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Mozilla 0.9.3 released

16 top crash bugs fixed, some minor changes to the modern theme and a few usability improvements make up the new release. Download now.

Samba 2.2.1 released

This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is thev version that all production Samba servers should be running for all current bug-fixes.

Samba 2.2.1 released

This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is thev version that all production Samba servers should be running for all current bug-fixes.

Why electronic voting software should be free software

This article explores why there are strong technical, legal and political reasons for Free Software technologies being the only ones considered for use in legally binding votes conducted with Internet or other electronic technologies.

GNU announces DotGNU and GNU Mono to replace Microsoft .NET

The Mono Project is a community initiative to develop a Free Software, GNU/Linux-based version of the Microsoft .NET development platform. Incorporating key .NET compliant components, including a C# compiler, a Common Language Runtime just-in-time compiler, and a full suite of class libraries, the Mono Project will enable developers to create .NET applications and run them on Windows or any Mono-supported platform, including GNU/Linux and Unix.

GNU announces DotGNU and GNU Mono to replace Microsoft .NET

The Mono Project is a community initiative to develop a Free Software, GNU/Linux-based version of the Microsoft .NET development platform. Incorporating key .NET compliant components, including a C# compiler, a Common Language Runtime just-in-time compiler, and a full suite of class libraries, the Mono Project will enable developers to create .NET applications and run them on Windows or any Mono-supported platform, including GNU/Linux and Unix.

Why open source software / free software (OSS/FS)? Look at the numbers!

Here's some numbers regarding market share, reliability, performance, scaleability, security, total cost of ownership of GNU/Linux and the Apache web server.

Why open source software / free software (OSS/FS)? Look at the numbers!

Here's some numbers regarding market share, reliability, performance, scaleability, security, total cost of ownership of GNU/Linux and the Apache web server.

Why should you care about open source?

"Despite the prominence of the Linux versus Windows struggle, the issue of whether or not source code should be publicly available concerns much more than competing operating systems."

New OS options galore

"To no one's surprise, the best-represented OS category is of the genus Unix, and includes its many and varied subspecies. While those on the x86 side of the fence are accustomed to--if not outright blasé about--the opulent choice of operating systems available to them, the PowerPC hasn't traditionally offered nearly as much choice. That has not only changed, but even continued to improve."