Mandriva fork Mageia Linux hits beta

Six months after most of the senior developers of Mandriva Linux, arguably the most user-friendly flavor of the Linux distribution, left the company, the ‘renegade’ group have announced a new beta release of their Mageia Linux distribution. Mandriva, based in France, had been forced to shrink its operations in France and relocate its development activities […]

Jairam an “endangered tiger” : Khurshid

Jairam Ramesh, the flamboyant environment minister is used to hearing others praise him for rejuvenating the environmentalist movement in the country. Sharp and witty, he’s also almost impossible to beat when it comes to repartees and retorts; until on Monday. Ramesh, who introduced Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwali and Water Resources minister Salman […]