Open Source

After many delays, you can finally download Firefox 3.5 from Mozilla.org. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate its speed, stability, security, and, err, private browsing mode.

By Richi Jennings: your humble blogwatcher, who selected these bloggy morsels for your enjoyment. Not to mention life in plastic: it's fantastic...

If you want to use Ubuntu Linux serveea, and the idea of saving money by running your servers on a cloud sounds interesting, boy does Canonical have a deal for you.

The new version of Firefox 3.5 once more sets the bar for what a Web browser should be, but Chrome continues to catch up.

Linux users like to snicker at Windows users because, while they constantly need to reboot, we may need to reboot every few months. Thanks to a rapidly maturing new project, Ksplice, Linux fans may soon never need to reboot again.

Ever wonder why bad Microsoft news and good Linux news tend to not get much attention? One reason is because organized groups make sure those stories get as little attention as possible on social networks. But, this is not just technology news. It happens to all news and opinion stories.

Recession? What recession? Red Hat's latest quarter is bigger than ever.

Today saw not one, but two major Linux releases for classrooms from Sugar Labs and openSUSE.

You've long been able to use many Windows applications on desktop Linux... if you knew what you were doing. With the new version of Crossover Linux, though, anyone can install and run Windows applications on Linux.

I'll tell what's a real open-source software advantage: It can help you save a job. Like maybe yours. Here's how.

Every time Microsoft seems to sew up the netbook market, it makes yet one more blunder, giving Linux a big market opening. This time around could be the worst: Microsoft apparently plans to charge netbook makers up $55 for Windows 7 Starter Edition, about double what it charges for XP. At that price, buyers just may opt for Linux instead.

Step by step Linux keeps getting better. Here's the best of the latest release's features.

If there's been any doubt that Microsoft plans to use Windows 7 to put the nail in the coffin of desktop Linux, there's this news: Microsoft says it will no longer cripple the Windows 7 Starter Edition it's targeting for use on netbooks. Users will be able to run as many applications at a time as they want.

A developer release of Google's Chrome Web browser is now available and it's really rough. But, it's also really fast.

There's little hardware left that Linux doesn't run, but Novell's Greg Kroah-Hartman is making sure that what doesn't run with Linux now soon will be running with Linux.

If you take all the Linux netbook announcements from the Computex trade show and add them up, they equal good times ahead for the Linux desktop. Here's how it works out.