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Posted in News Roundup at 5:11 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzContentsGNU/LinuxGNU/Linux

↺ HP Declares its (web)Os Independence
↺ Apotheker Seeks to Save HP’s ‘Lost Soul’ With Software Growth
↺ 66% Pass Rate For East Africa Linux Training Workshop
↺ 10 Ways Linux Is Making Life Better

Desktop

↺ Installation Report: My Mother
↺ A Compliment for the Linux Adoption Curve!
↺ Long live the laptop

Kernel Space

Graphics Stack

↺ The Linux graphics stack from X to Wayland

Applications

↺ Four open source online image editors
↺ Linux: Bacula is for Everyone* (backup software)
↺ How to use your cam as a Security video camera with Zoneminder
↺ Complete Your Linux Design Toolkit with ‘Ardesia’
↺ Whirlwind Intro to Audacity on Linux: From Recording to CD in One Lesson

Instructionals/Technical

↺ Working with Ecomorph in Bodhi Linux
↺ Share your 3G Internet connection over wifi (Linux / iPod Touch)
↺ How to install and configure SpamAssassin.
↺ find with Multiple Expressions
↺ How To Install And Use MyDLP
↺ Sleep Timer For Automatic System Shutdown
↺ Application : Caffeine – for pleasure of uninterrupted viewing
↺ find with Multiple Expressions
↺ How to flush DNS cache Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
↺ Tutorial: Translating Scanned Docs
↺ Performance tweaking with tmpfs
↺ Working with Ecomorph in Bodhi Linux
↺ Install Skype in EL6 (RHEL 6/ Scientificlinux 6/ Centos 6)
↺ Demotivational Posters with GIMP

Games

↺ Wikinews interviews 0 A.D. game development team

Desktop Environments

↺ Linux for seniors? KiWi PC builds a Linux PC for grandma and grandpa

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC)

↺ shoot the messenger
↺ Battling Misconceptions: What is KDE?
↺ battling misconceptions, even within KDE
↺ Kupfer v204 (QuickLauncher) Released With New Gwibber Plugin, Lots More [PPA]
↺ New Features in digiKam 2.0: Color Labels and Picks

GNOME Desktop

↺ GNOME marketing contract: week 3
↺ Will GNOME 3.0 Repeat the User Revolt of KDE 4.0?

Distributions

↺ 7 Surprises From Turkey
↺ Bodhi Linux: E17 and Ubuntu make a great combination

Reviews

↺ Lazy Linux Distro Reviews
↺ Review: Chakra 2011.02 “Cyrus”

New Releases

↺ Saline 1.3
↺ AUSTRUMI 2.3.2
↺ Chakra 2011.04-ms3
↺ Macpup 520

Red Hat Family

↺ Red Hat’s JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5.1 Includes Enterprise-Class Open Source Data Virtualization Solution
↺ Red Hat Puts Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to the Test

Debian Family

↺ DEX: Bridging Gaps Between Debian and Derivatives
↺ Extending Perfect Server – Debian Squeeze [ISPConfig 3]

Canonical/Ubuntu

↺ Install Full Ubuntu on Motorola Atrix
↺ Installing Ubuntu from a USB memory stick
↺ Unity Video Mockup: Better Menus, Social Networking Widget Layer
↺ My Thoughts On Unity: 1 Month On
↺ Karmasphere and Canonical Announce Partnership
↺ Unity: Now more handsy than the TSA
↺ Want Multiarch Support In Ubuntu? Help Steve!
↺ Canonical’s Dell and Lenovo love lets Ubuntu down

Devices/Embedded

↺ An introduction to Embedded Linux, BeagleBoard & its Linux kernel port

Phones

Nokia/MeeGo/Maemo

↺ Digia to acquire Qt commercial licensing business from Nokia
↺ The Linux Foundation Announces MeeGo TV Working Group

Android

↺ Sencha Releases Android Event Recorder to Speed Development of Android Web Apps
↺ Android media players hot up
↺ A Look at Firefox Mobile

Free Software/Open Source

↺ Top open source developers coming

Events

↺ Seats Are Still Available for the Open Compliance Training Class Offered in Conjunction with Collaboration Summit
↺ Registration Open for 2011 OpenClinica Global Conference
↺ Ubuntu Cloud Days approaching
↺ Celebrate Innovation with Chicago’s Linux & Open-source Software Enthusiasts at Flourish! 2011

Web Browsers

Mozilla

↺ Download Firefox 4 Final for Linux
↺ Mozilla Firefox 4 Improves Memory Use
↺ FireSSH – SSH in a Browser (Firefox addon)
↺ Mozilla’s Leaner, Meaner Firefox 4 Arrives
↺ Mozilla’s Firefox 4 bags 1M downloads in 3 hours
↺ Firefox 4 Heats Up the Browser Wars
↺ The 10 Best Features In Firefox 4
↺ 12 new features in Mozilla Firefox 4
↺ Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 and Delivers a Fast, Sleek and Customizable Browsing Experience to More Than 400 Million Users Worldwide

SaaS

↺ What the Cloud Means for the Open-Source Desktop
↺ Zarafa CEO Brian Joseph On Open-Source, the Cloud, and the World

Databases

↺ Percona Delivers MySQL Support to 1000th Customer
↺ Ingres Announces Innovative Cloud Solutions and Strategic Roadmap

Oracle/Java/LibreOffice

↺ Oracle puts out Solaris 11 compatibility tester
↺ LibreOffice 3.3.2 is released! With installation instructions
↺ LibreOffice 3.3.2 is now available
↺ New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300m103) available
↺ emerge libreoffice-bin

CMS

↺ Acquia Launches Web Solution Powerhouse Drupal Gardens 1.0
↺ Investor.gov using Drupal

Education

↺ Open University offers Linux certification
↺ PL: School curriculum to be modernised with courses on free software

Business

↺ Addressing a Big New Audience: VMware Acquires WaveMaker
↺ When commercial open source goes bad

Funding

↺ My Thoughts on Simplifying Monetary Contributions to Free and Open Source Projects
↺ Clustercorp Closes $3 Million Investment Round

FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC

↺ GNU Call: An open source Skype
↺ Gnash 0.8.9 advances open source Flash

Government

↺ AU: Government moves to encourage use of Open Source Software

Licensing

↺ Google GPL violation claims speculative: expert
↺ Open source and app stores: Where they mix, where they don’t
↺ Linus on Android headers: claims “seem totally bogus”

Openness/Sharing

↺ Open source Kimono Lanterns to the rescue

Programming

↺ Allura, the Open Source Forge
↺ Eclipse sings open-web tune: No framework, no problem
↺ Pre vs Post Increment & Performance Impact
↺ PHP developer wiki server hacked

Standards/Consortia

↺ Still no Google Instant for Opera browser fans

Leftovers

Science

↺ The tiny cube that could cut your cell phone bill

Security

↺ PHP.net breach: Concern over safety of source code

Finance

↺ Is Goldman Sachs Skirting The Volcker Rule?

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