Sun-IBM Merger Talks Collapse.
The WSJ reported that Sun officials felt that IBM's offer of $9.40 a share or less was too low and that IBM had too much leeway to walk away from the deal, which could face substantial antitrust issues. more... and IBM Lets Sun Set and Sun's future up in the air after talks with IBM break down.

OpenMoko GTA03 cancelled.
Those who have been waiting for the next-generation OpenMoko phone (called "GTA03" or "3D7K") will be disappointed; OpenMoko has come to the conclusion that it will not be able to successfully complete the project. Instead, the company will work, for now, on making the FreeRunner phone actually work more...

Rackable Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire Silicon Graphics Inc.
Rackable Systems, Inc. a leading provider of servers and storage products for medium to large-scale data centers, today announced its agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) for approximately $25 million more...

GNOME 3.0 needs a big, visible change.
After first being discussed at the GUADEC conference back in July last year, the GNOME project is moving forward on its plans for GNOME 3.0, with a new user interface planned. more... and GNOME 3.0 To Get GNOME Shell, Zeitgeist and KDE Strides Ahead While Gnome Stagnates.

KDE 4.2.2 Release Announcement.
KDE Community Ships Second Translation and Service Release of the 4.2 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates more...

Intel Turns Over Its Linux Operating System.
On Thursday, the nonprofit Linux Foundation plans to announce that it will take over the “stewardship” of the Moblin project from Intel. In this case, stewardship means access to the code of Moblin, which is an open-source operating system based on Linux. It was designed to run computers in products as diverse as netbooks and cars. more...

Parted Magic 4.0.
Parted Magic, one of the best stand alone partition editors, is back once again with a new and updated version. But what's so special about this version, considering the narrow scope of things that Parted Magic is designed to do? more... and Parted Magic 4.0 Has Exciting New Features.

Ubuntu 9.04: What’s New for Desktop Users?
With Ubuntu 9.04, otherwise known as the Jaunty Jackalope, set to be released in less than three weeks, WorksWithU will be publishing some posts about what the latest and greatest version of Ubuntu will mean to different groups of users. Today, we begin with a look at the new features that Jaunty brings to traditional desktops. more...

VLC 0.9.9: The best media player just got better.
If you've ever struggled to play a file you downloaded from the hinterlands of the Web, you clearly didn't try opening it with VideoLan's VLC media player, a free, hugely popular, and open-source media player. more...

Misc.
NVIDIA's Release Happiness Continues Into April.
All the Best Linux Cheat Sheets.
Moneydance–A cross-platform personal finance manager.
HDX 1000 NMT Player.
7 Free Mind Mapping Softwares.
To PulseAudio or Not To PulseAudio . . . and How To Remove Pulse Audio Ubuntu 8.10.

How To Tips.

How To A Short Introduction To Cron Jobs.
How To Install Apps on Ubuntu Linux.
How To Enable Desktop Search on Ubuntu 8.10.

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