1. Kubuntu funding cut just one step in Canonical's grand plan
(Opinion and Analysis/Open Sauce)

... 10) but made no mention of the Kubuntu funding cut. Bacon turned up on the Linux Weekly News website, and posted a few comments, trying to create his own version of reality. For the most part, he was ...

2. EasySYNC Releases Hi-Speed USB to Multi-Port RS232/RS422/RS485 Industrial Adapters
(Industry Releases/Vendor submitted release)

... for Mac OS X, Linux Windows and Windows CE operating systems, can be downloaded free of charge from Unit pricing for the USB2-H-1001-M, USB2-H-5001-M and USB2-H-6001-M are $32.00, $39.00 and $41.50 respectively. ...

3. SUSE set to mark two decades in business
(Business IT/Open Source)

SUSE Linux will this year mark 20 years since it was brought to life by three raw German graduates and a software engineer. The four set up a company to offer UNIX advice and develop software. The ...

4. Canonical pulls funding for Kubuntu
(Business IT/Open Source)

Canonical, the company best known for its Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution, has decided to pull funding for Kubuntu, the version that has KDE as its desktop environment instead of GNOME. The upcoming ...

5. Increase your DropBox by 5Gb for free
(Opinion and Analysis/The Wired CIO)

... of this, first download and install the new DropBox beta (version 1.3.13) for Windows, Mac or Linux. Next, plug in your removable media (including phones). As well as the usual options for what to do ...

6. Open tablet Spark to hit shelves in May
(Business IT/Open Source)

The Spark, an open tablet which will be available for purchase by May this year, will run the Mer operating system, the community continuation of the Linux-based MeeGo project which is hosted by the Linux ...

7. SolarWinds significantly expands systems management product footprint with new troubleshooting tools and patch management
(Industry Releases/Sponsored Editorial)

... monitoring of Windows, Unix, and Linux servers, and provides visibility into the performance of critical IT services, the underlying application components, the operating system and server resources on ...

8. AustralianCloud, KiwiCloud select independenceIT
(Technology Feature/Cloud Computing)

... seamless integration of many Linux and Unix applications delivered and managed alongside their Microsoft counterparts,” Whitton said. Murfett said that by teaming with independenceIT,  Australian Cloud ...

9. Mandriva lives to fight another fortnight
(Business IT/Open Source)

The French GNU/Linux distribution Mandriva has been reprieved again - but only for two weeks, according to a post at the company's blog. Chief operating officer Jean-Manuel Croset said that an "external ...

10. SFC director Kuhn reacts to BusyBox flame war
(Opinion and Analysis/Open Sauce)

... war that has grown out of Linux developer Matthew Garrett's criticism of efforts to develop a replacement for the popular BusyBox program that provides minimalist replacements for the most common utilities ...

11. BusyBox replacement project fuels animated verbal spat
(Opinion and Analysis/Open Sauce)

... over, especially when it comes to licensing, and there are lots of developers who love to argue about these differences. And when Red Hat employee Matthew Garrett, a Linux kernel developer, gets involved, ...

12. First open tablet released by KDE developer
(Business IT/Open Source)

... been developed by the KDE project, one of the two main desktop interfaces for Linux. Seigo said the device "sports an open Linux stack on unlocked hardware and comes with an open content and services ...

13. Could Ubuntu Linux 12.04 turn Canonical into the new Apple?
(Opinion and Analysis/The Linux Distillery)

... poised to revolutionise the menu this April. Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux is often considered the most popular and accessible Linux distribution available and its chief driving force, Mark Shuttleworth, ...

14. Linux Australia: preaching to the converted isn't enough
(Opinion and Analysis/Open Sauce)

Last year, in its annual budget, Linux Australia allocated a sum of $5000 for media training. The entire amount was unspent. The allocation (PDF) provides an interesting comment on an organisation ...

15. Canberra to host 2013 Linux conference
(Business IT/Open Source)

Rather fittingly, given that it will celebrate its 100th birthday next year, the Australian capital, Canberra, will host the 14th national Linux conference in January 2013. Only one bid was received ...

16. Life-giving software should be open: GNOME Foundation chief
(Opinion and Analysis/Open Sauce)

... who was in Melbourne on her way back to the US from the Australian national Linux conference in Ballarat, makes the observation from personal experience; she suffers from a condition known as hypertrophic ...

17. Acronis Makes it Easy to Migrate to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0
(Industry Releases/Sponsored Editorial)

... platform. Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Virtual Edition supports Windows and Linux servers and all major virtualization solutions including VMware® vSphere™, Microsoft® Hyper-V™ and Red Hat Enterprise ...

18. Decision on Mandriva shutdown delayed
(Business IT/Open Source)

The French GNU/Linux company Mandriva has earned a stay of execution with an "external entity" expressing an interest in acquiring the company, according to the company blog A post by the company ...

19. Freedom for the masses: plug servers from FreedomBox
(Opinion and Analysis/Open Sauce)

... at the 13th Australian national Linux conference in Ballarat today. Garbee (below), the head of open source and Linux technologies at HP and a senior Debian developer, asked for a show of hands and ...

20. System Center 2012 goes to RC, free to download
(Business IT/Technology)

... XenServer as well as their own Hyper-V. They can monitor servers running Sun Solaris and various Linux and Unix distributions and integrate toolsets from HP, CA, BMC, EMC, and VMware into automated workflows. ...