Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition, Dec 31, 2004

I've been running the recently released Deluxe Edition of Xandros Desktop OS for the past week. Xandros 3 has proven to be all that I hoped for, and more. This release should prove a good fit for many, combining the ease of use and elegant good looks that Xandros brings to the table with the underlying power and stability of Debian.

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has demanded evidence that desktop Linux is gaining ground: Norway's second city Bergen has the answer

President Chavez issued a decree this week which says that Venezuela’s public administration will switch over to use so-called Open Source software, such as the Linux operating system, over the course of the next two years.

Did you ever wish that you could track the location of a mobile user? Well, this could very well be a reality largely thanks to the efforts of three young Mumbai-based IITians, who have developed a Linux-based software application that tracks the location of mobile phones.

More than 25,000 people have registered their signatures on a Web site to thank Poland for stopping the EU from ratifying the patent directive last week

Webmaster's note: Not exactly Linux related, but it is Friday ... and the last day of the year ...

A group of IT-students fra the IT-University in Copenhagen has launched a new "open-source" beer, writes the technical journal Ingeniřren.

For those who remember the browser wars, Microsoft seems to be missing in action from the latest battle.

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