For those of you who have used it, you'll know that Debian is a solid distribution of Linux. Like Fedora or OpenSuSe, it was developed with all users in mind.

Every year, Linux enthusiasts in India's capital, New Delhi, hold a conference to help spread word of free and open source software (FOSS). This year they called their conference Freed.in, and had more talks and attendees than they've had in the past.

"Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has just announced that they are moving their non-profit Wikimedia Foundation from St. Petersburg, FL to San Francisco..."

PEOPLE OFTEN associate Argentina with Tango, and perhaps Patagonia and live penguins. But times are changing and as the CaFeCONF conference showed, the penguin OS is not only alive and kicking, but also has a huge following down under.

With over 3 million estimated users, Pidgin is an open source instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unix platforms. It works with AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr.

One feature of the free software/open source development model that is largely unique and differs from the proprietary model is sheer diversity.

As mentioned on Xubuntu.org, the Xubuntu development team is in a great need for testers of the latest version of Xubuntu, 7.10 (the Gutsy Gibbon). Being the good Xubuntu citizen that I am, I intend to spread this message you any potential testers (you) so the Xubuntu team is not flooded with bug reports after the final version is released.