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Skype for Linux going (almost) open source. The UI will be open, but not the core.

Open source identity: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson. In this Q&A, he discusses the history of Rails and where it's headed.

5 open source billing systems to watch. AgileBill and others take care of payment processing, invoicing, and more.

Web Open Font Format gets backing from Mozilla. It's an effort to bring advanced typography to the web in a much better way.

Setting up a MySQL cluster for your Linux desktop. It's not so complicated.

Users nervous about Oracle's acquisition of MySQL. Concerns also linger over the fate of other Sun technologies such as Solaris and Java.

Eucalyptus CTO discusses open source clouds. He discusses Eucalyptus' first commercial product--an open source private cloud platform that supports Amazon AWS APIs and leverages VMware.

Alpha 680 Android netbook review. One of the first Android netbooks has some rough edges, but shows promise.

Mozilla prepares for SeaMonkey 2.0 release. THe second beta of its Internet app suite arrives, final version coming next month.

Linux webserver botnet pushes malware. A security researcher has discovered a cluster of infected Linux servers that have been corralled into a special ops botnet.

Fedora 11 is now available. It features ext4, the latest GNOME, KDE and XFCE releases, and Microsoft Exchange compatibility.

Mozilla to deliver a preview of Firefox 3.5 today. It will arrive in advance of the official Release Candidate 1.

Novell is considering an open source app store. It's a new way of marketing open source, officials say.

KDE On Windows continues. There are rumors that KDE isn't moving forward on the Windows platform--not true.

Seen: Linux notebooks with ARM CPUs. Freescale and Qualcomm have coined the term smartbook for them.

Cloud computing: A natural conclusion of open source? The cloud takes open source toward a logical goal, with services reigning.

Will European rules impact open source business models? Differences between enterprise and community versions of applications call for scrutiny.

Is Mozilla planning to scrap tabbed browsing? It's running a design challenge to find an alternative to tabs in browsers.

10 solid Linux distributions for your netbook. Every distro has its own advantages.

Is Linux not yet ready for the desktop? Here's a laundry list of alleged shortcomings.

Microsoft search to be powered by open source. The company's new Kumo search technology is filled with open source.

What you should expect from Fedora 11. Here's a screenshot-driven tour of it, scheduled for release on May 26th.

Beyond Firefox: 10 other great Linux browsers. Have you tried Midori, Seamonkey, and Arora?

Novell throws support behind Moblin Linux for Intel Atom netbooks, devices. Eschewing its own SUSE Linux, Novell will back Intel's Moblin Linux for netbooks and smartphones.?

There are many reasons to love the open source approach. The events chronicled in an article on NetworkWorld surrounding an exploit affecting Firefox outlines, quite elegantly, how open code outwardly appears risky, and -- well, wide open -- and how that same quality generates faster fixes and stronger applications.

A security researcher discovered that Firefox is vulnerable to remote memory corruption, enabling attackers to execute malicious (or at least very much unauthorized) code within the context of the browser. While security researchers spend countless hours searching out bugs and vulnerabilities, it's not usually the case that the offending attack finds its way into the public eye. Yesterday, however, this little exploit was published on several security sites. The vulnerability affects Firefox versions 3.0 through 3.0.7, on all platforms. In less than 24 hours, developers issued a patch for the vulnerability, to be included in next week's 3.0.8 release.

Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 now available. It has an improved Private Browsing Mode, the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, and more. Get it here.

Mozilla contemplates a future without Google. Could it get more millions from another search partner than it currently gets from Google?

T-Mobile G1 fire sale. Get an Android phone for under $80.

Adium gets its Twitter on in version 1.4. The great open source, multiprotocol Mac instant-messaging app is tackling solid Twitter functionality.

6 ways to connect Linux to the outside world that are not wireless, Bluetooth, or Ethernet. It can be done.

The ABC's of PHP. How to get started with it.

Interview with Linus Torvalds. The chief architect and creator of the Linux kernel stopped for a chat at Linux.conf.au in Australia.

The second netbook wave begins. Asus is taking pre-orders for a netbook based on Intel's next-generation netbook platform, the top-secret N280/GN40? chipset.

T-Mobile G1 update is out early. The next firmware update is arriving.

Fennec rising. An early build of Mozilla's much-ballyhooed Firefox for Windows Mobile browser (Fennec) has been leaked.

Free online Ubuntu book tops 150,000 downloads. A few days ago we covered a great, free book download on Ubuntu. The author reports that it's been downloaded over 150,000 times.

The free-download economy is dead. The allure of free just isn't as strong now.

Citrix, Intel developing open source Xen desktop hypervisor.....

Mozilla plays a risky game with Theora codec endorsement.....

Sexy Android phone, General Mobile DSTL 1 seen here.....

Linux dead at hands of Windows 7? Horse puckey!.....

Deutsche Telekom spawns open source cloud vendor Zimory...and more on open source cloud resources.....

Torvalds, KDE 4, and the media circus.....