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Silverlight On the Way To Linux

Slashdot: Linux  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 05:39

Afforess writes "For the past two years Microsoft and Novell have been working on the 'Moonlight' project. It is a runtime library for websites that run Silverlight.

It should allow PCs running Linux to view sites that use Siverlight.


 

Silverlight On the Way To Linux

Slashdot: Linux  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 05:39

Afforess writes "For the past two years Microsoft and Novell have been working on the 'Moonlight' project. It is a runtime library for websites that run Silverlight.

It should allow PCs running Linux to view sites that use Siverlight.


 

Tarsnap public beta

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 11/11/2008 - 20:40

Tarsnap is an implementation of Colin Percival's idea of a perfect backup system. After many months in private beta testing, tarsnap is now publicly available for BSD, Linux, and other UNIX-like operating systems.


 

IBM Commits to Future of ODF With Symphony Roadmap

Topix - Linux  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 13:35

In his keynote speech, Michael Karasick, Director of IBM Lotus China Development Labs, outlined the evolution of Symphony, which first appeared as a public beta on September 18, 2007.


 

The first public beta Linux Standard Base (LSB) 4.0

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 10/16/2008 - 17:04

The Linux Standard Base is a specification, which has overcome the differences between Linux distributions and thus facilitate and lower the costs of writing applications in many distributions.

Linux Foundation has released the first public bete LSB 4.0.


 

Linux, The Standard Version

Topix - Linux  Thu, 10/16/2008 - 12:19

The first public beta of version 4.0 of the Linux Standard Base is upon us, and with it comes some thoughts: How exactly do you standardize something as protean as Linux?

Answer: Create a standard that goes ...