At work we develop two open source Java applications, Xena and DPR, both of which we host on Sourceforge under CVS. I’ve been pushing to move away from CVS for […]
If you’ve been following the news of late, you’ll be aware that Microsoft is suing Tom Tom (maker of GPS devices which ship with Linux) over claimed patent infringements, which […]
The Linux Format sponsored guys over at Tux Radar have made PDF versions of the current Linux Format UK magazine available for free download via bittorrent until 23:59:59 GMT March […]
The LinuxFormat Magazine guys over at TuxRadar have released their 130 page Linux Starter Pack on making the move to Linux as a free PDF download. New to the wonderful […]
Ars Technica has an article about issues with Seagate series 11 drives. If you have one, I suggest you take a look and see if your model is affected. I […]
Sun has released version 1.2 of their ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office. It allows users stuck with that office suite to import and export data in open document format and […]
Well this week I created my very first DistroWatch Weekly as the new editor of the popular newsletter. While some readers complained that Ubuntu is getting too much coverage, I […]
Looks like domains hosted under my account with Dreamhost are really, really slow (more so than usual). Apologies for that, I’ll try and look into a new hosting plan somewhere […]
Wine’s pretty good these days. On its own it can install and run programs like Microsoft Office under Linux. This is thanks, in part, to contributions made to the Wine […]