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Microsoft CodePlex tacks on Git versioning support

Responding to user demand, Microsoft now allows projects using its CodePlex open source code repository to use the increasingly popular Git version-control system built by Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
AccuRev to add Git to Kando enterprise developer tool

Developer tool provider AccuRev will release a package designed to help enterprises incorporate the increasingly popular Git open source version-control software into their development operations, the company announced Tuesday.
Ubuntu makes enterprise server move

Ubuntu is no longer merely the desktop Linux distribution of choice anymore, if a new survey is to be believed.
New Linux phone can 'pwn' Wi-Fi

Open source developer NeoPwn has built what it claims is the first Wi-Fi penetration testing platform to run from a mobile phone.
Welsh council rolls out open-source email to 150 schools

A Welsh council has introduced an open-source email system covering more than 150 schools with around 30,000 users.
Open source router gets VPN capability

Vyatta is adding VPN support to the latest release of its open source router/firewall.
HP to support Debian

HP is to support community Linux, Debian
Linux Standards Base reaches critical mass with CA support
USB pocket server offers files to go
Security group warns of another hole in Linux kernel

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Linux Mint sticks to the classic desktop flavour

Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open source Linux distribution.
Understanding Hitachi's plunge into the blue

HDS has added BlueArc's high-performance NAS to its portfolio in a 5-year OEM deal and is getting involved in lots of deals as a result.
New Sun exec aims to close Solaris ?usability gap?

Debian founder Ian Murdock drew a lot of puzzled looks from colleagues in the Linux community when he joined Sun last month. Here, he explains why.
CCTV moves online

Video surveillance is an increasingly digital world, and now it's starting to link in with other IP-based security systems.
Nokia's Linux tablet - the shape of things to come?

It's got serious limitations, but the Nokia 770 shows how Linux could be a quick way into mass marketa.
Microsoft's Linux strategist Martin Taylor

One year into the job as Microsoft's Linux strategist, Martin Taylor spills the beans about his view of the open source world.

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