Juergen's Linux Blog November 2006 Archive

Motorola introduces the Linux-based MOTOFONE that features so-called electronic paper as display. Unlike standard back lit LCD displays that fade away in sunlight, electronic paper has the look and feel ... Read More

Nubuntu is a variant of the Ubuntu Linux distribution that is specialized for network and security testing. Compared to the standard Ubuntu version Nubuntu includes a set of network and ... Read More

OpenVPN is an Open Source VPN (Virtual Private Network) solution. VPN software creates a private communications network that may operate over a public network such as the Internet. The communication ... Read More

Monta Vista Software Inc. has released an Eclipse compatible IDE (integrated development environment) for simplifying embedded Linux development. The IDE, codenamed Project Tsuki, is the successor of the DevRocket IDE, ... Read More

The Fedora project is expected to make some significant changes during the development of the next version. The most obvious change will probably be the omission of "Core" in the ... Read More

ftp is an easy-to-use command line program for transferring files to and from computers that run ftp servers. The key advantage of the ftp client program is that it comes ... Read More

Linspire is introducing a new email and file storage service for users of its Linux distributions Linspire and Freespire. The service, called FreeLinuxEmail, is based on IMAP and is supposed ... Read More

Sun Microsystems has made several key components of Java available for free download. According to an earlier announcement by Sun Microsystems, the complete Java Standard Edition as well as the ... Read More

FreeBASIC is a free and open-source BASIC compiler. It is compatible to a large extent with MS-QuickBASIC (QBASIC), but has additional features such as pointers, unsigned data types and inline-assembly. One ... Read More

The sponsor or Ubuntu Linux, Canonical Ltd., announced that the programming platform for developing and running distributed, modular Java applications, Java Enterprise Edition (previously known as J2EE), will be available ... Read More

According to its developer First International Computing, OpenMoko presents a Linux platform for smart phones and makes mobile systems as open as the PC. The OpenMoko framework includes the ... Read More

The developers of the lightweight desktop environment Xfce have released the second release candidate of version 4.4. Xfce is the desktop front end that distinguishes the Linux distribution Xubuntu from ... Read More

SUSE Linux distributor Novell and Microsoft have agreed to improve the relationship between the Linux and Windows operating systems. The move is a response to concerns of corporate users who ... Read More

The most significant innovation of this version is the integration of the Magnatune Musicstore. This allows you to use Amarok to listen to songs you are interested in and purchase ... Read More