Mozilla has just released version 3.0.1 of the Firefox browser; the first maintenance update removes a couple of vulnerabilities and fixes a some minor bugs.

At first, plans for Gtk+ 3 were considered unnecessary – the developers themselves considered the 2.x version mature enough – now, some developers are toying with the idea of developing Gtk+ 3. Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza comments on and criticizes the developments in his blog.

The first step towards improving a system's security, is discovering the status quo. Lynis, a small command line program helps users do so.

KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation will be holding their annual Akademy and GUADEC conferences jointly next year in Gran Canaria.

The biggest problem with getting stuff for free is that you are likely to be irritating some company wanting to charge for the service. That is exactly the relationship between Linux and Microsoft. Despite being one of the most successful and profitable companies on the planet, it seems that Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer
is losing sleep over all the cash that the evil free software community is diverting from his firm.

Ballmer asserts that Linux developments have infringed nearly 250 Microsoft patents and he hints that to some extent free software developers are standing on the shoulders of Microsoft developers. Microsoft is not the only bear in the room for the Linux community as there are a number of other patent-based issues that Linux faces. However, Linux survives thanks to some innovative options and a delicate balance.

In this white paper we will review the problems and solutions to Linux’s seemingly age-old patent issues.

Xfce is a light and flexible desktop alternative. We took a look at what’s coming with the latest version.