SCO Goes Down in Flames: Novell owns Unix.
The day Linux fans have been waiting for since SCO attacked Linux on May 12, 2003 has finally arrived. U.S. District Court Judge Dale Kimball has ruled that Novell, not SCO, owns Unix's IP (intellectual property) rights. This, in turn, means the end of SCO's cases against IBM. more... and SCO's KIA, but what about the rest of the troopers? and Outsiders Look in on the SCO/Novell Decision.

Torvalds on Linux, MS, software's future.
Linus Torvalds was only 22 when he decided in 1991 to share with friends and colleagues the code of Linux, the new OS he had created. The computer science student at the University of Helsinki could not imagine the revolution his decision would cause through the IT industry in the years to come. In this interview, he talks about why he released the code more... and Linus explains why open source works.

Linux desktop revolution.
Dell and Ubuntu fired the first shots. Together, they delivered the first mainstream consumer Linux desktops and laptops. Then, on Aug. 6, Novell and Lenovo blew open the business laptop market with the first regular listing of a Linux-powered business desktop, the T-series ThinkPads with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. Then, just to underline the point that we're seeing a Linux desktop revolution, Dell announced that it too would be offering SLED on business systems. more...

OpenSUSE 10.3 Beta 1 released.
The OpenSUSE project celebrated its second birthday on Aug. 7 by making the first beta of OpenSUSE 10.3 available at the LinuxWorld trade show. OpenSUSE has been making great progress with its OpenSUSE Build Service. Now with more than 700 projects and 20,000 software packages, the OpenSUSE Build Service is a framework software developers can use to easily create and compile packages for multiple Linux distributions. more...

Editing music scores with free software.
Not everyone needs to work with music scores on their computers, but if you're someone who does enter, edit, or store sheet music electronically, you can choose among many free software options. more...

Get to know Java EE 5.
Major enhancements mean faster, easier and simplified enterprise application development. An overview of the new Java™ EE 5 specification, its many significant enhancements more...

New elements in HTML 5.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) 5 introduces new elements to HTML for the first time since the last millennium. New structural elements include aside, figure, and section. New inline elements include time, meter, and progress. New embedding elements include video and audio. New interactive elements include details, datagrid, and command. more...

MythTV users to regain TV guide info -- for a price.
The free electronic program guide (EPG) data that Zap2it Labs currently provides to many MythTV users is scheduled to shut down on September 1. Today MythTV users learned how much a replacement service offered by Schedules Direct (SD) will cost. more...

Smolt profiles distro hardware use.
When Fedora 7 was released, one of its standout features was Smolt, an opt-in program for collecting data about users' hardware. Since then, Smolt has provided a publicly available snapshot of systems running Fedora, and is in the process of being ported to other distributions. more...

Documentation.
Free Software Sticker Book.
Tutorials and tricks - GIMP, Inkscape, OpenOffice.org, Fedora and more.
Getting professional results from Gimp.

Magazine.
Compiz Fusion Community News Edition 11 : New logo and new animations

How To Tips.

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