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Special 301: FOSS users. Now we're all Communists and Criminals

Linux Today News - 3 hours 14 min ago
Free Software Magazine: "There seems to be no respite from the predations of Microsoft FUD and the machinations of Big Business. Just when it seemed safe to come out of the closet and admit to being a user of free and open source software without being accused of being a Communist, it appears that we are now criminals too"


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Cortus - Is this the smallest ever CPU core running Linux?

Linux Today News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:02
Electropages: "Availability of uCLinux for the APS3 family of processors has been announced by Cortus. This version of Linux is ideally suited to low-power, high-performance, embedded systems."


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Improving in the MonoDevelop user interface

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 23:02
Food For Monkeys: "In the past weeks (actually, months) I've been doing some changes in the MonoDevelop GUI to make it more functional and better looking. Here is the result:"


Categories: Operating System News

Electronics Manufacturers Use US Legal System to Thwart Hardware ‘Hacks’

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:32
Intellectual Property Watch: "“Apple is selling directly to consumers, who aren’t the best guardians of their own self-interest. The open PC model works for knowledgeable users who know what they are doing and how to protect themselves, but not so for 15-year-old fashionistas and techno-phobic geriatrics,” Kahney said."


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Open Source Saves the Day (and Lots of Dosh)

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:02
Open Enterprise: "It seems every day we hear about hideous cost overruns on public sector projects in the UK. What makes it even more frustrating is that open source, a real no-brainer for many applications, is rarely given the chance to prove itself here."


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Manage your projects with KPlato

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:36
Ghacks: "KPlato is one of those tools that could easily get overlooked – but certainly shouldn’t. KPlato is project management tool that offers more features that many similar tools costing significantly more money"


Categories: Operating System News

Copyright infringement - inside the legal minefield

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:06
New Zealand Herald: "Several weeks ago the Australian high court ruled in favour of Aussie ISP iiNet in a landmark legal battle where AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) argued that iiNet was as guilty as some of its subscribers of online copyright infringement."


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Open Source CouchDB Heads to the Cloud

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:36
Developer.com: "SQL-based relational database management systems (RDBMS) are beginning to be challenged by a new movement of NoSQL databases. Among those NoSQL databases is the open source CouchDB..."


Categories: Operating System News

March 2010 Issue of The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine Released

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:36
PCLinuxOS: "The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the March 2010 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine."


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Austin Texas - Linux Against Poverty 2010

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:36
Blog of Helios: "It's spring time in Texas. The Bluebonnets are fixin' to get ready to bloom, today's temperature is going to be around 80 degrees Fahrenheit and a solid date for the second annual Linux Against Poverty is, with a fair amount of certainty... official."


Categories: Operating System News

2.6.33 is Out! Say Good Bye to the Anticipatory Scheduler

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:06
Linux Magazine: "It’s been a few days but the latest kernel, 2.6.33 is out. There are some changes that affect the storage world that you probably need to check out"


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GNOME and KDE: Seven Attractions in Each

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:36
Datamation: "Despite all the talk about the mythical Year of the Linux Desktop, somewhere in the last few years, free software passed a milestone without anyone noticing."


Categories: Operating System News

Paul Frields on Fedora 12 and Beyond

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:06
Linux For You: "Uptake of Fedora 12 has been very good overall. There have been a number of very visible improvements in free video drivers for ATI and Intel that make for a better experience out of the box. Those improvements allow users to make use of 3D effects on the desktop..."


Categories: Operating System News

Multiple Apache Web Server Flaws Patched

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:36
Serverwatch: "The Apache HTTP Web Server is the most widely deployed Web server on the Internet today, which means that vulnerabilities in the open source server can have a devastating impact. That also makes security updates like the new 2.2.15 release critical, since it addresses several security vulnerabilities in Apache's flagship HTTP Web server."


Categories: Operating System News

Maintain Michael Young's xen-4.0.0-0.2.rc4.fc12.src.rpm in sync with xen-unstable

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:06
Xen Virtualization on Linux and Solaris: "Schema bellow modifying content of mentioned src.rpm allows to build set of RPMS upgrading Xen Hypersor 4.0 matching current tip CS of http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg,"


Categories: Operating System News

Kernel Log: Stable kernels analysed, Linux without firmware, new graphics drivers

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:36
The H Open: "The development of Linux 2.6.34 has started and is causing heated discussions on the LKML. LWN.net has analysed Linux 2.6.32.9 for security fixes and found almost twenty of them. Linux-Libre removes proprietary files from the kernel, and new graphics drivers for Radeon cards offer numerous improvements."


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78% of adults believe Internet access a fundamental right; 50% want no regulation

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:06
ZDNet: "Four of every five adults believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right, and more than half believe it should never be regulated, according to a new survey."


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Day 1 of the Jury Trial, SCO v. Novell - Updated 2Xs - We Have a Jury

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 13:36
Groklaw: "Happily, cpeterson was able to attend this morning's session. Update: It looks like that will be all the news for today. They are keeping the public in the hall mainly, to fit all the prospective jurors in, so unless there is something unexpected, tune in tomorrow. "


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The Linux Box in My Pocket

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 13:06
John S. Dembowski: "My wife and I picked up new 'phones' last week. Penny wanted a phone with a slide out keyboard so she would be able to text more easily. I wanted a Droid."


Categories: Operating System News

Windows: Choice But No Choice

Linux Today News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:36
LXer: "In the area of window managers Linux users are completely and totally spoiled rotten."


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