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Moonlight 2 expands Silverlight capabilities for Linux

December 18th, 2009 No Comments

Reproduced from InfoWorld

The Novell-sponsored Mono Project will announce on Thursday availability of Moonlight 2, an open source browser plug-in that brings to Unix and Linux desktops the capabilities of the Microsoft Silverlight multimedia platform.

The company also will announce an extension of a patent covenant with Microsoft in which Microsoft has pledged not to sue users and distributors of Moonlight, this time covering every Linux variant and not just Novell’s Suse Linux. Novell and Microsoft also have agreed to continue development of Moonlight. Version 2 is downloadable at this Web page.

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Homebrew pocket console Pandora’s box is now open

December 16th, 2009 No Comments

Posted in Media/Presentations | Tags: Hardware, OSS

40+ great open source apps & games to trick out your new Windows install

December 15th, 2009 No Comments

Reproduced from DownloadSquad This weekend I finished setting up a fresh triple-boot install on my MSI laptop. With my operating systems ready to go, the time had come to start reinstalling applications. While it wasn’t a conscious decision, I noticed that the majority of my apps were Open Source – so I decided to keep [...]

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MySQL creator launches campaign to ‘save’ database

December 14th, 2009 No Comments

Reproduced from ComputerWorld

IDG News Service – The creator of MySQL has launched a Web-based campaign to “save” the open-source database from the “clutches” of Oracle, which is attempting to purchase its current owner, Sun Microsystems.

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