Masahiro Takahata has announced the release of Momonga Linux 5, a Japanese community distribution (with support for Japanese and English) loosely modelled on Fedora. Some of the main features and changes compared to the project's previous version include: reduced the

Ben Zhao has announced the release of CDlinux 0.6.2, a minimalist live CD combining the Xfce desktop with a careful selection of lightweight applications: "We are pleased to announce the release of CDlinux 0.6.2. This release features great enhancements over

Here's an interesting look at what you can expect when you use a Symbian device that's running S60 5th edition - like the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music.

Nokia has rolled out a new Beta mobile email service, enabling users to quickly and easily setup mobile email (a free service) on your mobile. Simply register for the service online, enter your email account setup parameters, download... enjoy!

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0937

A new update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Here the announcement:

A new Ruby vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0937

Blue GNU: "Although Picasa is now available on GNU/Linux, it is still proprietary and, as such, unethical. One year ago, I wrote a simple Bash script that handles a very rapid download of entire PicasaWeb albums/galleries. During the last weeks,

Linux Journal: "A subtle point about pathname expansion that is not often understood is that it is done by bash and not by the operating system or by the program that is being run. The program never sees the wildcards,

O'Reilly: "Though open drivers exist for video cards produced by companies who produce binary-only drivers, I realized a fundamental point about my purchasing habits. I'm profoundly uncomfortable purchasing devices which, by default, do not provide the freedoms I desire."

DevX: "Yet many developers try to build their own cryptographic technology, which often gets them in trouble. A better approach is to employ tools that rely on proven cryptography techniques and algorithms. A great example of this approach is eCryptfs,

ServerWatch: "Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS) separates itself from the pack in several ways. First and foremost, it occupies a newly emerging niche of "commercial open source" products. That is, the base version of ZCS is open source software, free to

The Smaller Bang: "After a few months of using it, I finally feel I am confident enough to write a piece about one of the best, and I MEAN best, linux distros ever, archlinux. This distro is rather unique, and

Linux and Open Source: "You can read stories about doom and depression somewhere else today...There is something there that does not exist in the proprietary wreckage, something important. Code."

Open Enterprise: "Once it emerged that Google ran on GNU/Linux, there could be no more argument about the latter's suitability for the enterprise. Similarly, MySQL's adoption by just about every Web 2.0 company meant that it, too, could no longer

Defensive Computing: "The S10 is here, I ordered one yesterday and I'm psyched. The IdeaPad S10 is Lenovo's just-released entry in the Netbook market. "Netbook" is a new term that's applied to cheap small laptops that run either Windows XP

LinuxDevices: "DisklessWorkstations says one of its thin clients now supports dual monitors, when used with LTSP 5 (Linux Terminal Server Project v5). The Troy, Michigan based thin client vendor claims to be the "first to release how to configure dual

Linux and Open Source: "Our review of the latest Linux laptop, the Asus EeePC 1000, has not begun auspiciously but with an important lesson.In a Linux laptop, the bundle is all."

Wi-Fi Planet: "Not that Sputnik has grown enormous or anything. It's still a lean, mean entrepreneurial machine, with fewer than ten employees. But it evidently hasn't just been flying in circles. LaDuke says Sputnik will start showing an operational profit