHP 4.4 End-of-Life Announcement.
The developers of PHP announced last week that PHP version 4.4.9 is now available. This would not be remarkable in and of itself, except that the developers also indicated that this would be the last release of PHP 4.4. more...

Misc.
How Adobe can stop Microsoft.
Pandora can't make money, may pull the plug.
Music Education With Linux Sound Tools, Redux.
Expressive Inputs for Live Music Visualization.
Banshee 1.2.1 out in the wild!
OpenGL 3.0 released.
Dell’s comeback machine.
DimDim 4.0 is here!

How To Tips.

IBM, Canonical, Novell, Red Hat to Deliver Microsoft-Free Desktops Worldwide.
For the first time, IBM and leading Linux distributors Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat will join forces globally with their hardware partners to deliver Microsoft-free personal computing choices with Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony in the one billion-unit desktop market worldwide by 2009. more... and IBM targets Microsoft with desktop Linux initiative and more... and IBM Announces New Products and Initiatives to Enable Next-Generation Linux.

VMware Joins The Linux Foundation.
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that VMware has become a member of the Foundation. The company joins existing Linux Foundation members and technology leaders such as Adobe, AMD, Dell, Fujitsu, Google, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, Motorola, NEC, Novell, Oracle and Red Hat, among others. more... and VMware joins Linux Foundation--while reportedly violating the GPL.

Mozilla reveals the Firefox of the future?
Mozilla has unveiled a spectacular new concept browser, dubbed Aurora. The bleeding-edge browser is part of a new Mozilla Labs initiative, in which the open-source foundation is encouraging people to contribute ideas and designs for the browser of the future. more... and First Look: Mozilla Snowl.

Intel's Larrabee GPU Will Support Linux.
Intel's Larrabee will not launch for another year or two, but additional details were shared this week on this project that will launch Intel into the discrete graphics arena. We've known this already, but Larrabee will be a many-core graphics processor with an x86 instruction set designed to compete with the graphics cards from both ATI/AMD and NVIDIA. more...

WiFi software arrives on Linux desktops.
A vendor of Linux-based WiFi arrays is finally releasing a version of its WiFi Monitor utility for Linux desktops. The open source, widget-like Xirrus WiFi Monitor for Linux enables users to monitor, secure, and troubleshoot WiFi networks, says Xirrus. more...

Applications.
Areca is a personal file backup software developed in Java. It is released under the GPL v2.
boxee had developed the first “social” media center. it plays media from your computer and other devices in your home network, as well as connect you to various Internet sources that allow you to stream or download movies, tv shows, music and photos.
Cairo-Dock - Desktop dock for openSUSE Linux.
FOG is a free, open source computer cloning solution and FOGUserGuide.
gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop.
Notepad++ is a source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. (Windows Only).

Misc.
Telltale Weekly is a provider of low cost, DRM-free audiobook downloads in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and AAC formats.
Record your desktop with Linux tools.
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - whole load of apps going on.
15 Examples To Master Linux Command Line History.
Dell shipping five Hardy Heron systems.

How To Tips.

Lenovo to Present More Linux-pre-loaded Laptops.
Lenovo was reported to plan to launch a full array of laptops pre-loading Novell's Linux operating system, to provide wider product options for consumers to choose from, according to sources. The demands for Linux system-built-in computers have been in the rise since this year, in the fields like education, government and emerging markets in particular, sources cited Lenovo as saying. more...

Intuit joins the Linux revolution.
Intuit has been sniffing around open source for at least a year now, but predominately as a platform (Linux) upon which its applications could run. It opened the door a bit more in April when it opened up QuickBase to developers, but now seems to be paving the way for a more complete launch into open source with its Linux Business Resource Center. more... and Linux Business Resource Center.

Firefox Wraps Tail Around Ogg Video Format.
The next version of the Firefox Web browser will likely include support for the open source Ogg Theora video format. Mozilla is working to incorporate the Theora codec into the browser so that no plug-in is required to view Web video. more... and Native Ogg Theora support in Firefox.

Will LSB 4 Standardize Linux?
Not all Linux distributions are made with the same components, which can make it difficult for software developers to write applications for multiple Linux distributions. That's where the Linux Standards Base (LSB) comes into play. more...

Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it.
When I wrote the first version of this article six years ago, I called it “Why Free Software usability tends to suck”. The best open source applications and operating systems are more usable now than they were then. But this is largely from slow incremental improvements, and low-level competition between projects and distributors. Major problems with the design process itself remain largely unfixed. more...

Kernel Log : Tux3 file system announced, X.org updates.
Kernel developer of many years, Daniel Phillips posted several emails concerning file system design, then announced he was planning to take these ideas and apply them to the design and development of Tux3, although there is no currently functioning Tux 3 source code. more... and New Linux file system in development: Tux3.

QBrew: Home-brewed software for home brewers.
When I'm not hacking or writing about hacking, I'm brewing beer. When I say I'm brewing beer, I don't mean that I'm taking some syrupy stuff and adding it to boiling water and hoping for the best. I mean I'm buying various types of grains, various types of hops, some yeast, and potentially some other additives to help balance my brewing water or the pH levels at some point in my brewing process. more...

PartedMagic: An Open Source Alternative for Partition Editing.
If you want to add space to a drive, store personal data on a separate partition from your operating system, or run multiple operating systems from the same hard drive, then you need a partition editor. more...

Applications.
Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software.
Orbit Downloader is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/streaming media from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare, support RTMP. (Windows only).

Misc.
Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies.
Bundling Windows Mono 2.0 with Wine.
Roku's Netflix Player: a hands-on review.
Networking 101: Understanding Subnets and CIDR.
Dell Introducing the NEW Studio Hybrid.
What’s next in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (part 1).
What’s next in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (part 2).
Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits.
DNS Checker.
Wi-Fi Planet Compendium of DD-WRT (Tutorials).
Integrating Linux into Active Directory keeps getting easier.
Fun with Pitivi.
X.Org 7.4 To Lose DRI2 Support.
10 icons sets to customize your GNU/Linux desktop.
You Are Redneck if...

How To Tips.

Debian celebrates 15-year legacy.
Debian, arguably the most important Linux distribution, is readying to celebrate its 15th birthday on August 16. While a respected and widely-used Linux distribution in its own right, Debian has, over the 15 years, also been widely used as the base for numerous other Linux distributions, including the popular Ubuntu distribution created by South African entrepreneur, Mark Shuttleworth. more... and Debian looks to launch lenny in Sept.

KDE 4.1 rocks the desktop.
KDE 4.1 was finally released to the public today. After all the controversy since the release of KDE 4.0, I'm happy to announce that KDE 4.1 simply rocks. The introduction of KDE 4 marked the introduction of the new Plasma desktop, which provides not only the panel that you interact with, but also widgets (or "plasmoids") that extended the desktop further. In KDE 4.1, one of the most welcome changes to Plasma is the return of multiple and resizable panels from KDE 3. more... and KDE 4.1 Released With openSUSE Packages and Live CD.

Drizzle, a MySQL fork for web applications.
MySQL employees have announced a fork of the open source MySQL database, named "Drizzle", that focuses on what they see as the essential features for an online database. Brian Aker, MySQL's director of architecture at Sun, suggests web applications, databases without integrated business processes, cloud environments and multi-core architectures as potential applications for this trimmed down version of MySQL server. more... and Drizzle: a lighter MySQL.

OSCON 2008: Mark Shuttleworth Says Linux Must Leap Over Apple.
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, delivered the keynote address at OSCON this evening. Here’s a recap of his presentation, which explored how free software can drive innovation — and how the Linux desktop has to become a piece of art that leapfrogs Apple within two years. more... and Can the Linux desktop best the Mac desktop?

Gnome conference – breaking new ground, starting from Istanbul.
he ninth European GAUDEC conference in Istanbul not only set the direction for Gnome 3.0, the next major release of the Unix and Linux desktop, there was also plenty of action on the Gnome Mobile front. more... and Killing the Desktop Metaphor with GNOME.

VMware to offer low-footprint ESX hypervisor free.
VMware Tuesday said it will offer the small-footprint version of its ESX virtualization software free, responding to pressure from Microsoft and other companies that are threatening VMware's lead in the virtualization market. more... and My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i.

Atheros makes friends with Linux.
Linux overcame most of its former driver woes years ago except for one noticeable exception: Wi-Fi drivers. While many Wi-Fi cards and chipsets were Linux friendly, two major Wi-Fi chipset vendors, Atheros and Broadcom, kept their drivers proprietary. Now, things are changing. Atheros has released a true open-source driver for its latest 802.11n chipsets. more...

When worlds collide: Microsoft funds Apache.
Microsoft, one of the biggest rivals to open source programming, has begun funding the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), one of open source software's biggest supporters. more... and Microsoft and Its Open-Source Plans and Microsoft to sponsor the Apache Software Foundation and Microsoft Updates Open Specification Promise to Include GPL/Gives $$ to Apache.

Applications.
smuxi - Smart MUltipleXed Irc the IRC client for advanced users.
LAME is a high quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder licensed under the LGPL.

Magazine.
Full Circle - the Ubuntu Community Magazine Issue 15 and pdf.

Misc.
NetworkManager: Secret weapon for the Linux road warrior.
Networking 101: Understanding IP Addresses.
RIP XGL.
Dell's Ubuntu 8.04 Offering—Technical Details and How Dell is making Ubuntu more attractive.
SuperTux, the Greatest Linux Game of All Time.
PulseAudio 0.9.11 released.
30 Gnome themes to enhance your Ubuntu experience.
The best of the 1950 old Cartoons Videos in a single WebTV 24h/24!
42 of the Best Free Linux Email Software.
The Final Days of DRM: Yahoo Music Store Closing, Will Eat Your Purchased Music.
Great quotes from Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Linus Torvalds.
Testdriving Zimbra Desktop Mail for Linux.

How To Tips.

SCO goes down and Sun’s in Trouble.
The decision is in, and SCO has gone down in defeat. The U.S. District Court in Utah has ruled in favor of Novell in SCO vs. Novell, the keystone case in SCO’s long, and ultimately unsuccessful war against Linux. more... and Is SCO finally dead?

Dell Select Systems Now Available with Ubuntu 8.04.
After months of testing and development we are ready to release Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on select Dell consumer systems. For consumers in the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, United Kingdom and many Latin American countries (like Mexico and Colombia) Ubuntu 8.04 will be offered on the XPS M1330N and Inspiron 1525N notebooks and the Inspiron 530N more... and Dell begins rolling out Ubuntu 8.04, adds media codecs and Evidence mounts for August Eee PC carnage with $299 Dell E launch.

The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives.
Open source software has changed the rules of the game, impacting significantly the economic behavior of stakeholders in the software ecosystem. In this new environment, developers strive to be committers, vendors feel pressure to produce open source products, and system integrators anticipate boosting profits. more... and Bringing Open Source Best Practices into Corporations Using a Software Forge.

Six Things I Love About The Opera Browser.
Starting as a research project in 1994, Opera has been responsible for some world changing innovations (think tabbed browsing) and yet never seemed to achieve the kind of success it deserved. more...

KDE on KDE 4.0.
There has been a bit of a dustup about KDE 4.0. A lot of opinions have been expressed, but I thought you might like to hear from KDE. So I wrote to them and asked if they'd be willing to explain their choices and answer the main complaints. They graciously agreed. more... and KDE 4.1. The promise of a better future!

Linus Torvalds, Geek of the Week.
Linus Torvalds, an acknowledged godfather of the open-source movement, was just 21 when he changed the world by writing Linux. Today, 17 years later, Linux powers everything from supercomputers to mobile phones. In fact ask yourself this: if Linux didn't exist, would Google, Facebook, PHP, Apache, or MySQL? more...

TuxSoftware.com is up and running.
Kevin Thompson has been in touch with details on his new website, TuxSoftware.com. Like the recently launched Linux App Finder, the site aims to make it easier for Linux users to find programs and install them with a few mouse clicks. more...

Misc.
PC vendors want to sell you desktop Linux.
Security is no secret.
10 + 2 things you’ll get with Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” and A first look at Ubuntu 8.10.
List of Download Managers Available in Ubuntu.
42 of the Best Free Linux Video Software.
Dirac news.
Amarok 2 on Windows (will full codec support).
PulseAudio FUD.
NetworkManager 0.7 Nears Release.
ASUS' Big Development.
Four Useful FUSE Implementations.
Fedora 10 themes - round 1.

How To Tips.