This was a good week for distro releases—Fedora 10 finally landed and Ubuntu 9.04 reached alpha status. It was also a busy week for SCO. The dying UNIX vendor received and then appealed the final judgment in its dispute with Novell.
Fedora 10 released, brimming with new features: The developers behind the Fedora project announced the official release of Fedora 10. Ars takes a close look at the new features, including glitch-free PulseAudio, RPM 4.6, and the new version of Network Manager.
First Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04) alpha hops into view: Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 1 is now available for download. New packages have been merged in from Debian and work is progressing on the ARM port. Plans are also beginning to coalesce for a Mono 2.0 transition.
Final judgment: SCO owes Novell millions (plus interest): Judge Dale A. Kimball has handed down the final judgment in the SCO case. He dismissed SCO's claims and sustained his previous decision, which orders SCO to pay Novell $2.54 million.
Gitting going with git: creating your first repository: Ars walks you through the process of creating a Git repository at the Github project management site.
lns: Simple symbolic links: Don't let ln's unmemorable argument order ruin your day. Use lns instead and move on to other priorities like promoting world peace and establishing liberty justice for all... and getting your red cape to the dry cleaners before picking up your Starbucks order.
GNOME's Empathy IM client gets file transfer support: The open source Telepathy messaging framework has gained preliminary support for file transfers. This functionality will be included in the next version of GNOME's Empathy instant messaging client on Linux.
Mozilla to extend Firefox 3.1 beta cycle: Firefox development director Mike Beltzner has proposed extending the Firefox 3.1 beta cycle by adding an additional milestone release. This will give developers more time to increase the robustness of the browser before it is ready to enter the release candidate stage.
KDE's Kate text editor gets Vi input mode: KDE's Kate text editor got a new Vi input mode that is designed to support Vi's normal and visual mode keyboard operations and motions.
Ubuntu launches Free Culture Showcase: The Ubuntu community has launched its second Free Culture Showcase, a contest that gives artists the opportunity to have their creative works included in the next major version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. All submissions must be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.
SCO files appeal on ruling in Novell case: SCO has filed an appeal on a ruling that ordered the company to pay Novell millions of dollars for breach of fiduciary duty. SCO's futile legal assault on Linux will continue.
Stay tuned for more open source software news next week and keep an eye on Open Ended, our journal for Linux and open source software.
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