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● Links 21/11/2009: Smartbooks and Fedora 13 Plans Appear

Posted in News Roundup at 8:04 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzContentsGNU/LinuxGNU/Linux

↺ Linux Professional Institute Announces New Affiliate in Turkey
↺ LinuxCertified Announces its next Linux System and Network Administration BootCamp
↺ Coolest Desktop Screenshot Wins Prize
↺ LB – Episode 46 – Google and Command Line Fun by Linux Basement

Kernel Space

↺ Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 3) – Storage
↺ libvdpau, libva Both Updated Today
↺ A Northwest Nobel option?
↺ [ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.7.1.902
↺ A New Patch For Radeon DRM Power Savings

Applications

↺ Automatic Linux Laptop Backups
↺ Opera 10.10 Just a Smidgen Away
↺ Vim 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Vim
↺ Install Multiple Applications With AllMyApps
↺ How to Configure SAMBA on a Linux Server

Games

↺ CXGames 8.1 Zombie Mallard Overview
↺ Win a CodeWeavers Linux Gaming Rig
↺ Crossover Games 8.1

K Desktop Environment

↺ Amarok 2.2.1
↺ PulseAudio Phonon Support now in KDE trunk and heading towards 4.4
↺ KDE Licensing Policy Changes

Distributions

↺ linux love, gentoo love!

Red Hat Family

↺ Fedora 13 May Support Btrfs System Rollbacks
↺ Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12

Debian Family

↺ 10 easy steps to Ubuntu freedom
↺ PiTiVi Creator Responds To Readers Fears…

Devices/Embedded

↺ HMI SBC gains larger display, Linux BSP
↺ Gaming boards run Linux
↺ Low-cost NAS gains USB ports, social net sync
↺ Second generation Pogoplug adds more USB ports
↺ MontaVista Develops Software for Dell’s Latitude ON

Phones

↺ Open source phone in SA

Nokia

↺ Nokia’s Maemo OS – The next big wave
↺ Nokia N900 mobile phone showcased in 30 new videos!

Sub-notebooks

↺ A Laptop in Every American Backpack

ARM

↺ Inventec Smartbook almost makes me think Smartbooks have a shot
↺ Qualcomm sees big bucks in China’s smartbook market

Chrome OS

↺ ARM excited by Chrome OS
↺ Just Today: Download of VMware Image of Google Chrome OS
↺ Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself? Here’s How.
↺ Chrome OS Smartbooks Coming 2H2010
↺ What is Google ChromeOS, I mean really ?
↺ Having complained about Google Checkout…
↺ Five Reasons Google Chrome OS will Succeed
↺ Chrome OS: There Will Be Local Storage

Free Software/Open Source

↺ Bad code can now be offset
↺ Roundcube: the world’s coolest Open Source webmail project?
↺ Over 50 Free, Must-Have Open Source Resources
↺ Retrospectiva Keeps Software Development Teams on the Same Page
↺ Four Open Source File Shredders That Delete Data Forever
↺ Open-source virtualization: Who’s biting?
↺ Open-source Ethernet stack will cut development costs
↺ Open source comes to Army Go Mobile program
↺ Reed Exhibitions Makes a Stand With Open Source Data Integration Solution

Fog Computing

↺ Editor’s Note: Do It Yourself “Cloud”
↺ Cloud computing security benefits, risks and recommendations
↺ Open-source CloudMade takes on Google Maps
↺ Open source and the cloud – the quick and the dead

Cartoon

↺ Good Consultants
↺ The Bizarre Cathedral – 59

Databases

↺ EU extends review of Oracle plan to buy Sun
↺ Oracle begs EC for more time
↺ Users cautious on Red Hat’s stake in EnterpriseDB

CMS

↺ Open Source CMS Awards 2009: My favorite Winner is…
↺ WordPress wins at 2009 Open Source CMS Awards
↺ Obama Team Challenges Web Developers

Funding

↺ Terracotta buys Quartz

FSF/FSFE/GNU

↺ Volunteer at the FSF in Boston

Openness

↺ McGinn ushers in an ‘open source’ transition

Leftovers

↺ Ebay closes Skype sale
↺ Revenue reality of a bestseller

Environment

↺ Koalas ‘could face extinction’
↺ Victims of flooding during Hurricane Katrina win compensation
↺ Fred Singer to speak at climate change sceptics conference
↺ U.S. Skeptic Has a European Outing
↺ Exclusive: Attacks On Health Reform Orchestrated By Yet Another Shadowy Corporate Front Group — ‘CMPI’
↺ Center for Medicine in the Public Interest Fronting for the Drug Industry
↺ THE INFLUENCE GAME: Front group fights health bill
↺ “Americans for Quality and Affordable Healthcare”: Yet Another Health Insurance Industry Front?

Finance

↺ Dear Reader, We Cannot Criticize Goldman Sachs. Instead, We Admire It
↺ Goldman Sachs to take out garbage at Thanksgiving
↺ Goldman Sachs Execs Skirt Christmas Party Ban
↺ Goldman Sachs, Shareholders Just Can’t Get Along
↺ Goldman Sachs apologized for the financial crisis
↺ Q&A: Why Eric Dezenhall Thinks Goldman Sachs’ Apology May Be a Waste of Time and Money
↺ Goldman Holders Miffed at Bonuses
↺ Goldman holders seek bonus pool reduction-WSJ
↺ Goldman Sachs’ $500 Million Mea Culpa

Internet/Censorship/Web Abuse/Rights

↺ Oman cuffs 212 for selling VoIP calls

Intellectual Monopolies/Copyrights

↺ Norwegian Band Told It Can’t Post Its Own Music To The Pirate Bay, Even Though It Wants To
↺ Lily Allen: It’s Ok To Sell My Counterfeit CDs, Just Don’t Give My Music For Free
↺ He’s Got the Law (Literally) in His Hands
↺ Japan Set To Extend Posthumous Copyright
↺ Digital Economy Bill confirms copyright proposals, turns Mandelson loose
↺ Why The Lack of ACTA Transparency Is Not Standard
↺ Another Pro-ACTA Letter from MPAA, RIAA, et al.
↺ Entertainmnent Industry: Yes, Please Keep Negotiating Secret Copyright Treaty To Save Our Asses
↺ AP Scans Sarah Palin Book Without Permission; Look Out Google Book Search
↺ Murdoch’s The Times Accused Of Blatant Copying, Just As It Tells The World You Should Pay For News
↺ Google Blocking Set Top Boxes From Showing YouTube Unless They Pay Up?

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