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Subject: Interview with Patrick Volkerding of Slackware
Patrick Volkerding, the founder of Slackware Linux, agreed to an interview with LQ. Here is what he had to say. Some question were contributed by members. Those questions have the member's name in parenthesis after them. Thanks Pat!
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/interviews-28/interview-with-patrick-volkerding-of-slackware-949029/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/interviews-28/interview-with-patrick-volkerding-of-slackware-949029/
Samsung on Tuesday deepened its involvement in the Linux ecosystem, reportedly upgrading its silver membership in The Linux Foundation to platinum and forking over the $500,000 annual membership dues its new status requires. The move will give Samsung a seat on the Foundation's board alongside six other industry heavyweights, including IBM, Intel and Qualcomm.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/75315.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/75315.html
Android is the Great Green Hope for end user Linux devices. Android and BYOD are perfect mates.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/consumerization/where-does-linux-fit-into-a-byod-world/424?tag=mantle_skin;content
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/consumerization/where-does-linux-fit-into-a-byod-world/424?tag=mantle_skin;content
Canonical is promoting today its new partnership with Microsoft that allows Ubuntu Linux to run on Windows Azure. As the latest string of Microsoft-Linux news, following Microsoft sponsoring LinuxTag Berlin and then hosting GNOME & Mono Festival of Love, there's a new Microsoft-Canonical partnership.
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTExNTU
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTExNTU
It's Christmas time for a GNU/Linux user. After the impressive release of Fedora 17, openSUSE is gearing up for version 12.2. The team has announced the first beta of openSUSE 12.2.
http://www.muktware.com/3673/opensuse-122-beta-1-available
http://www.muktware.com/3673/opensuse-122-beta-1-available
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: How To Use LightDM Instead Of MDM In Linux Mint 13
A few days ago, we've posted an article on how to install MDM (Mint Display Manager) in Ubuntu, and according to the comments, some Linux Mint users don't like MDM and further more, there's a bug and MDM crashes for some users, so here's the reverse too: how to use LightDM instead of MDM in Linux Mint 13 "Maya".
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/how-to-use-lightdm-instead-of-mdm-in.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/how-to-use-lightdm-instead-of-mdm-in.html
Samsung has opened a new front in the mobile wars against Apple by upping its investment in Linux and its mobile software. Samsung will plough half a million dollars into the Linux Foundation and get a seat on the not-for-profit's board of directors by becoming a Platinum member of the Foundation, it has been announced.
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07/samsung_linux_investment/
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07/samsung_linux_investment/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Apps Pull Ahead of Browser in Latest comScore Mobile Report
Even though a browser approach ultimately makes more sense for smart phones, apps built a slight lead over browser usage in the latest comScore mobile report.
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/apps-pull-ahead-of-browser-in-latest-comscore-mobile-report/#
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/apps-pull-ahead-of-browser-in-latest-comscore-mobile-report/#
Softpedia is the first to announce today, June 7th, that the first Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system is now available for download. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 12.10 development.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-10-Alpha-1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-4-274325.shtml
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-10-Alpha-1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-4-274325.shtml
The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the June 2012 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine.
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/168188/index.html
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/168188/index.html
While the decade long debate in the European Union over the definition of “open standards” has been well-publicized, it may come as a surprise to some that EU member nations are required to utilize a second standards filter in public procurement as well.
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20120607110200834
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20120607110200834
As more competition enters the cloud space, prices are plunging, but this doesn't mean IT jobs are going anywhere. On the contrary, if anything it's just another thing for you to track.
http://blog.ness.com/spl/bid/78868/Enterprise-IT-Wins-in-Cloud-Pricing-Wars
http://blog.ness.com/spl/bid/78868/Enterprise-IT-Wins-in-Cloud-Pricing-Wars
June 8, 2012. Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. Significant bugfixes include improvements to the Kontact Suite, bugfixes in Dolphin and many more corrections and performance improvements all over the place.
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.8.4.php
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.8.4.php
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: 29 new things this Google Summer of Code will bring to GNOME
Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. The applications have been evaluated and the accepted work proposals have been announced so the work has already begun! Let’s take a look on the 29 things that GNOME users should care about.
http://worldofgnome.org/29-new-things-this-google-summer-of-code-will-bring-to-gnome/
http://worldofgnome.org/29-new-things-this-google-summer-of-code-will-bring-to-gnome/
Ubuntu 12.10 has started churning releases. Kate Stewart of Ubuntu has announced the release of 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Alpha 1.
http://www.muktware.com/3675/ubuntu-1210-first-alpha-released
http://www.muktware.com/3675/ubuntu-1210-first-alpha-released
The "Introduction to C" series is an ongoing tutorial on the C programming language. It assumes no prior knowledge of the C programming language, and only moderate knowledge of concepts in operating systems, application installation/configuration, and general computer jargon. It will guide readers through basic, intermediate, and advanced concepts in C programming, and end with the Linux programming interface, ncurses, and FLTK.
http://elevenislouder.posterous.com/pages/introduction-to-c
http://elevenislouder.posterous.com/pages/introduction-to-c
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Linux And Foss Are Extremely Selfish: It's OK To Be Selfish
Renowned free software journalist Carla Schroder did not like the use of term selfishness and wrote an interesting piece. She took it as an insult of the thousands of free software developers. She wrote, "Let's stop insulting the many thousands of contributors to Linux and FOSS by calling them selfish, because that it is untrue and unfair. How about a bit of well-deserved praise and appreciation instead?"I think it's totally fine to be selfish, what is important is the motive behind that selfishness. In fact all of us are selfish and no matter how 'selfless' our deeds are they are driven by selfishness.
http://www.muktware.com/3695/linux-and-foss-are-extremely-selfish-its-ok-be-selfish
http://www.muktware.com/3695/linux-and-foss-are-extremely-selfish-its-ok-be-selfish
Earlier this month when talking about the Baseio game that's being worked on by the ioquake3 project, many Phoronix readers were quick to bring up in the forums that the artwork done by the free software community for these open-source games often aren't up to par...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTExODg
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTExODg
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Mozilla and the National Science Foundation launch open innovation challenge
An invitation to brainstorm and build apps for the internet of the future Tomorrow at the White House, Mozilla and the National Science Foundation will announce the launch of [he]#8220[/he]Mozilla Ignite,[he]#8221[/he] an open innovation challenge that invites designers, developers..
http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/06/13/mozilla-ignite/
http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/06/13/mozilla-ignite/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Apple Steps Into Patent Fight To Unnecessarily Silence A Little Girl
We've covered plenty of stories concerning Apple's ridiculously arbitrary nature as the gatekeeper for iOS apps, approving or pulling them with little reason. And, of course, we've discussed a variety of ridiculous patent lawsuits -- including one we wrote about back in March, concerning a fight over an iPad app for "augmentative and alternative communications." This was the case of the mother of a 4-year-old girl, whose daughter Maya was unable to speak, but had finally found an iPad app, called Speak for Yourself (SfY) which actually helped her communicate with her parents. There were alternative products on the market, but most did not work for Maya -- and were many time as expensive (one is described as running $7,000 -- which the family appeared to be willing to pay, but not after they realized it wouldn't work for her). And, of course, a patent dispute threatened all of this. Two companies who make some of the expensive offerings, Prentke Romich Company and Semantic Compaction Systems (PRC/SCS) have sued SfY for patent infringement, over a patent (5,920,303) on a dynamic keyboard (held by SCS, but licensed by PRC), which they claim SfY violates.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120613/01511919297/apple-steps-into-patent-fight-to-unnecessarily-silence-little-girl.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120613/01511919297/apple-steps-into-patent-fight-to-unnecessarily-silence-little-girl.shtml