Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Released.
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 has been released. Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in more than 70 different languages, Firefox 3.5 is the most recent major Mozilla browser release since the launch of Firefox 3 in June 2008. more... and What's new in Firefox 3.5 and Benchmarking Firefox 3.5.

Eclipse Foundation Releases Galileo 2009.
Galileo encompasses the open source foundation's biggest release so far, with 33 projects and over 23 million lines of code. More than 380 developers from 44 organizations have contributed, according to the foundation. more... and Eclipse Galileo: The release train leaves the station.

Ohio Linux Fest [September 25-26].
The Ohio Linux community continues its forward march and is gaining momentum every year. Each year brings a new group of speakers and generates more excitement—2009 will be no exception! The seventh annual Ohio LinuxFest will be on September 25-26, 2009 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, in downtown Columbus, Ohio. more...

15 years of FreeDOS.
Originally released on the 28th of June 1994, FreeDOS is now 15 years old. FreeDOS is a free open source DOS clone. The current release, version 1.0, was released in early September of 2006 and is licensed under GPL. more...

As Dell and Acer Duke it Out, Their Open Source Stances Matter.
For so many years, Taiwan-based Acer was an under-the-radar computer manufacturer. Although it has been the number three player, behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell, for a long time, even the company's previous business strategy tended to keep it anonymous. Acer used to make computers that other companies would put their brands on. It was better known overseas than in the United States. more... and Dell’s Consumer Ubuntu Linux Strategy.

Misc.
Intel develops simpler alternative to ACPI for Linux.
Top 10 Linux Backup and Recovery software.
Magento's open-source e-commerce platform makes progress.
Social media center Boxee comes to Windows.
VirtualBox 3.0 Beta 2 arrives.
EXT4, Btrfs, NILFS2 Performance Benchmarks.

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