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Debian group encourages female developers

The number of female developers working on Debian is set to rise in the next few months thanks to the work of Debian Women. Read more »

Debian developers determined to do it alone

Frustrated software programmers unable to sign up to the voluntarily run community of developers behind the Debian GNU/Linux operating system have criticised the management of the project. Read more »

Debian developers seek new leader

The Debian Linux distribution is seeking a new leader. Read more »

Q&A: Debian leader on not being in it for the money

The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year. Read more »

Debian locks out developers after server hack

The Debian GNU/Linux project has locked a number of its developers out of their system accounts following a security scare in which the hack of a key internal server was discovered this week. Read more »

Towns the talk of Debian Project

The widely-used Debian GNU/Linux distribution has a new project leader following an election process spanning several weeks. Read more »

Debian preps for December code release

Developers of the popular Debian Linux distribution are ramping up coding efforts as they plan to release the next version of their operating system in December this year. Read more »

Debian bangs drum for mission-critical apps

Debian, a free distribution of the Linux operating system, is better suited to mission-critical applications than rival commercial distributions, one of the distribution's developers claimed on Friday. Read more »

First code release for Debian consortium

A consortium of Linux vendors created to promote the commercial use of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution has released its first product, and plans more. Read more »

Debian tipped for February release

The long-awaited next version of the Debian open-source operating system is most likely to be released in February, according to members of the Debian community. Read more »

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Tech tips: Administering Windows from Linux

Terminal Services provides handy remote administration capabilities--and now, it's not limited to Windows. See how rdesktop allows Linux systems to connect to Terminal Services and administer Windows systems. Read more »

Jump into LAMP development with XAMPP

Want to get a LAMP development effort fired up without the hassles of configuring everything from scratch? XAMPP makes it a breeze. Read more »

Inside the open-source development model

Programmers contribute to free software and open source projects for many reasons. In this article we take a closer look into the development models of three open source projects. Read more »

Profile: Sydney Linux Users Group

The Sydney Linux Users Group or SLUG as they are better known are an active group of Linux enthusiasts that meet monthly at the University of Technology in Sydney. Read more »

Special coverage: Linux.conf.au 2004

Adelaide is set to host Linux.conf.au 2004 --one of the world's largest gatherings of open source developers--Builder AU takes you behind the scenes, in this exclusive coverage. Read more »

VMware's US$200,000 virtualisation challenge

Fancy coding virtual appliances? Then you might be in with a chance... Read more »

Open Source Java won't change your life

Sun Microsystems' decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open-source officer. Read more »

The open-source techie who means business

Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop. Read more »

UnitedLinux: Standardising Linux

UnitedLinux is an attempt to begin addressing an old problem with Linux--the inconsistencies between distributions. Read more »

A look inside Google's open source kitchen

Google's Chris DiBona says the search giant has a lot of involvement in open source, but is also a firm believer in proprietary software. Read more »

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Novell developer tool embraces main rival

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Novell has endowed its OpenSuse Build Service with the ability to produce software for its main rival -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Read more »

LCA Opening Day

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Distro chairs, gentoo, solar cars plus Jonathon Oxer. And that's before things really get going! Read more »

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  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

  • Staff Adobe briefly considered its own browser

    Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, but are that many people so in love with it? Meanwhile, the Flash player dominates its segment because lots of people find it to be a terrific. So might Adobe one day decide that the next logical step is to try its hand at building its own Web browser? Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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