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Linux vs. Windows Mobile Posted By Fergal Breen - 15:33, 21 June 2005 Edited by Fergal Breen - 15:33, 21 June 2005
The site Wiki XDA Developers announces a project to port Linux to a range of mobile devices.
The objective is to replace Windows Mobile with a completely operational version of Linux OS, which can exploit fully the PDA's capabilities including Telephony.
EU Patent laws Posted By Fergal Breen - 12:57, 21 June 2005 Edited by Fergal Breen - 12:57, 21 June 2005
The Legal Affairs Committee today voted on amendments to the Rocard report on the software patents directive and approved a number of amendments.
The result overall leaves the key loopholes of the Council's text wide open, and in some cases even widened further.
The directive will now be voted on by the full Parliament, in two weeks' time.
Cladonia releases v3.1 of Exchanger XML Editor Posted By Ken Guest - 11:43, 16 June 2005 Edited by Ken Guest - 11:43, 16 June 2005
As contributed by cladonia
Galway based,Cladonia Limited announces the immediate availability of Version 3.1 of the Exchanger XML Editor.
Fedora Core 4 Launched Posted By Daragh Mc Grath - 16:13, 15 June 2005
Fedora Core 4 is now available from Red Hat and at distinguished mirror sites near you, and is also available in the torrent. Fedora Core is available for x86-64, i386, and ppc/ppc64.
Nokia build on Konqueror for Series 60 browser Posted By Ken Guest - 14:54, 13 June 2005 Edited by Ken Guest - 14:54, 13 June 2005
As contributed by Fergal Breen
Nokia have released a new web browser for their Series 60 OS, which is based on best-of-breed Open Source Software from KDE.
A key component of this development has been Nokia's cooperation with Apple, as the Series 60 browser will use the same open source components, WebCore and JavaScriptCore, that Apple uses in its popular Safari Internet browser. Based on KHTML and KJS from KDE's "Konqueror" open source project, this software has enabled Safari to achieve industry-leading features and performance. Nokia intends to continue its collaboration with Apple and actively participate in the open source community to further develop and enhance these components, contributing Nokia's expertise in mobility.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Released Posted By Niall Walsh - 00:48, 7 June 2005 Edited by Niall Walsh - 00:48, 7 June 2005
The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 3.1 codenamed ``sarge'' after nearly three years of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of eleven processor architectures, includes KDE, GNOME and GNUstep desktop environments, features cryptographic software, is compatible with the FHS v2.3, and supports software developed for the LSB. With the development of the new debian-installer, this release features a new, modular and sophisticated installation routine with integrated hardware detection and unattended installation capabilities. The installation is available in about thirty languages and includes configuration of the X server for many graphic cards.
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