Fine-Tuning Kubuntu, Mar 14, 2006

As nice as Kubuntu is, the default installation doesn't fit every user. This article shows how to get help, get access to more software packages, set up a firewall, and review and get rid of unnecessary services.

Swiss company ImCoSys debuted its new Linux smart phone, which runs embedded Linux and includes additional applications such as a browser, calendar and music player, at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany.

Former Massachusetts state government CIO, Peter Quinn believes that any technology leader, in the public or private sector, who is not supporting and implementing open standards should resign and get out of the business.

Red Hat has shipped a fresh version of its high-end Linux operating system that pushes support for large x86 systems much higher.

The stereotype of free open-source software running on recycled hardware is fast disappearing as businesses choose it over proprietary systems.

New versions of Ubuntu Linux have been released at a steady six-month cadence, but project founder Mark Shuttleworth is considering a six-week delay to improve the reliability of an important new version.

Small and medium-size businesses increasingly want to customize their business applications, and some software vendors are making sure they can, mainly through open-source initiatives, vendors at CeBIT said on Saturday.

A pair of security bugs in cryptography software could allow an attacker to insert content into a digitally signed message or forge signatures on files.

Midland Memorial is running OpenVista as part of an open-source software stack on Red Hat's Linux Enterprise AS (advanced server) operating system, Whiles says. The Linux software runs on two Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL850 servers working in an active/passive cluster.

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