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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Robert Lange has announced the availability of the first alpha release of VectorLinux 7.0: "The development crew is happy to bring you the first core release of VectorLinux 7.0. This is alpha 1 so expect your computer to catch fire and crash and burn This is all .

Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Kris Moore has announced that the first beta release of the upcoming PC-BSD 8.1, a desktop-oriented variant of FreeBSD, is now ready for download and testing: "The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.1-BETA1 (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE, and KDE 4.4.4. Version 8.1 .

Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.7, an Ubuntu-based distribution on a DVD with several desktop environments and extra software packages: "Ultimate Edition 2.7 was built off Ultimate Edition 2.6 (Ubuntu 10.04). Major difference being that it has been fully updated and has the following .

Source: Linux Today

CBC News: "Quebec's government broke the law by buying software from Microsoft without considering offers from other vendors, the province's Superior Court has ruled."

Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "Qi Hardware is now shipping its first "copyleft hardware" device, the ultra-portable Ben NanoNote.

The palm-sized notebook is designed to be a hackable hardware platform for Linux developers, akin to what the Arduino board is for electronics projects."

Source: Linux Today

OStatic: "Once upon a time, you could buy a laptop or netbook with an Intel chipset and be confident that it would work well with Linux. That changed drastically with the release of the GMA500 video chipset, named "Poulsbo.""

Source: Linux Today

Berkeley LUG: "The fourth update to the Mephisto 1.10 series has been released. New features were back-ported from v11 to increase stability because the 1.10 branch is going for stability."

Source: Linux Magazine: Top Stories

Q: What did one lumberjack say to the other lumberjack? A: Watch those logs.

Source: Security DevCenter

Randy (the artist half of the strip) is in the hospital with what we hope is a minor issue. We'll try to get some strips up this week, but obviously, Randy's health comes first.

James

Source: Security DevCenter

Source: Security DevCenter