Second Beta of KOffice 1.5 Released, Mar 13, 2006

With more than 1500 improvements since the first beta release of the 1.5 series, the KOffice developers invite the user community for the final round of testing of KOffice 1.5 before the first release candidate.

The usual reaction to 'Linux on the Mac' is 'Why Linux when you have OSX?' Various reasons can be cited for wanting Linux on your Mac. The primary one if of course simple curiosity: probably the thing that first drove you to non-Windows operating systems in the first place.

The developers of Gentoo-based Kororaa Linux have created a LiveCD demo of the upcoming XGL graphics technology for the Linux desktop.

There is a file that contains all the installation logs : /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat In this file, there is all the questions asked to the user abd all the user's answers. So, near the end of the file, we can find the user created during the installation... and its password (not hidden).

Xandros, better known for its desktop Linux OS, is planning to launch an enterprise server.

Nero says its Nero Mobile software supports PDAs and phones based on embedded Linux, and lets users browse, play, and organize network-resident media files.

Writely isn't a Linux word-processor. It's an "any operating system with an Internet connection and a Web browser" word-processor.

Novell has replaced its lead Linux executive for the third time in less than two years.

The open source movement gathered even more momentum in Australia this week with Novell becoming the latest Linux supplier to gain approval to sell products and services to the NSW Government.

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