GPL version 3 arrives.
As expected, the FSF (Free Software Foundation) released the long-awaited GPLv3 (GNU General Public License version 3), the third generation of the world's most popular free software license. more... and FSF celebrates release of GPLv3 and GPLv3 arrives, but nobody seems to care and Free Software Licenses in a Nutshell.

Will HP Follow Dell With Ubuntu Linux PCs?
Initially, I was skeptical about Dell's (DELL) decision to sell selected consumer PCs with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed. But after a few days of testing, I'm a skeptic no more. And I'm not alone. more...

Flock 0.9 lands gracefully.
The Flock project has been building a "social Web browser" since 2005. The upcoming Flock 0.9 release adds new blogging features, integrates media streams into the browser, and includes an overhaul of the Flock bookmark system. It's not perfect yet, but Flock 0.9 is a big leap forward. more...

Eclipse "Europa" goes gold with 17 million lines of code,
The Eclipse Foundation, which oversees the open-source Eclipse IDE, today rolled out "Europa," its latest annual "coordinated project release." The huge release spans 21 projects and over 17 million lines of code, and weighs in at "more than double the size of last year's record-setting release," the Foundation said. more... and What Eclipse "Europa" means for Linux.

Magazines.
Full Circle - issue #2! pdf.

Applications.
Fusesmb is a filesystem client based on the SMB file transfer protocol.
The Simple Linux Backup software simplifies the task of backing up a Linux desktop system. more...
VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. more...

How To Tips.

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