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Linux and Open Source News for 18th September 2008

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Source: ubuntu

Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the sixth and final alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, code name "Intrepid Ibex": "Welcome to Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. New features: the newest GNOME 2.23.91 desktop environment with tons of bug-fixes and new features; .


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Source: foresight

Ken VanDine has announced the release of Foresight Linux 1.0 "Kid's" edition: "Foresight Kid's edition is now available for your kid s enjoyment. The Kid's edition features a number of education and entertainment applications, a customized GNOME desktop environment, and an innovative set of excellent, up-to-date software applications. The .



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Source: Linux Today

IBM Developerworks: "Crafting Application Public Interface (API) and especially managing API among different releases is difficult. Learn how to take advantage of Eclipse's PDE API Tools to make this process easier and seamlessly integrated into your daily development. Note that this article is specific to Eclipse V3.4: Ganymede."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "Things go wrong. Hard disks fail and whole servers crash. Luckily, many Linux-based distributions are available to help systems administrators handle minor catastrophes. We looked at four of the most portable, all of which fit on a 210MB mini CD -- SliTaz, Parted Magic, GParted, and RIPLinuX."


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TuxArena: "A while ago I reviewed 6 GUI clients for IRC, so today I'll continue with the second part with this review of 5 CLI (Command Line Interface) clients."


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dralnuX: "Am I the only one who finds the '% echo $PATH' output unreadable?"


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LinuxPlanet: "Juliet Kemp shows how you don't need a dedicated computing cluster to perform big processing jobs- you can turn your LAN into a part-time cluster with Condor, which intelligently uses idle CPU cycles for powerful parallel processing."


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InternetNews: "It's not easy to find the most inspired executives who possess a unique mix of talent, drive, energy, leadership -- on top of a steely conviction about their technology vision."


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OStatic: "If you want to try Sphinx for your own use, it looks like the package to try is Sphinx-4--the Java version."


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Blog of helios: "Our biggest hurdle has been the fear of change. People operate within their comfort zones and it takes a lot to get them dislodged."


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Works With U: "People often say certain software is not ready for prime time."


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DeviceGuru: "Stanford University has launched a series of 10 free, online computer science (CS) and electrical engineering courses."


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Wired: "The RIAA said Beckerman, one of the nation's few attorneys who defends accused file sharers, "has maintained an anti-recording industry blog during the course of this case and has consistently posted virtually every one of his baseless motions on his blog seeking to bolster his public relations campaign and embarrass plaintiffs "


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Tech Source From Bohol: "We all love the iPod, but sadly, Apple is still not kind enough to provide an iPod manager for those of us who use Linux."


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DeviceGuru: "Get ready for Rovio, a small three-wheeled mobile robot that offers audio/visual telepresence via its built-in wireless web-cam. An onboard webserver enables access from anywhere in the world, according to Wowwee, which plans to ship the product soon."


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ServerWatch: "It's getting increasingly harder to blame Microsoft for Linux's lack of success with the desktop market. Can the culprit be Linux itself?"


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The Open Road: "Embedded in the news that Hewlett-Packard plans to cut 24,600 jobs from its roster in an effort to make its EDS acquisition work, was this interesting tidbit "


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Tech Source From Bohol: "The Android Developer Challenge has been concluded, and I've seen plenty of awesome applications that are supported by Android."


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LinuxInsider: "Why does the GNU General Public License have to be the definitive license for Free and Open Source Software? Consider the BSD license type -- a more business-friendly variety that allows for businesses to make a profit while preserving the public interest"


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APC Mag: "Toshiba has stepped into the netbook ring. But this is no heroic vaulting over the ropes -- the company's NB100, released overnight in Europe, is a carefully-placed ginger step onto the canvas."


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The Linux Distillery: "Today and Sunday I'm going to tell you about Linux-based choices which free you from the shackles SBS imposes."


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Keystone Blog: "Translation: you will soon be able to search videos by keywords used within the video."


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Gnuru: "I care about the licensing of the software I use, not because of some philosophical principle, but because I got sick and tired of having the thumbscrews put on me by proprietary software companies."


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Groklaw: "So much for all those who thought it was a few extreme zealots making a big fuss over nothing. It was not nothing. They were right. And now Mozilla has acknowledged it, to their credit."


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Computerworld: "The long, oft-baffling "teaser" ads" by Microsoft Corp. featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates that kicked off two weeks ago are abruptly ending, the company said late Wednesday, as Part 2 of its $300 million Windows marketing rehab campaign begins."


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Linux Devices: "OpenPandora.org will start taking orders this month for its developer-friendly Linux-based handheld gaming device. Set to ship in November, the $330 device runs Angstrom Linux on an ARM Cortex-A8 processor with OpenGL 2.0 graphics and a 4.3-inch, 800x480 touchscreen."


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Information Week: "Novell CEO Ronald Hovsepian said Wednesday that he uses a Linux-based desktop while on the job and that Novell's use of open source software internally "has saved the company a lot of money.""


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APC Mag: "Microsoft has quietly released a utility that allows you to create multiple desktops on Vista or XP."


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Guiodic Blog: "You wrote: "The free world is the new continent in cyberspace". In 1983, did you imagine this continent would grow so much? What are the most important goals for Free software movement today?"


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TechRepublic: "Throughout my 10+ years of using Linux, I have heard about everything that Windows does better than Linux. So I thought it time to shoot back and remind everyone of what Linux does better than Windows."


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Tom's Hardware: "Last month, Khronos was to have announced OpenGL 3, a major revision of the API that’s supposed to catch up with Microsoft, which was also scheduled to launch its next-gen DirectX 11 API. But things didn’t really go as planned."


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Datamation: "My colleague at Datamation, James Maguire, wrote an excellent article yesterday offering 10 tips on "how to not get an IT job .So here are my 10 tips on how to not hire an IT job applicant (some of which are based on personal experience):"


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Linux Magazine: "Romain Gaucher, a specialist in web security, offers his Scalp tool in version 0.4. The log analyzer searches for attacks on Apache web applications."



Updated: Fri Sep 19 23:55:02 2008


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