Karanbir Singh - Thinkability

I am often surprised by the sort of questions asked in the forums or on irc around open source projects - it just feels as if people are going out of their way to inflict pain and suffering upon themselves by trying to find the most awkward and most com… more »

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-6.0 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-6.0 is based on the upstream release EL 6.0 and includes packages from all variants. All upstream repositories have been combined into… more »

Hi Guys, CentOS 5.6 is now out and available from all mirrors. In the next few hours, all yum operations will switch from 5.5 to 5.6 ( for people who run the default yum configs ). All the Release Details : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-… more »

Firstly, CentOS is super popular out there with the ruby guys and there are quite a few ruby based apps deployed on CentOS these days. Secondly, every man - his dog - and kitchen sink seem to be building ruby rpms. Not apps or gems or anything, but Ru… more »

People who have been following the centos-devel list would have noticed a ressurection of the CnetOS website Ver2 effort[1]. Which is a great sign, however, the intensity and the enthusiasm shown is about at par with the efforts that went into creating t… more »

Should open source projects, not focused on source or code at all but more on a service or a resource, really be called 'open source' projects ? I feel there might be a need to define the idea of an 'open service' or an 'open resource' project.- KB more »

One of the most under utilised things around in any CentOS sysadmins toolset is the rpm-metadata repositories. Some part of it comes from the fact that most people consider it to be yum specific, and while thats true to quite an extent - its not the only… more »

Given the recent developments on the opensolaris front, there is again the issue of what OS do people run on their existing sparc hardware ? And I wonder if now is a good time to consider bringing up the CentOS on Sparc conversations again.I have s… more »

Although, only for the 5th and 6th, will be back in London on the 6th evening.- KB more »

So, initially it was just a bunch of websites, it then became a part of Andover.net - soon to be merged with valinux. That went on for a bit before they changed over to being 'Open Source Developers Network (OSDN)', to only change over to being called '… more »

The one thing that I will absolutely strive to get done this year : bring my opensource/centos ToDo list down to less than half a page Lets see how I get on with that. Maybe a 3 monthly review of sorts would be nice. And just so there is a 'kick off… more »

Hi Guys, We have a dev room this year, being shared with the Fedora project ( details ). Dag has sent out a call for people who would like to come and talk at the dev room or plan some activity ( details ) currently open, so make sure you get your req… more »

Interesting article at BusinessWeek Online about OpenSource as an EcoSystem.This software movement is branching into not just mainstream business applications but also the associated services. And VCs are eager to helpHere is the link--Kara… more »

CDs containing localised versions of OpenOffice, Firefox and other open source applications will be distributed to millions of people by the Indian government. The Indian government is trying to encourage the use of computers across the country by… more »