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OpenOffice.org 3.2 is now available
The world's most popular Open Source productivity suite is now available for download.
openSUSE Live
This is a project which tries to make it easier for users in testing the newest openSUSE distribution and also to try it out without installing it on a computer. It is publicly available system running on open-source virtualization technology KVM and libvirt.
Delivering Maximum Business Value By Leveraging Open Source Technology
Open Source Technology Seminar will be held on 10th March 2010 at Putrajaya International Convention Centre. Registration is required although admission is free due to limited seats available. 10 early birds will be entitled to mystery gifts. An event organised by TechnoDec Solutions and ECS Pericomp Sdn Bhd. Please RSVP by 1 March 2010 to : Adeline @ +603 6286 8222/ Helen @+603 8070 3155 Email: adelinelee@ecsm.com.my / helen.lim@technodex.com
OpenOffice 3.2: more stability, more speed
The OpenOffice team have made version 3.2 of the open source office suite for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Solaris available to download.
OpenOffice.org 3.2 is now available
The world's most popular Open Source productivity suite is now available for download.
Munich administration switches to OpenDocument Format
The LiMux project, which oversees Linux migration in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, has reached another milestone.
Study: > 21% of German PCs run OpenOffice
According to Webmasterpro.de, a German IT service provider, the open source OpenOffice suite and its derivatives, such as StarOffice or IBM's Lotus Symphony, are installed on more than 21% of German PCs.
Penang State Government Migrating to OpenOffice.org
Penang State Government is migrating to OpenOffice.org. In 2009, a migration team was specifically set up for this purpose. OpenOffice.org training to this migration team is already underway. In 2010, it is expected that OpenOffice.org be installed in all PC/Notebook in stages. MS office will be uninstalled from all system in stages from July 2010 and that new document must be created using OpenOffice.org. By 2011, full OpenOffice.org implementation is expected in Penang State Government. For further information, please visit http://openoffice.penang.gov.my/
Danes ditch Microsoft, take ODF road - at last
The Danish Parliament has agreed to ditch some Microsoft-based software in favour of the ODF standard from April next year.
M'sia govt touts 95 percent OSS adoption
SINGAPORE--Some 95 percent of Malaysia's government agencies have adopted open source software (OSS), but the remaining 5 percent have not warmed to the concept--and is unlikely to anytime soon, according to a government official.
Growing OSS Deployment in Nordic and Benelux regions
According to a regional survey conducted by by TNS Gallup on behalf of Sun Microsystem, 44 percent of all large and medium-sized companies in the Nordic and Benelux countries are using open source software (OSS). Finland tops the list with 54% of organisations currently deploying OSS.
Laman Open Office Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang
Laman Open Office Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang http://openoffice.penang.gov.my/
GNUmed Project
GNUmed is a group of practicing doctors, programmers and free software enthusiasts from around the world, committed to provide a superior, free software solution for community practice
Open Norway: Norwegian Broadcasting Moves to OpenOffice and ODF
Norway's national broadcasting and TV facility NRK is intent on using the Open Document Format as a standard and is therefore changing its clients over to OpenOffice.
Lexmark Printer Drivers
Recent acceptance of Linux have increase the number of printer vendors producing drivers for printers.
Kumpulan Sokongan Komputer Internet dan Sumber Terbuka OSS Malaysia 2009
Senarai ini diharapkan dapat membantu bagi yang mencari kumpulan sokongan komputer, Internet dan sumber terbuka, Open Source Software (OSS) bagi pengguna komputer dan Internet Malaysia. Dokumen dalam bentuk PDF, ODT dan juga laman web.
Governments as a big Linux user in 2010
As Linux gain in connecting media devices, some experts are perdicting what is in store for Linux in 2010.
Windows Media playback through Moonlight and Firefox for Linux
Moonshine is a Firefox plugin that allows support for Windows Media content. When Firefox comes across content advertised as Windows Media, it loads the Moonshine plugin which in turn loads Moonlight.
Fedora 10 SELinux Guide PDF
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a Linux feature that provides the configuration a variety of security policies via mandatory access controls, through the use of modules in the Linux kernel.
DISA certifies DNSsec IPv6 appliance
Defense Department, other agencies can benefit from InfoWeapons SolidDNS The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) has concluded that InfoWeapons SolidDNS meets the requirements to qualify as a certified IPv6-ready device, providing organizations with the ability to run an IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack Domain Name Service (DNS) from a single appliance.
Malaysian Government Saves Big with Open Source Article By Linuxjournal.com
Malaysian Government Saves Big with Open Source Article By Linuxjournal.com
MAMPU OSCC Achieves savings of RM40m With Open Source
MAMPU OSCC achieves savings of RM40m with open source post in Open Malaysia Blog.
Open Source gaining ground in Malaysia Post In Truth Happens Red Hat Magazine
Article title Open Source gaining ground in Malaysia Post In Truth Happens Red Hat Magazine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Open Sources Epi Info
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has released an open-source version of its software for epidemiological analysis.
Projek HasLin Panel Kini Berdaftar sourceforge
Projek HasLin Panel telah Berdaftar dengan sourceforge
"Big" website portal choose open source CMS
Have you been wondering which platform does those "big" website portal used as their platform or backend system? Back then, I always thought that they would probably have bunch of really good programmers and designers. Or they had spent lots of money for some web technologies. Some of us probably still think that too?
Secure Apache: Out, Damned Bot!
The introduction of almost any technology is closely followed by attempts to figure out how to abuse it. As the technology matures, the methods of abuse become more and more sophisticated.
The Big Ol' Ubuntu Security Resource
Ubuntu is billed as ultra-secure, but its default install has flaws. Here are the mods you need to protect your system.
Projek HasLin Panel.
Projek Pembangunan Panel Linux menggunakan PHP dan MYSQL.
The Open Source Enterprise: Its Time Has Come
In an economic slowdown that's getting worse, open source matters, now more than ever. Only it's not in the way you think. Downloading "free" software has never been all that great a path to budget savings for most companies, given all the hidden costs that came with it.
The German Foreign Ministry moving all desktops to OSS
The German Foreign Ministry moving all desktops to GNU/Linux and OSS
Fedora 9 is worth US$10 Billion
The popular community Linux distribution is estimated to worth US$ 10 Billion if it is built from scratch.
Processes Monitoring with ps-watcher
p-watcher is a flexible process monitoring tool that has almost no dependencies and can be easily installed on any Linux system to monitor and if need to restar any downed services.
Spacewalk - OSS version of RHN Satellite
Spacewalk is an open source (GPLv2) Linux systems management solution. It is the upstream community project from which the Red Hat Network Satellite product is derived.
OpenSUSE Build Service
A build service for from OpenSUSE people. Makes the building of compiling distribution easier. Also has some support for Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian.
Firefox 3 has been released!!
One of the safest and most configurable (and free!) web browser is released! Click above to read more.
Brazil and India Appeals OOXML as a Standard
Reports that both India and Brazil have filed appeals against the adoption of the Microsoft-sponsored Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an international standard.
Cuba's University of Havana Switches Over to Free Software
After years of deliberation, the University of Havana has finally decided to switch over to free software on its network of computers, virtually all of which currently use Windows operating systems.
South Africa adopts ODF as a national standard
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) on Friday approved the Open Document Format (ODF) as an official national South African standard.
British Government Educational Agency Refers Its Interoperability Complaint to the European Commission
British Government Educational Agency Refers Its Interoperability Complaint to the European Commission British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) welcomes the European Commission's antitrust investigation of Microsoft concerning interoperability and confirms it has recently referred its interoperability complaint and supporting evidence to the Commission.
Public Beta Release of a Free/Open Source Electronic Health Record for the Philippine Health Care Industry
The first beta release of FFEHR, an electronic health record application commissioned by the ASEAN+3 node of the International Open Source Network (IOSN), was released to the public last April 28, 2008. This release comes six months after the University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center tasked free/open source software (F/OSS) programmer Nathaniel Jayme and Davao-based F/OSS organization DabaweGNU, Inc. to jointly develop FFEHR. This release marks an important milestone as the project now opens its doors for public review.
E-Maj Ubuntu for Malaysian Edisi Pertama
E-Maj Ubuntu for Malaysian adalah majalah elektronik percuma
NSW Education Downgrades Microsoft Deal
Department installs OpenOffice, opts for XP over Vista
